Ogun State, Nigeria, World News & Stories
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Fuel scarcity has persisted across Ogun and Lagos states, as some filling stations visited sell the commodity at N210 and N200 per litre. Based on our investigations, only a few NNPC filling stations well established retailers like Total, Oando, etc are selling premium motor spirit (PMS) at N179 per litre. Many others have boldly adjusted…
Some alleged hoodlums have set fire to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office at Iyana Mortuary in Abeokuta south, the capital of Ogun State. According to the DAILY POST, the hoodlums scaled the outer gate, stormed inside the grounds, and set fire to the INEC building from the back. They were claimed to have…
Dapo Abiodun, Governor of Ogun State, announced on Wednesday that Gasoline Integrated International has expressed its willingness to build a N3 billion refinery in Tongeji Island, Ipokia Local Government Area of the state. In a statement, the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin, stated that the Chairman of the company, Dr. Lukman Bolaji, stated that…
The Ogun State So-Safe Corps, Idiroko division, has arrested Timileyin Abayomi for allegedly stealing a motorcycle. At around 3 p.m. on Monday, the suspect was apprehended in Ilashe, Ipokia Local Government Area, Ogun State. According to So-Safe spokesperson Moruf Yusuf, told DAILY POST that the suspect identified himself as a transport union worker and a…
SIR: Tai Solarin College of Education” (TASCE), Omu-Ijebu, Ogun State has been in the news in the last five years for all manners of reasons. Things reached the climax mid-2017 when the Senator Ibikunle Amosun administration stopped payment of salaries and subvention for good 16 months. The Dapo Abiodun administration assumed the mantle of leadership with…
Traders on Ogun State’s Lambe-Matogun road have recounted their losses after a fuel tanker exploded on Saturday, destroying their shops and properties. The fire is said to have destroyed five shops worth millions of naira, including electricity cables. According to residents, the petrol tanker crashed around 8 a.m. The residents had put out the fire…
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…
Ogun has begun paying N202 billion compensation for properties demolished by Amosun. The Ogun State government will begin paying compensation to owners of properties demolished by Senator Ibikunle Amosun’s administration in order to expand some road projects across the state. Governor Dapo Abiodun has already approved that compensation payments begin to alleviate the sufferings of…
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,…
