Ogun: Police arrest suspect as teenager dies during football match
Police officers in Ogun State have arrested Alex Eziochukwu in connection to the death of 16-year-old Jamilu Lasisi in Ibegba,…
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Ogun varsity student reveals motive for killing teenage church member
A 23-year-old student of Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU, Ogun State, Ayomide Adeleye, has confessed to the killing of 18-year-old Christiana…
Ogun: Man arrested for allegedly dismembering corpse of 13-yr-old-girl
Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested one Ogidan Mustapha for allegedly dismembering the hands of his neighbour’s…
Schools resume in Ogun
Public and private primary and secondary schools, as well as government technical colleges in Ogun State, resumed on Tuesday for…
Ogun to partner Manufacturing Africa, others to boost sector
Ogun State government, through the State Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency(Oguninvest) will be collaborating with Manufacturing Africa programme, an initiative…
Ogun partners FRSC to curb fake driver’s license issuance, road accident
Following the incessant road accidents caused by reckless and untrained drivers, the Ogun State Ministry of Transportation has collaborated with…
Ogun govt felicitates Muslims on Eid-el-Maulud, calls for peaceful co-existence among religious groups
The Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, has felicitated Muslim community in commemoration of Eid-el-Maulud, the birthday of the Holy…
One dies, ten others injured in Ogun lone crash
One person has been confirmed dead and ten others were severely injured in a lone crash that occurred on the…
Embrace modern teaching methods – Ogun commissioner tasks teachers
The Ogun State Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, Prof Abayomi Arigbabu, has charged teachers to broaden their understanding of…
Food Security: Ogun to introduce price control, bans levies in markets
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has disclosed plans by his administration to introduce a price control mechanism in the state.…
Out-of-school menace: Ogun govt reiterates commitment to free education
Ogun State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof Abayomi Arigbabu, has said the current administration is determined to curb…
Minimum Wage: Abiodun assures Ogun workers of implementation
The Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun has promised that the state would be first in the implementation of the…
‘Unknown Solider’ allegedly stabs, severs ear of security guard in Ogun
A security guard identified as Samuel Adeyemi, has allegedly been stabbed at his duty post by one Michael, in Itele…
‘Ogun INEC REC’s death shocking’ – Abiodun
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has expressed his condolences to the family of the late Resident Electoral Commissioner of the…
Ogun orders relocation of Kara market
The Ogun State government has given traders at Kara Market in Isheri a 100-day ultimatum to relocate to the Ogere…
Doctors in Ogun demand release of abducted colleague, 20 UNIJOS medical students
The Association of Resident Doctors of Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, has demanded the release of their colleague Dr…
Police arrest two suspected cultists in Ogun
The Ogun State Police Command has apprehended two persons on suspicion of their involvement in cult-related activities in Sango-Ota, within…
Food security: Niger govt delegation embarks on fact-finding mission to Ogun
In a bid to boost food security, a delegation of the Niger State Government, led by Special Adviser on Social…
Police arrest suspected cult leader in Ogun
Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 35-year-old suspected cultist, Olamilekan Akojede, in Oja Odan, Yewa-North Local…
Ogun to hold first National Transporters Game October
The Project Director of the National Transporters Game, Wale Sodehinde, has said Ogun State is set to hold the first…
We never spent N1trn on road project – Ogun Govt
Ogun State government has refuted a rumour making the rounds on social media that it spent trillions of Naira on…
Our stand on Zhongshan’s subterfuge, Paris seizure order – Ogun govt
On 14 August 2024, the attention of the Ogun State Government was drawn to the provisional attachment of three Nigerian…
Ogun releases first batch of non-statutory board appointments
The Ogun State Government, on Thursday, released the list of members of non-statutory boards recently appointed by Governor Dapo Abiodun…
Police alert public on one-chance robbery as victim loses N700,000 in Ogun
The Ogun State Police Command has alerted members of the public of a notorious one-chance gang operating within Sagamu, Ijebu…
Ogun launches formal sector health insurance scheme, offers 50% subsidy
As part of activities lined up for 2024 Public Service Week, the Ogun State Government has launched a health insurance…
Twelve persons burnt to death in Ogun road accident
Not less than 12 persons were on Tuesday burnt to death in a road accident that occurred along Malo Ogere,…
Four suspects arrested over Ogun cult killings
The Ogun State Police Command on Sunday, said four persons have been arrested over the recent killings in Kuto area…
Ogun Officials’ Invitation by EFCC not linked to Adedayo’s Petition – Government
The Ogun State government, on Saturday, refuted reports that its officials were invited to the Ibadan Zonal Office of the…
Cultists kill POS operator in Ogun
A 48-year-old POS operator and son of the Baale of Kuto Community, Fatai Kehinde, popularly known as Faithy, has been…
Police arrest seven-man robbery, kidnap gang in Ogun
The Ogun State Police Command said it has arrested a seven-man gang terrorising Ijebu- Igbo Local Government Area of the…
Hardship: Ogun First Lady distributes food items to widows, others
To cushion the effects of the economic hardship in the country, the wife of Ogun State governor, Bamidele Abiodun has…
Ogun community rejects installation of new Oba
The Council of Baales in Orile-Imo has rejected the recent installation of Chief Reuben Sogaolu as the Olu of Orile-Imo,…
Ogun to conduct LG elections November 16
Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission, OGSIEC, has said elections for the positions of chairmen of the 20 local governments and…
Ogun chief judge swears in 10 customary court presidents, one member
Ogun State Chief Judge, Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu, on Monday, swore in 10 Customary Court Presidents and one member of the…
Administrative heads take over as Ogun LG chairmen’s tenure expires
Following the expiration of the tenure of Local Government Chairmen, the Ogun State Government has tasked all Heads of Local…
Elijah Udofia: Mitigating transportation cost through E-bikes: The Ogun example
The sudden removal of the subsidy on petrol last year came with some ripple effects. It not only disrupted the…
CNG: Ogun launches 2,000 electric motorcycle to address transportation cost
The Ogun State Government under the state e-mobility programme launched 2,000 electric motorcycles on Wednesday. The state governor, Dapo Abiodun…
Ogun govt distributes working tools to 300 graduands of vocational training
The Ogun State Government through the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development has distributed sewing machines, locally made ovens,…
Ex-Ogun LG chairmen deny backing Wale Adedayo’s allegations against Abiodun
The immediate past local government chairmen in Ogun State have denied backing the former chairman of Ijebu East local government,…
Ibara Regeneration Scheme: Ogun govt warns allottees against selling their land
Ogun State Government has warned allotees of the Ibara Regeneration Scheme not to sell their land after it has been…
Police arrest 20 youths over Oro festival crisis in Ogun
The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, said on Saturday that no fewer than 20 youths have been arrested…
We’re ready for dialogue – Youth group tells Ogun govt
As the proposed August 1 nationwide protest continues to spark controversies, a group of youths in Ogun State said it…
Ogun orders illegal occupants out of forest reserves
The Ogun State Government has ordered illegal occupants in its forest reserve at Area J3 in Ijebu-East Local Government Area…
Ogun communities receive N206m for infrastructure
The Ogun State Community and Social Development Agency, OGCSDA, has disbursed N206 million to 23 communities for the implementation of…
Man arrested for stabbing girlfriend’s brother in Ogun
One 35-year-old Dada Taiwo, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend’s…
So-Safe arrests robber who chopped off finger, ear of Ogun cleric
The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, otherwise known as So-Safe, has arrested Ibrahim Ridwan, a 24-year-old scavenger,…
Ogun community protests bad road, appeals for help
The people of Idomila community in Ijebu North-East Local Government Area of Ogun State staged a protest on Saturday over…
Police in Ogun arrest two kidnappers, exhume victims’ corpses
Two suspected kidnappers have led men of the Ogun State Police Command to a shallow grave where they buried their…
Accident claims two lives in Ogun
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, says two persons were killed in a road accident on the Ikorodu-Ogijo Sagamu expressway.…
Commuters, motorists lament as fuel pump price surges in Ogun
Commuters in Abeokuta, Ogun State, have lamented the hike in transport fare by motorists following the surge of the petrol…