A 14-year-old boy, Timothy Amosun, in Junior Secondary School 3, has died after a rainstorm destroyed Mayigi Community Comprehensive High School in Ilase, Ogun. The Ogun government confirmed the incident on Wednesday through a statement by Mr Lekan Adeniran, Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Dapo Abiodun. The News Agency...
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Police Command in Ogun State has confirmed a police officer, Insp Ajele Oloyede, allegedly shot himself in the Igbesa area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Omolola Odutola, confirmed this in a statement issued to journalists in Ota, Ogun state, on Sunday. He said before who the tragic...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun confirmed that four people died, while nine others sustained injuries in a lone accident on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Sunday. The spokesperson for the FRSC in Ogun, Mrs Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident in a statement on Monday. According to Okpe,...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Ogun State Sector Command, has reported that one person died and three others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a truck accident near the SWAT office, opposite OOPL, on the Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway. The sector command’s spokesperson, Mrs Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident in...
Police Command in Ogun has confirmed that a man, simply identified as Oju, allegedly stabbed his wife, Josephine Isaac to death in Agbure, Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s Spokesperson, CSP Omolola Odutola, stated this in a statement in Abeokuta on Thursday. Odutola explained that...
Ogun State Police Command has confirmed that a 19-year-old boy, Oluwaferanmi Olasupo, drowned on Friday in an abandoned quarry pool near Eseke Village in the Odeda Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s Spokesperson, CSP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement in on Saturday in Abeokuta. According...
Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 52-year-old man, identified as Harry Collins, for impersonating as a police officer, on the Long bridge, Warewa, in the state. A statement by the spokesperson of Ogun Police Command on Saturday in Abeokuta, Omolola Odutola said the suspect was arrested fully dressed...
The Police Command in Ogun said it neutralised four suspected kidnappers in a gun duel at Warewa axis on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Thursday. This is contained in a statement issued by CSP Omolola Odutola, the Command’s Spokesperson, on Saturday in Abeokuta. Odutola said that a white Paragon commercial...
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,...
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...