Ogun shuts school, suspends principal over pupil’s death

Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun Ogun State Government has shut down Obada Grammar School, Obada, Idi-emi over the death of Monday Arijo, an SS2 student of the school. This followed the arrest and suspension of the teacher allegedly responsible for the death of the student on Friday last week as a result of corporal punishment. […]

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Abiodun orders refund of administrative fees for civil service recruitment

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun has directed the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission to refund all administrative fees currently being charged for the ongoing recruitment exercise into the state’s civil service. Mr Tokunbo Talabi, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), made this known in a statement issued on Thursday in Abeokuta. The governor […]

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Ogun: From rising industrial hub to den of cultists, criminals

Governor Dapo Abiodun The rising wave of gangsterism, cultism and attendant criminalities in Ogun State is unsettling for the economic potential of the state that is fast becoming the home of new industries. AZEEZ OLORUNLOMERU reports that the recent reign of terror in parts of the state has undermined efforts to challenge the menace, calling […]

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Ogun, three other states to benefit from N500b Afreximbank support fund

Ogun State is to benefit from a N500 billion financial support being packaged by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in conjunction with Access Bank. The Gateway state is to benefit from the fund along with three other states in the country. This was disclosed in Cairo, Egypt by Governor Dapo Abiodun, while speaking at the […]

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Abiodun: Why I’m investing in infrastructure

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has said that his administration is investing massively in infrastructure in the Gateway State in order to provide better living standards for the citizenry and create enabling environment for investment and future development of the state. The Governor’s resolve on infrastructural development, according to his Special Adviser on Media […]

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Ogun ex-LG Chairman, Adedayo freed after two days in prison

Ex-chairman of Ijebu East Local Government in Ogun State, Wale Adedayo, has regained freedom from the Ibara Correctional Centre in Abeokuta, barely about two days after his remand in the facility. The Police Command in the state had Tuesday arraigned him before a Magistrate’s Court sitting in Abeokuta, the state capital, on two counts. The […]

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DATKEM Plaza is an illegal structure, contravenes Ogun physical planning laws – Govt

Ogun State Government on Sunday said DATKEM Plaza, Ijebu Ode, was an illegal structure without an approved plan. The structure, the state government added, also contravened the state’s physical planning laws. The government, in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, Engr. Olayiwola Abiodun, said the structure violated […]

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Daniel’s wife slams Ogun for demolishing DATKEM Plaza

Mrs. Olufunke Daniel, wife of the former Ogun State Governor, Senator Gbenga Daniel, has tackled Governor Dapo Abiodun over the demolition of her 5-storey plaza in Ijebu-Ode, describing the act as executive recklessness. The state government commenced demolition of the 5-storey DATKEM plaza in Ijebu-Ode, in the early hours of Sunday. Daniel, who represents Ogun […]

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Ogun govt demolishes Gbenga Daniel’s N1bn property

Ogun State government early Sunday morning started the demolition of a five-story building, DATKEM Plaza, owned by Olufunke Daniel, the wife of a former governor of the state, Gbenga Daniel. Daniel, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) like Governor Dapo Abiidun, is the senator representing Ogun East district. Our correspondent who visited […]

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