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  • Reckless Driver Kills Don

    Reckless Driver Kills Don

    By Oluwatoyin Adegoke A Professor of Biochemical Toxicology with the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, FUNAAB, Oladipo Ademuyiwa has been reportedly killed by a hit-and-run driver while attempting to cross the road in his neighbourhood. The Don was said to have been knocked down around Professor Wole Soyinka’s axis of the recently rehabilitated Kemta-Somorin road…

  • Absolute trust in God ensures peace – Rev Father Fasola

    By Francisca Irekpita  Absolute trust in God amidst challenges leads ultimately to soaring above them. The parish priest of Saint Andrew Catholic Church, Olomore, Abeokuta, Ogun State, the Reverend Father Anthony Fashola stated this during a sermon. The Reverend Father Fashola who said God does not fail but always keeps his promises however admonished encouraged…

  • So-Safe Arrests Ex-convict with Human Skull in Ogun

    By Bolanle Adesida A 54-year-old man identified as Adelani Oriyomi has been arrested at a tomb in Kere, Obada-Oko, in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State while allegedly exhuming a human skull. In a statement made available to Newsmen in Abeokuta, Commander of the State Community, Social Orientation, and Safety Corps, So-Safe Corps Dr Soji…

  • Ogun HoS Tasks Civil Servant on Efficient Service Delivery

    By Olusegun Folarin  The Ogun State Head of Service, Mr Kehinde Onasanya, has encouraged civil servants to recommit to delivering efficient, innovative, and people-focused services that align with the current administration’s vision. Mr Onasanya, who made the call in Abeokuta, noted that the future of Ogun State depended on the collective resolve to build upon…

  • Cholera Outbreak Claims One, Five Others Hospitalised

      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…

  • Gas Explosion Razes Vehicles,Claims Live in Abeokuta.

    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…

  • Investment in Sports is Game Changer, Enthusiasts Tell Administrators

    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 lovers were optimistic…

  • FUNAAB Student Accused of Poisoning Girlfriend Cleared

    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 administered a poison…

  • OBJ Mourns Alaba Lawson

    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…

  • Ogun Govt. Pledges to Expand Business Opportunities

    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…

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

    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…

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

    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 keeps increasing. These…

  • FUNAAB Renews Enforcement of Approved Dress Code for Students

    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 students within…

  • Don Calls for Digital Documentation of Indigenous African Knowledge

    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 and Traditional…

  • Families of Dead Police Officers Receive Compensation

    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…

  • Easter Monday: Recreation Centres Experience Low Turn-out

    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…

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

    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…

  • Always Ensure Installation of Fire Fighting Equipment- Ogun Govt.

    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…

  • Extortion: Accusation against school management baseless – MAPOLY PRO

    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 examination saw the protesting students…

  • Police nab notorious cultist

    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…

  • Police Nab Suspected Kidnapper in Ogun

    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…

  • Ogun Police Command Debunks Rumour Of Cultists Overtaking Abeokuta 

    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 said…

  • Ijoba Ipinle Ogun Gbe Awon Ile Ti Ko Kunojuosuwon To Tipa

    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,…

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

    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 the General…

  • MAPOLY Student Bags Seven Months Jail Term for Impersonation

    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…