Ogun State, Nigeria, World News & Stories
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Sango Otta – The entire Sango-Ota area of Ogun state is now engulfed in protest. As a result, Vehicular and human traffic along Abeokuta-Lagos Expressway in that axis has been hampered, as rioting youths and rice sellers in Sango-Ota market are said to have blocked both sides of the road at Ota, just before the…
Adebisi Akinrin-mola man killed rival over girlfriend in Ijebu Igbo. The 43-year-old, Adebisi Akinrin-mola, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for killing one Ademola Asimiyu over a girlfriend. According to reports, the suspect reportedly claimed that the deceased accused him of snatching the woman from him and has been warning him to…
A young Nigeria man that drank insecticide in an attempt to take his own life over the problem of non-resumption of the Ponzi scheme, MMM has finally given up the ghost. The young man, simply known as Adakole, passed on Monday 20th February evening around Kubwa in Bwari Area Council of Abuja. The Nigerian government had constantly warned citizens…
No less than 10 fake doctors have been dragged to court for allegedly operating illegal medical facilities in the state by the Ogun State Government. The state Commissioner of Health, Babatunde Ipaye, disclosed this on Monday to PREMIUM TIMES in Abeokuta. Mr. Ipaye said the suspects were arrested during a monitoring of medical facilities across…
According to Punch online a Lagos driver, Shakiru Bello is currently in police custody telling them how he cut his wife into pieces. Shakiru Bello, who was arrested for allegedly killing his wife, Sherifat, said he cut her remains into pieces to escape the wrath of her father, Akeem Atanda, and to avoid being prosecuted for…
London: Alison-Madueke Released on Bail. Former Petroleum Minister, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, who was arrested in London, Friday, has been granted bail. Vanguard learned she was granted bail by a magistrate court in London after she had been detained for several hours. Diezani was arrested in London, today, by the International Corruption Unit (ICU) of the…
Diezani Alison-Madueke arrested in London. Its been reported that Nigeria’s former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke was arrested in London on Friday, a source from Nigeria’s presidency circle and another with links to her family confirmed this. Mrs. Alison-Madueke was minister under former president Goodluck Jonathan from 2010 until May 2015. Although it has not been…
The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja has ordered the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mr. Solomon Arase and other relevant security agencies in the country to arrest the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki. In a ruling this afternoon, the tribunal headed by Justice Danladi Umar issued a bench warrant against Saraki following…
The Lagos State government at the weekend vowed to ensure strict enforcement of the Road Traffic Law 2012, restricting trailers and long vehicles from plying the metropolis between the hours of 6am to 9pm. The permanent secretary ministry of transportation, Oluseyi Whenu who spoke with journalists on the backdrop of the fatal accident involving a…
The ruling party in Nigeria, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has given out a list containing instances of mass looting of funds in Nigeria under the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan to journalist earlier today, saying nothing short of a total recovery will be acceptable to all patriotic Nigerians. APC, now the main party in…
