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…
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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…
Gov Abiodun gives contractor two-week deadline to complete Ogun road
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has directed the contractor in charge of construction of the Denro-Ishashi-Akute Road to complete the…
Customs intercepts cannabis, petrol, rice others worth N770m in Ogun
The Ogun I Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, said it intercepted and seized different contraband goods valued…
Seyi Bakare: No good roads in Ogun State?
On July 2, one of the netizens on a social media hate campaign against the Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo…
Roller engine kills steel company worker in Ogun
An employee of KAM Steel Integrated Company, Yahaya Ibrahim, was confirmed dead after slipping under an engine roller at the…
Ogun: Gas explosion kills mother, daughter, leaves two hospitalised
A gas explosion that occurred on Ebute Road in the Ibafo area of Ogun State has claimed the lives of…
Cholera: Ogun to shut markets over improper waste disposal
Following the outbreak of cholera in the country, the Ogun State government has threatened to close down any market found…
Seye Abodunrin: Dapo Abiodun and burden of inherited infrastructural deficit in Ogun
One of the greatest challenges facing Nigeria since independence is shortage of infrastructural development, especially the issue of deplorable road…
Ex-convict killed in Ogun
A 28-year-old ex-convict, Adeniji Ibrahim, has been reported killed in front of his father’s house at Abule Oke axis in…
Lagos, Ogun, Kano account for 23% of Nigeria’s total active mobile subscriptions as of Q1 2024.
The latest telecommunications data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that three states, Lagos, Ogun, and…
Ogun Customs generates N12.8b revenue in six months
The Ogun II Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS says it generated N12.830billion between January and June 2024…
Customs to create working synergy with Ogun students
The Ogun II Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has stated that it will collaborate and create a…
Ogun: Suspected cultists kill TASUED student during examination
A final year student of the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ogun State, Ahmed Ayinla Fabiyi has been…
Army cleans up Ogun market, drainages (PHOTOS)
The 35 Artillery Brigade Alamala, Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Wednesday, embarked on a clean-up of Lafenwa Market and drainages in…
Ogun: Work within your scope of operation – Govt tells traditional medicine practitioners
Alternate Medicine practitioners in Ogun State have been advised to work within their scope of operation, and know the rudiments,…
Gov Abiodun orders security agents to go after Ogun highway kidnappers
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has ordered security agents to launch a massive manhunt for perpetrators of Sunday’s kidnapping along…
Group canvasses support for HIV, TB patients in Ogun
Residents of Ogun State have been urged to stop the stigmatization of persons living with HIV or Tuberculosis and instead…
Fire razes trucks, shops at Ogun trailer park
The Obasanjo Trailer Park in Ogere along the Lagos- Ibadan Expressway was on Saturday night engulfed by fire. It was…
Ogun students bemoan importation of China-made Adire, call for stringent sanctions
The National Association of Ogun State Students, NAOSS, has decried the incessant importation of China-made fabrics, describing it as an…
Cholera: Ogun Govt urges residents to containerize waste
Following the outbreak of cholera in parts of the country, the Ogun State Waste Management Authority has urged residents to…
Southern Govs back Lagos-Calabar Highway, say road will impact region positively
Ogun State Governor and Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum, Dapo Abiodun, has expressed the Southern Governors’ Forum’s support for…
NDLEA announces seizure of cocaine, weed, others in Ogun
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Ogun State Command, said it recovered 3.33 tonnes of cannabis sativa, 10.949 kg…
Flood: Boy, 16, swept away in Ogun
A 16-year-old boy simply identified as Dimeji, was reportedly swept away on Friday by a flood around St Anthony Secondary…
One dies, five hospitalised as Cholera hits Ogun
An outbreak of cholera has claimed the life of a 62-year-old woman in Ijebu-Igbo, Ijebu-North Local Government Area of Ogun…
Pregnant woman abducted by unknown gunmen in Ogun
A pregnant woman simply identified as Mrs Ogunbunmi, has reportedly been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Ogun State. Mrs Ogunbunmi,…
Ogun inaugurates committee for 2024 Gateway Games
The Ogun State government has inaugurated a 29-man committee of Team Ogun for the forthcoming 22nd National Sports Festival, NSF,…
Ogun government takes over responsibility for minor molested by guardian
The Ogun State government said it has taken over the responsibility of the 12-year-old minor who was molested by her…
Lady arrested for inserting firewood into private part of 12-year-old girl in Ogun
A 25-year-old woman named Temitope Adetanju has been arrested for allegedly inserting a piece of firewood into the vagina of…
Ogun applies to acquire Basin Development Authority’s Hydro Power Plant to boost power supply
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has expressed interest in acquiring the Hydro Power Plant situated at the Ogun-Osun River…
Cultism: Police laud Ogun government on creation of special court
The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, has applauded the state government for setting up a special court to…
Ogun: Gov Abiodun increases gratuity payment to N2bn
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has approved an immediate increase in the quarterly payment of gratuity from N1 billion to…
Ogun: Abiodun, Adebutu’s renew, animosity, brickbats over govt performance
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun and his rival during the March 18 2023 gubernatorial election, Ladi Adebutu, have exchanged brickbats…
Ogun to convert waste into fuel – Commissioner
Ogun State Commissioner for Environment, Ola Oresanya, has said the state is working towards converting over 3,000 tons of waste…
Ogun: Abiodun appoints consultants for take-off of Gateway Cargo Airport
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has appointed three consultants to oversee the aviation sector in the state. Press Secretary to…