Nigerian music artist, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, was on Thursday arraigned before an Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court in Isabo for allegedly assaulting officials of Ogun Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development. The Magistrate, Mr O.L. Oke, however, granted the musician bail in the sum of N2 million,...
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By OLA MODUPE, Abeokuta– Popular music artiste, Habeeb Okikiola, AKA “Portable” has finally surrendered himself to the police authority in Ogun State. Portable was received at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Eleweran, Abeokuta. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, CSP Omolola Odutola, confirmed this in...
Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 38-year-old cleric for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Omolola Odutola, said this in a statement in Abeokuta on Sunday. The suspect was said to be serving in a branch of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church in Ijebu Igbo....
Tragedy Struck in a church at Idiroko, Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State when Gunmen invaded a Celestial Church of Christ and shot to death, a fifty four year-old Prophet, Yomi Adetula. The assailants according to reports, stormed the church located along Baggage Road, Odo Eran, Idiroko, around...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The House of Representatives has announced the passing of Rt. Hon. Adewunmi Oriyomi Onanuga, who, until her demise, served as the Deputy Chief Whip of the House, representing the Ikenne/Sagamu/Remo North Federal Constituency of Ogun State. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the lawmaker passed away...
Ogun State Police Command has detained four persons, who allegedly specialised in using fake bank transaction alerts to buy food stuffs in the state. The command’s Spokesperson, CSP Yemisi Opalola, told newsmen at the Police Headquarters in Osogbo on Wednesday, that four suspects were caught in two different cases...
An Ikeja High Court has reserved ruling in a case filed by Mr Edward Ayo-Odugbesan, former Deputy Speaker of Ogun State House of Assembly. Ayo-Odugbesan, is seeking a court order to prevent Agege Local Government and two other parties from further demolishing his property located at No. 47, Old...
The police command in Ogun has arrested Mrs Fatimah Odeale, who inflicted razor blade wounds on a 10-year-old boy, Olasunkanmi Oluwadamilare, for allegedly stealing N600. The Command’s spokesperson, CSP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta on Monday. Odutola explained that a delegation from the National Association...
The Police Command in Ogun on Monday paraded 27-year old Afeez Ayeteru, who allegedly killed and beheaded an 80-year-old woman, Aduke in Ado Odo Ota in the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Lanre Ogunlowo, made the disclosure while parading the suspect alongside 24 other suspected criminals...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of two people and 15 others injured in a lone accident involving a Toyota Hiace bus at Saapade on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The Spokesperson of FRSC in Ogun, Mrs Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident on Thursday in Abeokuta. Okpe...
The Northern Frontiers for Good Governance has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the alleged corrupt award of a N1 billion contract by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security to Greed Vision Nigeria Limited for the Phase One Renovation and Rehabilitation of the...
By OLA MODUPE, Abeokuta – Ogun State Police Command has arrested one Taiwo Yemitan, a suspected ritualist found with a fresh human head and dismembered body parts of a female victim in Lafenwa area of Abeokuta. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta...
By OLA MODUPE, Abeokuta – No fewer than 3 student of Olabisi Onabanjo University have been killed in a lone accident along Ilisan-Ago-Iwoye Road in Ogun State. The state police command’s spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola, who gave the confirmation in a statement in Abeokuta on Saturday, said that the...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ogun Command, has successfully destroyed a six-hectare hemp farmland in Alaka village, Ogun. The agency’s state commandant, Mr Tijani Rabe, revealed the tactical operation at a news conference organised in Abeokuta on Thursday while presenting the agency’s 2024 scorecard. Rabe said four...
By OLA MODUPE, Abeokuta – Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the alleged assassination of one Gideon Ebukwe by unidentified armed men at Ok Winners Hotel, Igbosoro, Igode, Sagamu Local Government. The Command’s Spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola, confirmed this in a statement, in Abeokuta on Tuesday. Odutola said that...
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday passed a bill for the creation of Ijebu State, marking the first reading of the proposal during its plenary session. The bill, which seeks to establish Ijebu as an independent state, was sponsored by Senator Gbenga Daniel, representing Ogun State. Senator Gbenga Daniel Titled...
Covenant University at Ota in Ogun says it emerged the best West African University in Inter-disciplinary Science Research Ranking for 2025 in Times Higher Education. The institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abiodun Adebayo, made the announcement in a statement on Friday in Ota. He said the university has with this continued...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all the 20 local government chairmanship and 236 councillors positions in the council elections held in Ogun on Saturday. The Chairman of the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC), Babatunde Osibodu, announced the results on Sunday at the Commission’s headquarters in Abeokuta....
Gunmen suspected to be cultists on Friday killed Mutiu Akinbami, a former Councillor in Abeokuta North Local Government of Ogun. Sources indicated that Akinbami, popularly known as Egor, was shot in the head while riding on a motorcycle. The deceased was attacked at Brewery area of Abeokuta at about...
Amotekun Corps in Ogun has arrested a 41-year-old man, Enitan Awoyemi of Irolu in the state’s Remo North local government area, for allegedly faking his own kidnapping. The State Corps Commander, Alade Adedigba, in a statement in Abeokuta on Wednesday, said the intention of Awoyemi was to evade financial...