Ogun State, Nigeria, World News & Stories
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Feelers from the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ogun State have it that plans are in top gear to suspend Chief Derin Adebiyi, the factional Chairman of the party in the state backed by former Governor Ibikunle Amosun, over anti-party activities. Read also: Ogun PDP guber tussle: Sowunmi wins at Appeal Court Multiple sources at…
Amosun, others announced Biyi Otegbeye as ADC Ogun State governorship candidate. Senator Ibikunle Amosun’s supporters have unveiled their African Democratic Congress (ADC) governorship candidate. Barrister Biyi Otegbeye, an indigene of Ogun’s Yewa South Local Government Area, is the candidate. Read also: Obasanjo Reply To Buhari: Why Muslim-Muslim Ticket Dangerou Alhaji Olatunde Awonuga of Ogun Waterside Local…
Dapo Abiodun, Governor of Ogun State, has called on wives of government functionaries to come up with innovative ideas to bring more empowerment programs and raise the pedigree of women in the state through the Spouses of Ogun State Government Functionaries Association (SOSGFA). This call was made by Abiodun in his office in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta,…
Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun has sworn in seven new Commissioners to his cabinet. Oludotun Taiwo (Forestry), Ganiyu Hamzat (Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs), Olufemi Ilori Oduntan (Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs), Abayomi Hunye (Community Development and Cooperatives), Motunrayo Adeleye -Oladapo (Culture and Tourism), Oladimeji Oresanya (Environment), Jami (Rural Development). Dr Oluwatoyin Taiwo, the former…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State yesterday chastised Senator Tolu Odebiyi of Ogun West for claiming that Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, refused to accept reconciliation within the ruling party. According to the party, the immediate past governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, refused to be reconciled despite the intervention of the revered Awujale…
The appointment of two additional Commissioner-nominees sent to the Ogun State House of Assembly by Governor Dapo Abiodun has been confirmed. Mrs. Olufemi Ilori and Mr. Jamiu Odetogun, the nominees, appeared before the House on Wednesday for screening. The confirmation of the nominees, whose names were recently sent to the Assembly by the Governor, came…
Ogun APM candidate, Mr Olutosin Jolaoluwa, has said he would not withdraw from the race. In his letter written to the National Chairman of the APM and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mr Jolaoluwa, the governorship hopeful stated that he remains the authentic candidate of APM in Ogun State. Reports that former Ogun State…
Prince Dapo Abiodun, the Ogun State Governor has said that residents in the border areas in the state always live in fear as a result of people who move into the country, perpetuate crimes and cross back to their countries. The governor, therefore, called on officers and men of the Nigeria Immigration Service to collaborate…
The Awujale and other royal fathers in Ijebuland on Monday unanimously endorsed Governor Dapo Abiodun for a second term in office. Leading other traditional rulers, the Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, was quoted by the Nigerian Tribune as saying: “You have worked assiduously these past three years and three months…
APC Ogun state has berated an ex-governor of the state, Senator Ibikunle Amosun over his comment that Governor Dapo Abiodun rigged the 2019 governorship election. The party said Amosun, a chieftain of the APC, was suffering from “political amnesia and out-of-office loneliness.” APC, in a statement relesed in Abeokuta on Saturday by its Publicity Secretary,…
