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We’ll Turn Around Ogun In 2021 – Abiodun

The Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, says his administration would harness opportunities abound in the State, and put in place structures that depict a ‘new Ogun State’ in 2021. Governor Abiodun who stated this when he received members of the Institute of Directors of Nigeria (IOD), who paid him a courtesy call in…

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Gunmen Kill Ondo Traditional Ruler, Olufon Of Ifon

Unknown gunmen have shot a prominent traditional ruler in Ondo State, Oba Israel Adewusi who was the Olufon of Ifon. Ifon is located in Ose Local Government Area (LGA) of the state in south-west Nigeria. The Oba was said to be returning to his town from Akure, the Ondo State capital where he went for…

Ogun Govt Launches Document To End Open Defecation

 In its effort at putting an end to open defecation by 2025, Ogun State Government has announced a document, which would serve as guiding template for the attainment of open defecation free status. Commissioner for Rural Development, Engr. Taiwo Oludotun said this at a day stakeholders sensitisation workshop on “Clean Ogun State-Use the Toilet”, commemorating…

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Oyo State Gov Set To Deploy Amotekun Troops

Oyo State Governor, Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde on Wednesday announced he was ready to deploy Amotekun corp members to all the state’s 351 wards. He said this while attending the passing-out ceremony of the Amotekun Corps in Oyo Town. Amotekun is a regional security outfit conceived by South-West states. “This afternoon, we held the passing-out ceremony…

Bill On New Departments For Senior Citizens, Physically Challenged – Ogun Speaker

Speaker of Ogun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Olakunle Taiwo Oluomo, has guaranteed members of the State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), led by Comrade Waheed Oloyede, of the Assembly’s Commitment to the welfare of the elderly and the physically challenged, as he is putting together a bill that will create…

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Charity – Church Feeds, Gives Cash To 4,700 People

A church in Abeokuta the Ogun State capital, Treasure House of God, last weekend, fed and gave out cash and other items worth millions of Naira to 4,700 less privileged people in the gateway state. The beneficiaries of the charity gesture include widows, widowers, youths, students and the physically challenged in line with the corporate…

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Igbo Lady Marries Facebook Lover 6 Days After They Started Chatting

A Nigerian man, Chidimma Amedu has taken Facebook post to a whole new level when he posted an unusual advert on 30 December 2017 asking any woman interested in being his wife to reply. He also said he was ready to tie the nuptials knots on 6 January, 2018. “Am of age and I am…

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Osun Undergraduate Beheads Own Mother

Undergraduate beheads mother. The Police Command in Osun on Monday said it had arrested one Joseph Mark, a 25-year-old undergraduate of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Ondo, who beheaded his mother on Sunday. The Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Folashade Odoro, told newsmen in Osogbo that the incident happened at about 6:30 am, at…

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Osinbajo To Lead Others To New Akarigbo Installation

The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’adu Abubakar and the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Achebe, are to lead many other dignitaries to the new Akarigbo installation ceremony. The new Akarigbo, Paramount Ruler of Remoland is…

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