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Independent Newspapers Limited
April 29, 2018
Governor Amosu who acknowledged the increased participation of female drummers said: “For us in Ogun State, this annual drum festival is our own ... heritage in Nigeria and across Africa and how our approach to culture, especially the different particular elements like drumming should be different.
THISDAY Newspapers
April 29, 2018
An investigation by THISDAY on the geographical spread of Nigeria's electricity generation sources has shown that out of the 36 states in the country and ... Ogun State has the Olorunsogo power station with installed capacity of 335MW, completed in 2007, as well as the 675MW Olorunsogo-2 built underÃâà...
The Nation Newspaper
April 29, 2018
Barely four hours after an accident on Ogun state stretch of the Lagos – Ibadan expressway claimed 12 lives on Saturday, another auto crash on ... The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, who confirmed the accident, saidÃâà...
Premium Times
April 29, 2018
Recently the magazine published the total allocations received by each state in Nigeria from the Federation Account Allocation (FAA) between January to December 2017. The latest report on IGR reveals that only Lagos and Ogun States generated more revenue than their allocations from the FederationÃâà...
Vanguard
April 28, 2018
So much has been written and said about how the Amosun government turned around the fortunes of Ogun State industrially. It moved the state from 35th position in 2010 to one of the first five among the 36 states of the federation in 2014, according to the World Bank Doing Business in Nigeria Report.
Guardian (blog)
April 27, 2018
... at the school premises, Managing Director, Coca-Cola Nigeria, Mr. Bhupendra Suri, explained that the project designed to critically intervene in infrastructural development of public schools, is part of the Coca-Cola Foundation/UNDP New World Programme, in collaboration with Ogun State Government.
The Nation Newspaper
April 22, 2018
Against speculation in some political circles that the Senator representing Lagos West Senatorial District, Adeola Olamilekan, has jettisoned his aspiration to run for the seat of governor in Ogun State in 2019, chairman of Sagamu Local Government Yayi Movement and member of the apex body of YayiÃâà...
Independent Newspapers Limited
April 22, 2018
A 29 year old man identified as Soji Ogunrinola has been arrested by the Police in Ogun for allegedly defiling a 13 year old girl in Odeda area of the state. A statement from the Police Public Relations Office in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, a copy of which was made available to Daily Independent indicatedÃâà...
Guardian (blog)
April 22, 2018
Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has said the Homeowners' Charter Programme has received wide acceptance, making other states to ... as a practical urban planning intervention, is currently replicated in other states, and that the state is a pacesetter in the distribution of authentic land titles.
Guardian (blog)
April 22, 2018
The seven-man Committee set up to screen intending pilgrims from Ogun State for the April/May pilgrimage exercise, have concluded its assignment, with ... Chairman of the committee, who is a representative of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), Mr. Adetunji Adetoye, who disclosed thisÃâà...
Nigerian Bulletin
April 21, 2018
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Daily Post Nigeria
April 19, 2018
A retired Chief Superintendent of Police, David Agholor has reportedly shot himself dead. The incident happened at his residence on Sharaton Estate, Olaogun, in the Ijoko area of Ogun State. Agholor, who was the Officer-in-Charge of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Enugu State Police Command,Ãâà...
Vanguard
April 19, 2018
“To my respected colleague, I am today handing over to you Ogun Command of Nigeria Customs Service ,NCS, with a team of dedicated, loyal and hard ... Sani Madugu, while handing over the Command to the newly posted Acting CAC, DC Agbara Ojobo Michael, on April 18, 2018, at Idiroko, Ogun State.
Aljazeera.com
April 19, 2018
"I want to say a big thank you to the federal government of Nigeria and the Ogun state government for providing food for us," 10-year-old Ramon Samuel told Al ... The school programme operates in 20 out of Nigeria's 36 states and has fed nearly seven million pupils in about 40,000 public schools, theÃâà...
THISDAY Newspapers
April 18, 2018
As is typical of Nigerian politicians and sequel to Buhari's declaration to re-contest, governance and development will certainly take the back seat. Since the inception of this administration, the electorates have been shortchanged. The only remedy is for all Nigerians to close ranks and vote in statesmenÃâà...
Independent Newspapers Limited
April 18, 2018
Abeokuta – Ogun State Command of Nigeria Customs Service, NSC, Wednesday said it generated a total sum of N2.1 billion within the last three months. The outgoing Comptroller of the Command, Sani Madugu, revealed this while handing over to the newly posted Comptroller, Agbara Michael, at theÃâà...
Guardian (blog)
April 17, 2018
The plaintiffs, Western Lotto Nigeria Ltd and Wesco Pools & Lottery Ltd, had prayed the court to determine whether in view of subsisting and binding ... The respondents are the Lagos and Ogun states Attorneys-General, the Lagos State Lottery Board, the Ogun State Internal Revenue Service, the IGP,Ãâà...
Daily Sun
April 17, 2018
Newly-registered Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP), Ogun State chapter, has inaugurated the executive members of the party in the state. ... that the party adopted the bottom to top approach to liberate the nation's political system with the aim of renewing the beliefs of Nigerians in good governance.
Guardian (blog)
April 17, 2018
The Federal Operations Unit (FoU) of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted contrabands with duty paid value of about N1.6 billion in just ... Hemp (Cannabis Sativa) weighing 1,550kg, was also intercepted along Olorunda axis of Ogun State through intelligence tip off, making it the highestÃâà...
Vanguard
April 16, 2018
Oyeyemi said they were arrested during a sting operation jointly carried out by policemen of the state command and officials of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, last week Thursday and Friday. He said: “The operation is in line with Section 21(1) of the CBN Act 2007, which made hawking, selling and abuse ofÃâà...
Vanguard
April 11, 2018
The plaintiffs, Western Lotto Nigeria Ltd and Wesco Pools & Lottery Ltd, had prayed the court to determine whether in view of subsisting and binding judgments ... They sued the attorneys-general of Lagos and Ogun states; the Lagos State Lottery Board, the Ogun State Internal Revenue Service, Inspector-Ãâà...
Guardian (blog)
April 5, 2018
Nigerian British rapper, Skepta (real names: Joseph Junior Adenuga), has been conferred with a chieftaincy title in his native state in Nigeria, Ogun State. The rapper who shared his excitement on social media said that he is honoured by the people of Odo Aje and will “continue to put time and love intoÃâà...
Vanguard
April 4, 2018
The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, led newsmen yesterday to the crime scene, saying, the suspect beheaded the victim, severed the two hands and buried the decapitated body in his uncompleted church. When the Commissioner of Police and his entourage, as well as newsmen, gotÃâà...
Daily Post Nigeria
April 4, 2018
Officers of the Nigeria police have apprehended an Ogun state based cleric who allegedly killed his secret lover and buried her corpse within his church premises. The pastor who is said to be in charge of Holy Gathering Evangelical Church of God, Elijah Oluwatobiloba, is now in the net of the Ogun stateÃâà...
SaharaReporters.com
April 4, 2018
A nongovernmental organization, Civil Liberties Organization, CLO, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to call Ogun governor, Mr Ibikunle Amosun, to order over alleged grabbing of over 160,000 acres of farmland from residents of Igbin Ojo village in Ewekoro local government area of the state.
The Nation Newspaper
April 4, 2018
Ogun State environment in general has been liberated from uncleanliness and security treats. For me, the most resounding success story of the APC led government in Ogun State is empowerment and positioning of the youth, which has led to youth managing the State House of Assembly without crisis andÃâà...
Guardian (blog)
April 4, 2018
Peter Enahoro (Peter Pan) held sway in the Daily Times of those days. Like the Ransom Kuit's family, Enahoro family should have an important institution named after them. Bisi Onabanjo (Aiyekoto) was another big wig in Nigeria Journalism. Thank God, Ogun State government named a University after himÃâà...
Daily Post Nigeria
April 3, 2018
Nigeria's former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has said both PDP and APC are leprous hands with few clean fingers, saying that to achieve a perfect ... An apprentice, Okwudili Okoro, has confessed to the Ogun State Police Command how and why he murdered his master, Azubuike Okoro and his wife,Ãâà...
The Nation Newspaper
April 3, 2018
We want to do economic integration of all the Southwestern states and the nearest to us is Ogun State and that's why we are expanding the road network to enter into the boundary of Ogun State. “We are doing something similar between Epe and Ijebu-Ode to enter into the Ijebu-Ode-Ore Express road.
Independent Newspapers Limited
April 3, 2018
Lagos – Petrolex Oil and Gas' Chairman Segun Adebutu yesterday revealed plans by his firm to pump about $5 billion into the economy of Nigeria's Ogun state. Petrolex will be constructing a mega oil city in the state. Adebutu made this disclosure to DAILY INDEPENDENT on the outcome of the two-dayÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
April 3, 2018
Abeokuta — Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have apprehended an apprentice who allegedly hacked down his master and his wife with machetes over failure to settle him with an initial capital to set up his own trade as the tradition demands after serving him for three years. The incidentÃâà...
The Punch
April 3, 2018
The Ogun State Police Command says it has arrested one Okwudili Okoro for allegedly hacking to death his elder brother, Azuibike Okoro and his wife, Jacinta. The suspect was said to have been arrested after one Joseph Nwagu reported at the Sango Police Division of the command that the couple hadÃâà...
The Punch
April 2, 2018
The Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador Chris Cooter, visited Ogun State on April 14, 2013 and had this to say: “The governor has been emphasising that his administration is very particular about hard work. Here we are on a Sunday, I look at the construction going on, definitely, I amÃâà...
Guardian (blog)
April 1, 2018
Special Adviser to Ogun State Governor on Health, Dr. Rotimi Ogungbe, who said this while speaking at the Nigerian Orthopaedic Association Zone 1 first quarterly meeting and scientific conference, at the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, explained that doctors' low participation in politics is as a result ofÃâà...
The Nation Newspaper
April 1, 2018
At a grand rally held in Aiyetoro, Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun state last Thursday, which was well attended by prominent sons and ... Party (ADP) and Adelakun Abdullateef of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), all announced the decision of their parties to jointly adopt Adekunbi for the raceÃâà...
Guardian (blog)
April 1, 2018
The leaders said: “The commissioning of a network of 21 roads, totaling 27km with bridges from Command, Ipaja to the boundary of Ogun State, marks the final implementation of a vision started by our leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu with the construction of LASU-Iba Road, to Egbe, Igando and Egbeda, whenÃâà...
Independent Newspapers Limited
March 31, 2018
The London-trained doctor, Babatunde is now in full glee, as he is set to commission a multi-million Naira outlet in Abeokuta, the capital city of Ogun State. The epoch-making clinic will be commissioned by Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Executive Governor of Ogun State, and will be joined by scores of Nigeria'sÃâà...
P.M. News
March 31, 2018
Leaders of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Alimosho axis of Lagos State on Saturday lauded the State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode over the completion of a total of 21 roads and three bridges connecting the State to Ogun State. The leaders, in a joint statement, said the development wasÃâà...
The Nation Newspaper
March 31, 2018
Speaking at the event held at the Pharmaceutical Services of Nigeria House, Abiola Way, Abeokuta, the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Babatunde Ipaye said drug abuse has done a lot of unredeemable harms to people, particularly youths, saying the programme would serve as one of the interventionsÃâà...
Vanguard
March 31, 2018
By the electoral law of Nigeria, it is illegal for any aspirant for elections in 2019 to begin political campaign as portrayed in the planted poster of me springing up in parts of Ogun State.” The senator noted that he was aware of many vested interests that are afraid of his daily soaring acceptability as aÃâà...
Premium Times
March 31, 2018
The Ogun State Government has assured residents not to express fear over any severe flooding this year, explaining that this was revealed in the 2018 seasonal Rainfall Prediction (SRP) of the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMeT). The Commissioner for Environment, Bolaji Oyeleye, made this known inÃâà...
Vanguard
March 30, 2018
Meanwhile, the Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools of Nigeria, ASUSS, in Ogun State, Akeem Lasisi described it as shocking. Lasisi in his reaction extracted from his facebook wall, titled: 'Murder of School Pupils by alleged lunatic: Need for all stakeholders to rise up', called for securityÃâà...
Vanguard
March 30, 2018
ABEOKUTA—Ahead of the 2019 general elections in Ogun State, no fewer than seven political parties, including the All Progressives Congress, APC, have ... The parties, apart from the APC, including the Accord party, Action Democratic Party, ADP, Labour Party, LP, Unity Party of Nigeria, UPN, and AllÃâà...
Vanguard
March 28, 2018
The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, said the accident occurred as a result of an attempt by the bus which was ... “Also, the vehicles involved were handed over to the Nigeria Police Force, Odogbolu Division,” he said.
Vanguard
March 28, 2018
In a collaborative effort with Ogun State government to mark the 4th edition of Ogun State Investors' Forum that focused on consolidating the gains of the present administration and accelerating growth, Nestle Nigeria, being the sponsor of the summit has maintained its continued contribution to theÃâà...
Vanguard
March 26, 2018
“His immense contributions as the leader of Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE) and passion for a united Nigeria whatever the diversities made him a worthy elder ... He then commiserated with the good people of Ikenne-Remo, Ogun State and Nigerians in general on the demise of a great nationalist and anÃâà...
Vanguard
March 26, 2018
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Vanguard
March 25, 2018
The Ogun Command of Nigeria Customs Service ,NCS, has recorded massive seizures of 38 smuggled vehicles, out of which 18 are means of ... Command has a good working synergy with sister agencies in the State, even as he expressed satisfaction on the support the Command enjoys from Ogun StateÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 24, 2018
Not left out, Isiaka, an illustrious son of Imeko, in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State is believed to be making overtures to the 2015 Ogun State governorship candidate of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), Otunba Rotimi Paseda, who hails from Omu-Ijebu, in Odogbolu Local Government AreaÃâà...
The Nation Newspaper
March 23, 2018
Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) has declared a total war against the traffic offenders across the state. It has apprehended no fewer than 91 motorcycles and dispatched traders displaying their goods on the roads causing obstructions mainly in Abeokuta, the state capital,Ãâà...
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