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Abiodun Announces Plan to Extend Red, Blue Rail Lines to Ogun
By Abimbola Bamgbose The governor of Ogun State has announced plans to extend the Blue Rail Line from Agbado in Lagos State to Kajola and the Red Line from Okokomaiko also in Lagos to Agbara in Ogun State to further improve the state’s transport network. Prince Dapo Abiodun, who stated this during the inspection of…
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National Cashew Association of Nigeria Laments Illegal Check Points
By Olusegun Folarin Key players in the cashew industry in Ogun State have raised the alarm over incessant harassment and extortion of merchants of the produce at illegal checkpoints and road blocks mounted by security operatives and other government agents on major roads in the state. The stakeholders, under the aegis of the National Cashew…
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OGHA Calls for Immortalization of Onanuga
By Omolara Adasofunjo Ogun State House of Assembly has passed a resolution calling on the State Government to immortalise the late former Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Mrs Adewunmi Onanuga by renaming the Court junction/Simawa road and some of her projects in her honour. The passage of the resolution followed the debate…
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Ogun Benefits as Foreign Investors Commit $2.5B to Nigeria’s Livestock Sector
By Abimbola Bamgbose Ogun State and a foreign investor known as Jose Batista Sobrinho, JBS, are partnering to improve Nigeria’s livestock sector with the state in line to reap substantially from a $2.5 billion investment. While receiving the controlling shareholder of Jose Batista Sobrinho, JBS, Mr Wesley Batista who led his team to the governor’s…
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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…
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Ayo Adebanjo: A mighty Iroko has fallen – Makinde
By Iyabo Adebisi Oyo State Governor, Engineer ‘Seyi Makinde, has compared the passing of Pa Ayo Adebanjo, a prominent leader of the pan-Yoruba sociopolitical group Afenifere, to the fall of a mighty Iroko tree in the forest. Governor Makinde described Pa Adebanjo’s death as marking the end of an era, praising him as a dedicated…
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Ogun to Reconstruct Access Roads
By Abimbola Bamgbose Motorists and residents in Ajibayo Village, as well as those travelling between Ajebo and Abeokuta in Obafemi Owode Local Government, will soon experience relief as the Ogun State government prepares to commence the long-awaited reconstruction of the road leading to the Federal University of Medicine and Medical Sciences. Governor Dapo Abiodun made…
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Ogun to Establish Ranching Facilities
By Bimbola Bamgbose Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has announced plans to establish ranching facilities aimed at improving the processing of meat in the state. The governor made this disclosure while receiving a delegation led by the Head of International Projects at SEMMARIS, Mr Timothee Witkowski, and the Regional Agriculture Counsellor of the French…
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OGEPA Begins Emission Control March 1st
By Oluwatoyin Adegoke Ogun State Environmental Protection Agency, OGEPA, has concluded arrangements for the takeoff of Vehicle Emission Control in the state towards mitigating the negative effects of vehicle emissions on the environment. Special Adviser to the governor of Ogun State Environmental Protection Agency, Mr Farouk Akintunde stated this during a stakeholders meeting with the…
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Do not drink when you drive – Police
By Olusegun Folarin Ogun State Police Command has renewed its call against driving under the influence of any form of substance abuse. The Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola made the call while reacting to the fatal crash that occurred in the Ile-Oba area along the Ogijo/Ita-Oluwo/Ikorodu Road. She said that the crash involved a…
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Customs Decorate 60 personnel with New Ranks
By Oluwatoyin Adegoke Officers and men of the Nigeria Customs Service have been charged to uphold the core values of integrity, diligence, and patriotism while discharging their duties of contributing meaningfully to the development, security, and prosperity of the country. The Customs Area Controller, Ogun 1 Area Command, Mr Muhammed Shuaibu gave the charge at…
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Abiodun Warns Against Establishment of Sharia Court in Ogun
By Abimbola Bamgbose The Ogun State Government has warned against any attempt to establish a Sharia Court in the state. In a statement personally signed by the governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, the state government, noted that Sharia Courts cannot be legally constituted by individuals or groups without legal backing. The government was reacting to a…
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Police Rescue Three Kidnapped Victims
By Olusegun Folarin Three kidnapped victims have been rescued along the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode Expressway by operatives of Ogun State Police command. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Ogunlowo confirmed the incident in Abeokuta in a statement through the spokesperson of the state command, Omolola Odutola. Mr Ogunlowo explained that the Sagamu Area Commander who received…
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Naval Base, Dockyard to Spring up in Ogun
By Abimbola Bamgbose The Ogun State government has concluded plans to do the groundbreaking of a naval base and naval dockyard at Ode-Omi, Waterside in Ogun East Senatorial district The naval base and the dockyard, according to the Ogun State governor Prince Dapo Abiodun, would help to fortify security architecture in the state being a…
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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…
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FMC Staff Commits Suicide
By Oluwatoyin Adegoke The Acting Head of the Audit Department, Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Idi Aba, Abeokuta, Mr Oluwaseun Adeniyi has reportedly committed suicide by jumping into a well in the Obantoko area of Abeokuta, Ogun State. Head of Public Relations and Communication, FMC Abeokuta, Mr Segun Orisajo, who confirmed the incident expressed the Management’s…
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Sanusi Mourns Adewumi Onanuga
By Oluremi Olugbenro The Ogun State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Yemi Sanusi has described the death of Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Mrs Adewunmi Onanuga, as a very big vacuum that will be difficult for the party to fill. Chief Sanusi made the remark when he led members…
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Angry Man Assaults Wife with Hot Vegetable Oil
By Abdulqadri Oyinlola The Ogun State Police Command has arrested Sholola Kazeem in Owode-Egba for allegedly pouring hot vegetable oil on his wife and stabbing her in the head during a violent altercation. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ms Omolola Odutola, who made this known in a statement, explained that the incident occurred following a…
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Abiodun Approves 2023/2024 Promotion Exercises for Eligible Workers
By Abimbola Bamgbose The Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has granted approval for the 2023 and 2024 promotion exercises for eligible civil and public servants in the state. A total of 26,764 personnel from junior, senior, and management cadres across the state’s Ministries, Departments, and Agencies, MDAs, are expected to benefit from the…
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Enhance your policing responsibilities – CP Tells Newly Promoted Officers
By Abdulquadri Oyinlola Commissioner of Police Ogun State Command, Dr Lanre Ogunlowo has decorated the newly promoted senior officers within the command with a call on them to remain diligent and committed in the discharge of their duties. Dr Ogunlowo made the call during the decoration of the officers at the Ogun State Police Command…
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Iya Sunnah of Egbaland Dies at 89
By Oluwatoyin Adegoke The death has been announced of a popular socialite and businesswoman, the Iya Sunnah of Egbaland, Yewaland and Ogun State, Chief Khadijah Adebisi Edionseri, popularly known as “Cash Madam”. The 89-year-old Madam Edionseri reportedly died on Sunday, 5th January 2025, following a brief illness. A statement by Dr Adebayo Adebowale on behalf…
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Obasanjo Wants PCC to Address Cases of Injustice
By Oluwatoyin Adegoke Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo wants the Public Complaints Commission, PCC, to rise to the challenge of meeting the needs of many helpless Nigerians seeking redress for their grievances against administrative injustice. Chief Obasanjo stated this when he received a team of the commission’s management, led by the Federal Commissioner in charge…
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Yuletide: Abiodun Calls for Adequate Protection
By Abimbola Bamgbose Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has called on security agencies to design and deploy workable strategies that would ensure adequate protection of lives and property during this Christmas period. The governor made the call when he received the new Commissioner of Police, Ogun State Command, Mr. Lanre Ogunlowo, who paid him…
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Ogun NOA Sensitization Programmes Gain Momentum
By Oluwatoyin Adegoke Non-governmental organisations, NGOs, in Ogun State have expressed support for the campaign efforts of the National Orientation Agency, NOA, towards sensitizing citizens to the dangers of social vices and creating awareness on security alertness among the people. Speaking during an advocacy walk in Abeokuta, to commemorate International Human Rights Day, representatives of the…
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NOA Seeks Partnership with Radio Nigeria
By Adebola Ajayi Take advantage of the Nation’s cultural and ethnic diversity for its overall development, rather than allow it to divide them. This was the submission of the Ogun State Director, National Orientation Agency, NOA, Mrs Olufunke Salako while she led the management team of the Agency on a familiarization visit to Radio Nigeria…
