The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday arrested Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo. Channels TV reports that he was arrested around 9 am at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. Quoting sources, it said that the speaker was picked up by officials of the EFCC to answer questions bordering […]
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Ogun State Government has resumed work on the Sango-Ijoko-Alagbole road, which was abandoned by the immediate past administration of Senator Ibikunle Amosun. Amosun had planned to turn the 32-kilometre road into six lanes, with three lanes on each side, but abandoned the project after demolishing thousands of properties along the stretch. Since then, the road […]
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Ogun State Police Commissioner, Lanre Bankole Men of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 54-year-old man, ,,, for allegedly killing a 71-year-old woman, Mesesi Adisa, and selling her wrists and ankles to a suspected ritualist. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. Oyeyemi […]
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Ogun State Government has appointed ace Nollywood actor, Odunlade Adekola, as its Health Insurance Ambassador. The Commissioner for Health of the state, Dr. Tomi Coker, announced the appointment during the health insurance scheme event held at the Ogun State Health Insurance Agency, Abeokuta, on Monday. According to Coker, the move was a follow-up to the […]
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The two worshipers abducted last Monday by gunmen at the Celestial Church of Christ, Oshofa, Wasimi, in the Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State, have been released. The founder of the church, Oluwatomisin Olugbebi, said the victims were released on Saturday. Gunmen, who wore masks and fez caps, had invaded the church and abducted […]
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With a combined manufacturing production value of N3.2 trillion in the second half of 2021, Lagos and Ogun industrial zones are responsible for 86 per cent of manufactured goods consumed in the country and exported. According to the latest data released by the Manufacturers’ Association of Nigeria (MAN), of the N3.73 trillion worth of goods […]
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An Ogun State Magistrate’s Court sitting at Itori, in the Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state, on Thursday, remanded 12 suspected killers of the Olu of Agodo, Oba Olajide Odetola. The suspects were alleged to have killed Oba Odetola and burnt his remains. They were later arrested in connection with the crime. Our correspondent […]
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Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested two suspected cultists for allegedly gang raping a 22-year-old lady in Abeokuta, the state capital. The incident happened at Eleweran, Abeokuta, when a 38-year-old man, on Wednesday, allegedly invited his friend and gang raped his lover. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident […]
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Some of the suspects Ogun State Police Command on Monday paraded 15 suspected criminals for various crimes, including armed robbery, murder, kidnapping, among others. The state Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, who paraded the suspects at the police headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, on Monday, said they were arrested in different parts of the state. Speaking during […]
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A member of the Ogun House of Assembly, Mr Sola Adams, has cried out over the invasion of farmlands by elephants adding that they also injured a farmer at Itashin in Ijebu East Local Government Area of the state. Adams, who spoke during plenary in Abeokuta, noted that the recent incident where elephants attacked villagers […]
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