Three persons were confirmed dead while one other sustained injuries when a Toyota Sienna car plunged into the Omo river around Area J4 on the Sagamu-Benin expressway on Saturday. Mrs Florence Okpe, the Public Education Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, confirmed the incident to...
Abeokuta
The Police Command in Ogun says it has arrested one Sunday Dosunmu, a prison returnee, while trying to use fabricated keys to unlock cars at Leme area of Abeokuta on Saturday. SP Omolola Odutola, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on...
Dare devil gunmen have stormed a Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) parish in Abule-Ori, Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun, killing the pastor and abducting seven members of the church.gu Mr Soji Ganzallo, the Commander, Ogun State So-Safe Corps , confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Balogun Olawale, a staff of Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, Ogun State, alongside forty-seven (47) others for their alleged involvement in internet fraud. A statement on Friday...
The Ogun State Police Command has declared armed robbers that escaped with $11 million in Abeokuta wanted. It was gathered that the four-man armed robbery gang operated successfully on Friday at the Oke-Sokori of Abeokuta in the Abeokuta North Local Government Area without being challenged by security operatives. The...
Gunmen suspected armed robbers on Friday afternoon operated at the Oke-Sokori axis of Abeokuta metropolis and escaped the scene with a substantial amount of foreign currency. It was gathered that the robbery gang were in black T-shirts and Jean trousers, and also wore black facemasks, brandishing their riffles in...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – The Ogun State Police Command has arrested three members of a robbery syndicate who allegedly invaded the phone market in Abeokuta and killed one trader. The Police spokesman, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the arrest in a statement in Abeokuta, identified the suspects as...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 33-year-old woman, for allegedly selling her 18-month-old baby for N600,000 in Sango-Ota area of the state. The police spokesman in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday in...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun and its governorship candidate at the March 18 election, Mr Ladi Adebutu filed a petition against the outcome of the election on Friday in Abeokuta. Announcing the result of the election on March 19, INEC declared the candidate of the All Progressives...
Accord Party (AP) in Ogun on Monday in Abeokuta adopted Mr Ladi Adebutu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as its candidate for the March 11 governorship election. AP Chairman in Ogun, Alhaji Tajudeen Olayokun, announced the adoption at a meeting he held with representatives of the party from...
Sen. Bola Tinubu, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has expressed displeasure over the current fuel scarcity ravaging various parts of the country, barely four weeks to Feb. 25 general elections. Tinubu, while addressing thousands of APC members during his presidential campaign in Abeokuta, Ogun on...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says humility, honesty, integrity, wisdom, courage, competence and fear of God should be imparted in students across the country for a better future. Obasanjo said this while delivering his lecture during the 100th anniversary of Baptist Boys High School (BBHS), Abeokuta, held at the school...
No fewer than 10 persons were confirmed dead on Saturday in an accident involving a Mack truck and a Toyota Hiace bus at Oniworo area on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Mr Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta....
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has dismissed the report that it has opted to work with another political party for the 2023 general elections because it no longer has candidates. National Chairman of the party, Chief Ralph Nwosu, made this known at a news conference on Monday in Abeokuta. He...
The Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said that the attacks on its offices in some parts of the country won’t deter it from holding the 2023 general elections. Yakubu said this on Tuesday in Abeokuta during an assessment tour of its office recently attacked...
The Police Command in Ogun says it has arrested a 36-year-old suspected, Sikiru Ajibola, who allegedly raped 5-year-old boy to death in Ogijo area of Sagamu local government. SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Saturday. Oyeyemi...
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has urged religious leaders to stand for truth, justice and equity and push politicians to do the right thing. Obasanjo gave the advice when the new President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), His Eminence, Rev. Daniel Okoh paid him a courtesy visit at...
A team of football players representing the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Sunday in Abeokuta defeated their Police Machine counterparts 4-1. The victory helped them to win the second edition of the Ogun SWAN Security and Safety Cup competition, played at the MKO Abiola International Stadium. The News Agency...
Ogun Government on Wednesday said it has renovated no fewer than 100 primary health care facilities in the state. Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker disclosed this during an interview with journalists in her office in Abeokuta. According to her, the renovation will provide a good ambiance and psychological...
Speaker of House of Representatives, Rep.Femi Gbajabiamila, says what transpired during the meeting between former president Olusegun Obasanjo and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, is assuring of the latter’s victory, come 2023. Gbajabiamila made the statement on Thursday while speaking at the Surulere...