Transportation

Road Crash Claims Three Lives in Ogun

Web News 23 August 2024 289 0

Oluwatoyin Adegoke The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Ogun Sector Command has confirmed that three people died while three other persons sustained varying degrees of injuries in a crash that occurred in Enugada area of Lafenwa, Abeokuta, on Thursday. The FRSC Public Education Officer, Mrs Continue Reading

News

Ogun Police Nab Suspected Cultist for Murder

Web News 18 August 2024 246 0

By Francisca irekpita The Ogun State Police Command, has apprehended a 34-year-old Adekunle Adebajo, popularly called Kunle Polly, a suspected cultist for allegedly participating in the murder of a rival cultist known as Mosquito in Ijebu Ode area of Ogun. Mosquito was reported to have been hacked to death recently with his left hand cut […]Continue Reading

Health

Cholera Outbreak Claims One, Five Others Hospitalised

Web News 21 June 2024 160 0

  By Oluwatoyin Adegoke Cholera outbreak has claimed one life in Ijebu Igbo area of Ogun State while 5 others have been hospitalized. The outbreak, which reportedly happened early this week , was confirmed to have claimed the life of a 62 year old woman who allegedly contacted the deadly disease while catering for her […]Continue Reading

Energy

Gas Explosion Razes Vehicles,Claims Live in Abeokuta.

Web News 28 April 2024 512 0

By Francisca Irekpita Five vehicles, including a truck were razed, while a man was reportedly killed in the fire outbreak from a gas tanker explosion in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Witnesses claimed that the inferno which also destroyed some shops and houses around the busy Ita Osin area of the city had killed 4 […]Continue Reading

Sport

Investment in Sports is Game Changer, Enthusiasts Tell Administrators

Web News 5 April 2024 316 0

By Segun Folarin Sports administrators should invest resources in regional competitions to foster peace and promote national development. A cross-section of sports enthusiasts canvassed this in Abeokuta while speaking with Radio Nigeria on the occasion of the International Day of Sports for Development and Peace.  Correspondent Olusegun Folarin reports that the sports Continue Reading

Crime

FUNAAB Student Accused of Poisoning Girlfriend Cleared

Web News 16 November 2023 320 0

The Federal University of Agriculture, FUNAAB, Abeokuta, has cleared a final-year student of the school, Oladokun Ayomide, over the allegation of poisoning his girlfriend and another lady. Earlier reports said the Ogun State Police Command arrested Ayomide for allegedly poisoning Ugbokwe Mmasichukwu and another lady, Odumosu Semilore. The police said the suspect Continue Reading

Lifestyle

OBJ Mourns Alaba Lawson

Web News 29 October 2023 329 0

By Oluwatoyin Adegoke Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed sadness over the demise of the late Iyalode of Egbaland, Chief Alaba Lawson. Chief Obasanjo, who conferred the national honour of Member of the Order of Federal Republic, MFR, on Chief Lawson in 2004 described the late Iyalode of Egbaland and Yorubaland as a very […]Continue Reading

Economy

Ogun Govt. Pledges to Expand Business Opportunities

Web News 18 October 2023 472 0

By Olusegun Folarin Ogun State Government has pledged to further open up the State for business opportunities by putting all machineries in motion to attract more investors. The Commissioner for Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Adebola Sofela gave the assurance in an interview with Journalists in Abeokuta Mr Sofela said that the present administration would […]Continue Reading

Sport

Abeokuta 10 Km Race: Kenya Athletes Make Clean Sweep of Prize

Web News 9 September 2023 475 0

By Olusegun Folarin Athletes from Kenya have emerged winners of the Abeokuta 10 kilometers race. Peter Nwaniki crossed the finish line on 28 minutes, 14 seconds to emerge winner of the 2023 edition of the race and went home with 5 thousand dollars prize money. Kiypeko Kennedy also from Kenya came second with 29 minutes […]Continue Reading

Feature

Death Stalks Nation’s Streets in Garb of Mentally Challenged (Video)

Web News 23 August 2023 611 0

By Simeon Ugbodovon/Tope Bolugbe Taking a walk around areas including Oke-Ado, Orita-Challenge, J. Allen junction, Dugbe Bank Road, Dugbe-Eleyele route in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital,  it is not unusual to catch sight of mentally challenged persons. Some of whom can be seen lying on road medians, marketplaces, and road intersections.  And their number Continue Reading

Education

FUNAAB Renews Enforcement of Approved Dress Code for Students

Web News 21 July 2023 514 0

By Olusegun Folarin Authorities of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, FUNAAB, have renewed their commitment to ensuring compliance with the approved dress code for students coming into the University campus. The Management has reiterated that the move was aimed at ensuring strict compliance with extant regulations and principles guiding the conduct of Continue Reading

Culture

Don Calls for Digital Documentation of Indigenous African Knowledge

Web News 25 May 2023 544 0

By Oluwatoyin Adegoke There is need to ensure digital documentation of indigenous African knowledge to further preserve the values and explore the potential to enrich the society.  The Head, Department of Pure and Applied Botany, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Dr Abiodun Oyelakin made the submission while presenting a paper on “African Biodiversity Continue Reading

News

Families of Dead Police Officers Receive Compensation

Web News 17 May 2023 389 0

By Wale Oluokun Twenty-six families of Police officers that died in the course of duties in Ogun State have received compensation of more than forty-five million nairas from the Nigeria Police. The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Oladimeji Olanrewaju, while handing over the cheques to the affected families at the Eleweran state headquarters of […]Continue Reading

Lifestyle

Easter Monday: Recreation Centres Experience Low Turn-out

Web News 10 April 2023 403 0

The turn-out of fun-seekers at major recreation centres in Abeokuta, the State Capital of Ogun, for the Easter Monday celebration, is relatively low. Radio Nigeria Correspondent who visited some of the centres including Olumo Rock, Cultural Centre, Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, OOPL, and some Eateries, reports that, customers are very few, as the major roads […]Continue Reading

Economy

Naira Notes: Report banks whose ATMs dispense old notes – CBN

Web News 23 January 2023 546 0

By Oluwatoyin Adegoke Ahead of the deadline announced by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, for the mopping up of old naira notes, mixed reactions have continued to trail the process. A number of people who spoke with Radio Nigeria in Ogun State expressed concern about the time-frame as the an end of old notes […]Continue Reading

Environment

Always Ensure Installation of Fire Fighting Equipment- Ogun Govt.

Web News 25 November 2022 511 0

Operators of cooking gas in Ogun state have been reminded of the need to abide by the laid down rules and regulations guiding their business in a bid to protect lives and property. The Director of Urban Planning in the Ogun State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr Rufus Talabi, gave the advice […]Continue Reading

Education

Extortion: Accusation against school management baseless – MAPOLY PRO

Web News 18 October 2022 736 0

Some students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, MAPOLY, Abeokuta, have protested the institution’s increments of tuition fees and alleged extortion by the management of the school. The students in their thousands barricaded the main entrance of the institution and prevented movement into the school premises. The protest which disrupted the ongoing second-semester Continue Reading

Crime

Police nab notorious cultist

Web News 11 May 2022 1455 0

Operatives of Ogun state police command have arrested a notorious wanted cult member and armed robbery suspect, Christian Peter in Mowe area of the state. The suspect who had been on wanted list of the command was arrested during the routine patrol of Mowe/Ofada road by the divisional anti robbery team around the premises of […]Continue Reading

Crime

Police Nab Suspected Kidnapper in Ogun

Web News 16 April 2022 459 0

A middle-aged man, Sakiru Famuyiwa, has been arrested by men of Ogun state police command for allegedly stealing two children during a church service in Ijeja area of Abeokuta. The suspect was arrested after the policemen attached to Ibara divisional headquarters received a distress call from a celestial church of Christ that two children had been […]Continue Reading

News

Ogun Police Command Debunks Rumour Of Cultists Overtaking Abeokuta 

Web News 25 March 2022 480 0

Ogun state police command says it has arrested a large number of suspected cultists after a violent attack that claimed a life in Oluwo Area of Abeokuta.In a statement, the Command’s  spokesperson, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi said that the suspects were now under investigation at the State Criminal investigation and intelligence department, Eleweran,  Abeokuta.Mr Oyeyemi Continue Reading

News

Ijoba Ipinle Ogun Gbe Awon Ile Ti Ko Kunojuosuwon To Tipa

Web News 25 March 2022 684 0

Ijoba ipinle Ogun ti gbe awon ile mejilelogbon to wa ni Isheri nijoba ibile Ifo nipinle naa tipa, nitori pe won tapa si oniruru ofin to romo ile kiko. Alakoso to wa fun eto ile ati idagbasoke igberiko, Ogbeni Olatunji Odunlami, lo soro yi di mimo lasiko to n baa won akoroyin soro nilu Abeokuta, […]Continue Reading

News

“There Will Be Better Service Delivery” : Odusile Assures Ogun Residents

Web News 10 March 2022 582 0

People of Ogun State have been assured of better service delivery and the provision of evenly distributed development projects through the collaborative efforts of the government and relevant organizations. The State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Alhaji Waheed Odusile gave the assurance when the management team of Radio Nigeria Paramount FM Abeokuta, led by Continue Reading

Crime

MAPOLY Student Bags Seven Months Jail Term for Impersonation

Web News 9 February 2022 1065 0

The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of a 24-year-old student of Computer Science at Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, MAPOLY, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Adebowale Babatunde Ismail, to seven months imprisonment before Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State for the offence Continue Reading

Crime

Court Orders Remand Of Four Teenagers At Correctional Home Over Murder Case In Ogun

Web News 4 February 2022 834 0

An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court has remanded four teenagers at correctional home for alleged ritual murder of a twenty year-old Sofiat Okeowo. The police had charged twenty years old Balogun Mustakeem, eighteen years old Majekodunmi Soliudeen, nineteen years old Abdulgafar Lukman, and eighteen years old Waris Oladeinde, on a two- count charge of conspiracy and murder […]Continue Reading

Education

MAPOLY Protest: Students, School Management Trade Words over Demands

Web News 19 January 2022 1197 0

The management of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, MAPOLY, Abeokuta and the leadership of students in Ogun State have been at loggerheads over the ongoing protest by the students of the institution. The students had been protesting over what they called exorbitant charges and deplorable conditions of a road leading to the institution. In their large number, […]Continue Reading