Ogun State, Nigeria, World News & Stories
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It’s Official. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Governor Dapo Abiodun winner of 2023 governorship election in Ogun State. In a closely contested election, Abiodun, the current governor, emerged victorious by securing 276,298 votes, defeating Ladi Adebutu from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who came second with 262,383 votes. Biyi Otegbeye from the…
On Sunday, there was a clash between representatives of the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress at the Ogun State collation center for the 2023 governorship election. The conflict began when the PDP agent, Sunkanmi Oyejide, objected to the presence of three agents representing the APC. In addition, Oyejide accused the APC of…
The Department of State Services, DSS, arraigned four suspected terrorists in Ogun State on Wednesday. They appeared before a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Isabo, Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State. On December 9, 2022, the suspects Aliu Abubakar, Abubakar Usman, Abubakar Amadu, and Adamu Aliu were apprehended. They were arraigned in a suit marked MISC/15/2023,…
According to reports, suspected thieves broke into the newly inaugurated 100-bed Mother and Child Hospital in Iperu, Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State, just a month after commissioning. The hospital was commissioned on February 1, 2023, by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. The thieves made away with electronic equipment worth millions of naira,…
Residents in Ogun State continue to reject old N500 and N1,000 notes despite the directive from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to accept them as legal tender. This is causing difficulties for motorists and business operators who need to transact with the old banknotes. The Ogun Today’s investigation reveals that accessing both new and…
Ifeoma Ossai, a 33-year-old unmarried woman, has been apprehended for murdering her 50-year-old landlord, Monday Surulere Oladele. This occurred due to a minor disagreement over the electricity bill, which left Ossai in a state of rage. She allegedly inserted both hands into her landlord’s genital area and seized his manhood, using it to pull him…
The Ogun State Government has refuted the online publication that the state governor, Dapo Abiodun, distributed expired COVID-19 palliatives and N5,000 to the civil servants in the state ahead of the forthcoming governorship election. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Kunle Somorin, made the clarification in a statement on Sunday. Somorin described the report…
Once again, Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has issued a warning that banks, stores, or supermarkets that do not accept old N500 and N1000 notes will face closure. Abiodun declared that he would take action against any trader or service provider who disregards the validity of the old notes as legal tender. In order…
A three-time governorship candidate in the state, Gboyega Isiaka, has been declared winner of the Egbado-North and Imeko-Afon Federal Constituency election. Isiaka, popular known as GNI in Ogun politics was the governorship candidate of the People’s Party of Nigeria in 2011, 2015, and African Democratic Congress in 2019, but failed on all 3 occasions to…
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is the leading candidate of other political parties, in the Presidential election results of the election of the Local government received so far. The APC candidate won all the 10 Local government areas declared so far, while the candidate of the Peoples…
