Chief Judge of Ondo State, Justice Williams Akintoroye, has granted pardon to 18 inmates serving jail terms for major and minor offences such as murder, rape, conspiracy at various Nigerian Correctional Service in the State. Justice Akintoroye granted the pardon when he made his first official visit to all Correctional Centres in the state. He […]
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Men of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a pastor of the Christ Apostolic Bible Church in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital for allegedly defiling a 16-year-old chorister in his church. The police also arrested his wife for allegedly conniving with him by shutting the door on the victim during the act. The state Police Public […]
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Ogun High Court on Tuesday overturned the demotion of 75 coronet Obas by Governor Dapo Abiodun on February 6, 2020. The 75 coronet obas had instituted action before the court to challenge their demotion by Abiodun, seeking nullification of the action. Other respondents in the suit were the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, […]
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Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, at the weekend, said his administration had approved N200 million as Yearly State Education Intervention Fund to raise the bar of learning and academic excellence in the tertiary institutions. He also endowed the best graduating student’s award with N1 million yearly in honour of his late father, Dr. Emmanuel Adesanya […]
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Effort of the Governor Dapo Abiodun-led administration to improve and revamp the state healthcare service has received a boost as a Foundation, Abdul Samad Africa Initiative, donated N2.5b towards the construction of Mother and Child Unit at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu. Presenting a cheque on behalf of the Foundation at the Governor’s […]
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Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun Students in Ogun State culpable of criminal and unlawful acts will be sent to juvenile homes to undergo character reformation. Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, stated this in Abeokuta when he visited the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Lanre Bankole. He tendered apology on […]
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With an increasing number of cancer cases in the country, the wife of Ogun State Governor, Mrs. Bamidele Abiodun, has enjoined all women to ascertain their status, for prompt treatment to curb the spread of the disease to other parts of the body. Abiodun, who gave the advice, yesterday, during the ongoing breast cancer awareness […]
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My baby cried as three men raped me – Nursing mother About 50 masked persons, armed with different weapons including guns, cutlasses, and axes have reportedly attacked residents and business owners in Agbaakin community, close to Mowe, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. It was gathered that during the two-day raid, […]
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A bill for a law to impose and charge Value Added Tax on certain goods and services, provide for administration of the tax and for related purposes scaled second reading on Tuesday at Ogun State House of Assembly. Mr Deji Adeyemo, Clerk of the Assembly, read the bill for the first time during plenary session […]
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The current state of desolation of what was once the pride of Ogun State, the Gateway Hotel, Ota, owing to a political war among the state’s gladiators, is the subject examined in the following report. Enjoy… Despite its strategic location and proximity to Lagos, the commercial centre of Nigeria, the Gateway Hotel, Ota, one of […]
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