Operatives of the Ogun Police Command, on Tuesday, engaged suspected kidnappers terrorising travellers on Sagamu Ijebu-Ode-Benin expressway in a gun battle, killing two of them. The...
Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Abisola Olusanya, on Tuesday, said not less than 10,000 cattle are slaughtered daily across the state. Olusanya disclosed this during a...
The Lagos State Government on Monday confirmed relocation of 371 miscreants, beggars and destitute persons back to their states. This followed an outcry by the Osun...
The Lagos State House of Assembly has criticised the Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, for “rejecting” establishment of state police. The IGP, at a national dialogue...
There was an outrage over the weekend’s demolition of structures by the Lagos State Government at the Arowojobe and Mende estates in Maryland, Lagos. The state...
Wants ‘blanket immunity’ for govs stripped A former governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Segun Showunmi, has...
A litre of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), aka petrol, is sold for N2,000 per litre at the border communities in Ogun State, Daily Trusto reports. Residents...
The Lagos State Government, on Sunday, hinted that it will be undertaking an enforcement action to remove over 100 shanties at Adeniji Adele under bridge from...
One of the displaced squatters of the 86 apartments under the Dolphin Estate Bridge, Ikoyi, Lagos, Usman Hassan, has spoken about his time in the squalid...
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, on Thursday, said Nigeria may not have met up is with its target economically, but “we’re not where we used...
Ogun state government on Tuesday warned residents living in flood-prone areas to temporarily relocate to safer areas to avoid flood disaster. The warning follows the 2024...
The Senate says it is engaging the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and other relevant ministries and agencies to harmonise the National Identification Number (NIN), the...
Ogun State Government on Monday sealed off Gasco Marine Ltd, the company whose truck was involved in an accident which caused explosion in the Ita-Oshin area...
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun on Sunday criticised the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) over Saturday’s gas explosion which claimed one life and left two persons...
A first class monarch in Ogun state, the Olowu of Owu kingdom, Prof (Oba) Saka Matemilola, has lamented Nigeria’s inability to fully utilise the talents that...
The former Mayor of Portlaoise in the Republic of Ireland, Rotimi Adebari, says Nigeria may never return to the Parliamentary system of government. Adebari, the Nigerian-born...
A first-class monarch in Ogun State, the Eselu of Iselu kingdom, Oba Akintunde Akinyemi, has rejected the proposition for the establishment of state police in Nigeria,...
One person was confirmed dead on Saturday while two others sustained injuries as a gas tanker exploded in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The explosion also burnt about...
Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Sikirullai Ogundele, on Thursday, blamed the party’s candidate, Ladi Adebutu, for the opposition party’s defeat during...
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has appointed Tunde Onakoya, a professional player and founder of Chess-in-Slums Africa, as the Sports Ambassador of the State. Onakoya...
Abimbola Ajayi, a pregnant female student of the Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, Ogun State, has died due to alleged negligence by the staff members of the institution’s...
Abimbola Ajayi, a pregnant female student of the Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, Ogun State, has died due to alleged negligence by the staff members of the institution’s...
There was outrage as a toddler simply identified as Ayoola lost his life after falling into a flooded gully at Lusada market, along Lusada/Ketu road, Ado...
The Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, has expressed its sadness over the killing of one of its lecturers, Yinka Olomojobi, a professor of human rights and gender law...
Absence of the judge has stalled the hearing of an alleged fraud case filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against the former Speaker...
The Ogun State Government has sealed three churches for allegedly contravening the state laws on noise pollution and defying government repeated order. The affected worship centres...
The National Commission for the Co-ordination and Control of the Proliferation of Small Arms, Ammunitions and Light Weapons (NATCOM) has reiterated commitment to the national security...
A pedestrian was crushed to death on Monday, while six others sustained injuries in an accident along the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway. Our correspondent gathered that accident occured...
Professor Yinka Olomojobi of the Faculty of Law at Babcock University, Ilishan, Ogun State, is dead. The Law professor was gunned down at invaded Ajadeh Event...
A 49-year-old woman, Mrs Idowu Victoria, has reportedly committed suicide in Ogun State. She was said to have hanged herself on the ceiling fan inside her...
A 52-year-old housewife has been kidnapped from her residence in Jagunna village in Olorunsogo in Ogun State. The police spokesman in the state, Omolola Odutola, said...
The National Chairman of the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), Mogaji Olaniyan, has called for an urgent need to address what he called widespread hatred towards...
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has begun a three-day visit to Ogun State, where he vowed to tame the rising kidnapping incidents in...
Suspected kidnappers of an Ogun State-based business woman, Risikat Oladokun, have refused to set her free after payment of ransom to the tune of N5million, the...
Two people have been killed and 13 others injured in a road accident involving a commercial bus and a truck after the J3 Junction on the...
The Nigeria National League (NNL) has banished Gateway United of Abeokuta to Benin City, the capital of Edo State, for the rest of the season following...
Three persons have reportedly died while two others sustained injuries in a lone crash along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The incident, which involved a green Toyota jeep...
A drunk truck driver on Wednesday crashed into a bus around Ota-Idiroko expressway in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, killing the bus driver and...
Three persons have reportedly died while two others sustained injuries in a lone crash along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Wednesday. The crash occured at 1:07pm at...
Men of the Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps (So-Safe Corps) have arrested a 24-year-old ex-convict, Ezekiel Victor Thankgod, for allegedly burgling a store...
The Ogun State Government said N3.5 billion has been earmarked for the ongoing “Educash Transfer” programme of the Governor Dapo Abiodun-led administration. About 100,000 indigent pupils...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State has said it will recall some of its members suspended in the wake of the controversial primaries held...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State has ruled out a sole financier for the opposition party ahead of the 2027 general elections in the...
Anxiety has enveloped some areas of Abeokuta, Ogun State, following the killing of Olumide Ifeoluwa, an alleged cult kingpin and popular area boy. Our correspondent gathered...
A 15-year-old girl, Miracle Ogbonna, has been electrocuted in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital. Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred on Sunday at the Federal Housing...
Suspected armed robbers reportedly attacked and burnt down a luxury bus carrying about 59 passengers along Ijebu-Ode-Benin expressway. Our correspondent gathered that the passengers were on...
Anxiety has enveloped some areas of Abeokuta, Ogun State, following the killing of Olumide Ifeoluwa, an alleged cult kingpin and popular area boy. Our correspondent gathered...
The Ogun State Government said it has committed N960 million to the enrollment of 70,000 indigent residents into its health insurance scheme. It said the funding...
The Area Controller of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun II Command, Comptroller Bisi Alade, has sought for better synergy with the police in order to...
The Ogun State Police Command on Saturday said Oladapo Seyifunmi, one of the abducted worshippers at Celestial Church of Christ, Oriyarin Parish, Mowe in Obafemi/Owode Local...
The chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and governor of Kwara State, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has described the Gateway Agro-Cargo International Airport as a game...
Gunmen have invaded a Celestial Church of Christ in the Mowe area of Ogun State and abducted two members. Our correspondent gathered that the incident happened...
A 22-year-old man named Adewale Adenekan has been sentenced to seven years in prison by a Special Cultism Court in Abeokuta, Ogun State, for his involvement in...
At least 48 suspected cultists have renounced cultism and surrendered their arms in Sagamu, Ogun State. Some of the weapons submitted include one pump action gun,...
Men of the Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps (So-Safe Corps), have arrested four men suspected of stealing from a residential apartment in Ado...
The Commissioner of Police in Ogun State, Abiodun Alamutu, has asked schools in the state to install closed-circuit television (CCTV) and erect perimeter fencing as part...
The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) has disclosed that 300 patients died of tuberculosis out of over 6,000 cases recorded in Ogun State in 2023....
The Ogun State Government said it is already working on the rehabilitation of Agbado-Oke Aro-Akute Road. The government was reacting to a video that captured 500...
A human rights group, has called Magistrate Adedayo Shotobi, the Coroner in an ongoing inquest on the death of Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad,...
Operatives of the Ogun Police Command on Thursday reportedly engaged suspected kidnappers in a gun duel and killed five of them. The kidnappers numbering eight were...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has asked the federal and state governments to increase funding of the health insurance scheme with a view to enrolling...
The Blind Human Rights Association of Nigeria (BHAN) has raised concerns over the plight of Persons Living With Disabilities (PLWD) in Ogun State, lamenting the lack...
The Nigeria Customs Service(NCS), Ogun Area I, has intercepted 940 rounds of live ammunitions along the border line in Ogun State. The Comptroller of the command,...
There was outrage on Monday as two siblings were reportedly killed in an accident at Irewon junction along Imowo-Ibadan garage road, Ijebu Ode in Ogun State....
Minister of State for Health, Dr. Tunji Alausa, says more than 60 percent of Nigeria’s healthcare is in the hands of the private sector without adequate...
The Alake and Paramount ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, the Osile of Oke-Ona Egba, Oba Adedapo Tejuoso and Olowu of Owu-Abeokuta kingdom, Oba (Prof.)...
Ogun State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hon. Motunrayo Adeleye, said gender inequality, discrimination, and violence against women remained pressing issues that demand urgent...
The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) has threatened to drag the Federal Government to court if it unilaterally scraps the Pension Transitional Arrangements Directorate (PTAD) without...
Suspected kidnappers have invaded a farmland in Kugba-Ajagbe village in Odeda LGA of Ogun State, and abducted a teacher. It was gathered that the incident occurred...
The Ogun Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has decorated three senior and three intermediate officers as well as five junior marshals with new...
Former Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has met with former President Olusegun Obasanjo, and decried the growing economic hardship in the country. He said...
Ogun State Nursing and Midwifery Committee (SNMC), in collaboration with the state Ministry of Health, has sealed another unregistered nursing training institute in Abeokuta. The Permanent...
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Tuesday announced the handover of 200 newly refurbished stores for use to 400 entrepreneurs at the popular Asero Adire market in...
Ogun State government has warned residents of the state to refrain from dumping corpses of babies and faeces in public waste bins placed along major roads....
The Pan-Yoruba social political group, Afenifere, has issued a strong call for the immediate restructuring of Nigeria, directly challenging President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s commitment to the...
The Pan-Yoruba social political group, Afenifere, on Tuesday told President Bola Ahmed Tinubu he had no excuse not to restructure Nigeria having been elected on the...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, warned the Nigerian youth against committing suicide as an escape route to their problems. He told them to rather face...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, on Sunday, met the Chief Imam of...
The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, will on Tuesday declare open the Expanded National Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Business Clinics in Abeokuta, Ogun State. This...
…They confessed killing 10 women – CP The police in Ogun State on Thursday paraded two additional suspects, Adebayo Olamide Azeez (35) and Mariam Awuraji...
Five people on Thursday died in a road accident along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Four others sustained injuries in the accident which occurred around Fidiwo bridge along...
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Professor Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, has asked professionals not to leave Nigeria in the hands of politicians. He stated this in...
A suspected ritual killer, Adebayo Olamide Azeez, on Thursday revealed how he lured seven women through a dating app, “MyChat” and killed them for ritual purposes....
The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has called for ruthless sanctions against social media abusers to serve as deterrent....
A 20-year-old admission seeker, Miss Temitope Elemide, has been reportedly raped and killed in her family house in Bosero community in Odeda LGA of Ogun State. Sources...
The Coalition of Ogun State Youth Forums on Wednesday called on President Bola Tinubu to reopen land borders as part of measures to tackle the growing...
Judicial workers in Ogun State on Wednesday suspended the ongoing five-day warning strike over non-payment of their 40 percent peculiar allowance. The workers, under the aegis...
At least five persons on Wednesday died while 10 others sustained injuries in an accident along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred...
A 20-year-old admission seeker, Miss Temitope Elemide, has been reportedly raped and killed in Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State. The victim was killed at...
An Ogun State-based hotelier, Ibrahim Dende Egungbogun, has written a petition to the Inspec-tor General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, over allegations of smuggling and gunrunning...
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has approved a special employment procedure that allows the immediate replacement of any health practitioner who leaves the service with qualified...
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has called on the Nigerian soldiers to redouble their efforts in combating myriad of security challenges facing the nation. Abiodun spoke...
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun state has declared that the dollar will crash under the naira in less than a month. Abiodun stated this at a...
A 300-level student at a private tertiary institution in Abeokuta, Ogun State, simply identified as Ajoke, has reportedly committed suicide. Our correspondent gathered that Ajoke, a...
Former Governor of Ogun State and current Senator representing Ogun East, Gbenga Daniel, has called on Nigerians to be patient with President Bola Tinubu following the...