Sport

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

Web News 9 September 2023 177 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 Continue Reading

Feature

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

Web News 23 August 2023 234 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 254 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 383 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 244 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 250 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 404 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 348 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 517 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 1171 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 332 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 333 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 543 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 459 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 781 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 693 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 976 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

Entertainment

Ogun Children Stage Drama Highlighting Nigeria’s Diverse Cultures

Web News 2 January 2022 1405 0

School children in Ogun State have participated in the ninth edition of the Children’s Creative Station Workshop put together by the National Troupe of Nigeria to further celebrate the rich cultural heritage of the country.  The event held at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta featured a cast of more than 50 children taking part […]Continue Reading

Education

NASU Advocates Good Treatment For Its Members

Web News 23 December 2021 494 0

Joint action committee of Non-academic staff of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta Ogun state have called for the constitution of the school’s governing board as prescribed by the law establishing the institution to prevent further maltreatment of their members. The two unions, the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnic and the Non-Academic Staff Union at Continue Reading

Security

Man Found Dead Hanging From Electric Pole in Abeokuta

Web News 21 November 2021 665 0

It was a worrisome Sunday morning for the people of Kobape town along the Abeokuta – Sagamu Interchange when they woke up to discover the lifeless body of a man on an electric pole.  The residents told Radio Nigeria that the yet to be identified man, believed to have been electrocuted, was discovered in the […]Continue Reading

Economy

Gov. Abiodun Assures E-Third Party Insurance will Eliminate Fraud

Web News 5 November 2021 415 0

Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun says the recently unveiled online platform for third party insurance, the E-Third Party Insurance would enable people to buy genuine third-party insurance and eliminate fake insurance certificates. The governor made this known at the 31st Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria Professional Forum held in Abeokuta. The governor Continue Reading

Health

Mrs Abiodun Advocates More Work Force In Health Sector

Web News 29 October 2021 462 0

The wife of the Ogun State Governor, Mrs Bamidele Abiodun has underscored the need for an increase in the number of nurses and midwives towards reducing maternal mortality, especially at the grassroots. The wife of the Governor made the submission at a town hall meeting organized by Community Development Associations, Ogun Women on Maternal Health […]Continue Reading

Sport

Ogun Wins Maiden Edition Of Southwest Female Basketball Competition

Web News 29 October 2021 590 0

Fortune basketball from Ogun state has emerged champions of the maiden edition of the southwest female basketball competition. The Abeokuta based team defeated Hoopsdream of Oyo state by 24 to 22 points in the final of the competition played at Alake sports centre, Ijeja Abeokuta. The southwest female basketball competition with the theme “balling to Continue Reading

Crime

Teenager jailed 3 months for stealing plastic chairs from Church

Web News 29 October 2021 552 0

An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a nineteen-year-old man, Lekan Alaka, to three months imprisonment for stealing plastic chairs worth ninety-one thousand two hundred nairas from Mount Zion Anglican Church. Magistrate Olajumoke Somefun in her judgement held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubts sentencing the suspect to three months Continue Reading

Sport

Southwest Female Basketball Competition Dunks Off In Ogun

Web News 27 October 2021 677 0

A two day South-West female basketball competition has dunked off in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The competition under the Women Elite Sports Empowerment Initiative, WESIE, is designed to develop female basketball players across the southwest region as well as their coaches. The facilitator of the tournament, Coach Adebayo Iyabode explained that the southwest Continue Reading