POS operator shot dead in Ogun
Motorcycle-riding gunmen have reportedly killed one Mutiu Salako, an operator of Point of Sale, POS, at Oke Lantoro in Abeokuta…
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3-year-old boy in Ogun stolen car found in Lagos
The three-year-old boy, Olamide Taiwo, who was in a stolen vehicle, has been found in Owode-Onirin, Ikorodu, Lagos State. DAILY…
Thieves drive away car with 3-year-old inside as father leaves engine running to open gate
A vehicle, with a three years old boy inside, has been stolen in Ogun State. The Toyota Camry car, with…
71-year-old landlord impregnates tenant’s daughter in Ogun
Police operatives from Ajuwon Divisional Headquarters have arrested a landlord simply identified as Adesina, for allegedly defiling and impregnating his…
Police kill 2 suspected kidnappers, rescue 3 Indians in Ogun
Ogun State Police Command says it has killed two suspected kidnappers terrorizing travellers on the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode-Benin expressway in a…
AfDB to partner Ogun on special agro industrial processing zone
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has described Ogun State as a powerful ally in its development programmes and project implementation.…
Ogun alerts residents on flooding, urges dwellers of wetland to relocate
Ogun State Government, on Tuesday urged residents on wetland areas to relocate to safer ground before the rain commences fully.…
Ogun International Agro-Cargo Airport product of visionary leadership, passion for development – AGF
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Lateef Fagbemi, has described the Gateway International Airport as a…
Ogun International Agro-Cargo Airport product of visionary leadership, passion for development – AGF
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Lateef Fagbemi, has described the Gateway International Airport as a…
Pregnancy-related complications, not negligence responsible for student’s death – Ilaro poly
The management of the Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, Ogun State, has attributed the death of one of its students, Abimbola Ajayi,…
Ogun govt sympathises with victims of Ado Odo/Ota over rainstorm destruction, commences action
Ogun State Government said it was in touch with the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) to ensure the immediate fixing…
Ogun judiciary workers suspend strike
Members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, in Ogun State have suspended their indefinite strike which began on…
49-year-old woman commits suicide in Ogun
A 49-year-old woman, identified as Victoria Idowu, has reportedly hanged herself on a ceiling fan in her residence in the…
Police confirm killing of varsity professor, abduction of two in Ogun
The Police Command in Ogun has confirmed the killing of a lecturer with Babcock University, Mr Yinka Olowojobi, by gunmen…
Rainstorm throws parts of Ogun into darkness
Forty communities in Ogun State have been plunged into darkness following a rainstorm on Sunday. The downpour which began around…
Auto-crash claims 2, injures 1 in Ogun
Two persons have died while one other sustained injuries in an accident at Iyana Odogo, on Ilaro-Owode Road, Ogun State.…
NDLEA destroys 304,436kg, 40,042 litres of illicit drugs seized in Lagos, Ogun
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says it has destroyed a total of 304,436kg kilograms and 40,042 litres of…
Eid-el-Fitr: 10 road crashes, 10 dead in Ogun – FRSC
The Ogun State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, said 10 persons died in 10 road crashes during…
Easter: 4 die, 40 sustain injuries as Ogun records 11 road crashes
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Ogun State Command, says four persons died, while 40 others were injured in 11…
Excitement builds as Ogun hosts international trade fair
Few days to the commencement of the 13th Gateway International Trade Fair, excitement has continues to build across the Southwest…
Kayode Akinmade: Contextualizing the Ogun development survey
IN actualizing good governance, the place of data and science cannot be quantified. In line with both local wisdom and…
Ogun: Army hands over seized 223kg cannabis to NDLEA
The Nigerian Army, 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala, Abeokuta, handed over 441 pawpaw-sized substances, suspected to be cannabis sativa weighing 223…
Ogun: Gov Abiodun’s ex-aide, Prof Odemuyiwa dies in car crash
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun’s former Senior Special Adviser on Vocational and Technical Education, Prof Joseph Odemuyiwa, is dead. The…
Ogun to conduct Multidimensional Human Development Index Survey
The Ogun State Government is to conduct household surveys to develop a framework that will assist in planning, management, and…
Suspected cultists kill one in Ogun
It was a black Easter in the Ijeun Tuntun area of Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, as some suspected cultists who…
Group hails PDP’s decision to register over 20,000 APM members in Ogun
The Peoples Democratic Party Renaissance Group has commended the decision of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party to…
Man drowns in Ogun river
The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed that a young man, Sunday Ogah, drowned in Eyinwa River in the Odogbolu…
Father, teenage son beat female neighbour to death in Ogun
A man, Chizoke Obiadada, and his son, Micheal Obiadada, have landed in police net for joining hands to beat their…
One of two kidnapped Ogun church worshippers freed – Police
The Ogun State Police Command has announced that a member of the Celestial Church of Christ, Oriyarin Parish, Mowe in…
Gunmen storm church, kidnap 2 members in Ogun
Gunmen stormed a Celestial Church of Christ in Mowe, Obafemi/Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, on Thursday and kidnapped…
30,000 tertiary, primary /secondary school students benefit from Ogun Educash transfer scheme
The Ogun State Government said 20,000 students in tertiary institutions across the country have so far benefited from the ongoing…
48 repentant cultists lay down arms in Ogun
About 48 cultists in Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State have renounced their membership of various cult groups. The…
Tuberculosis: Institute raises alarm over high rate of death in Ogun
The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria, HVN, has raised the alarm over the high level of death caused by tuberculosis…
Ogun Govt assures clerics on Agbado-Oke Aro-Akute Road, says 16km already done
The Ogun State government, on Friday, said it is already working on the rehabilitation of Agbado-Oke Aro-Akute road. The government…
Clerics thumb up Gov Abiodun as Ogun continues palliative distributions
In the spirit of the Easter celebration and the ongoing Ramadan, the Ogun State government on Sunday continues its palliative…
Ogun Govt assures clerics on Agbado-Oke Aro- Akute Road, says 16km already done
The Ogun State government, on Friday, said it is already working on the rehabilitation of Agbado-Oke Aro-Akute road. The government…
Five killed, one rescued as police, kidnappers engage in gun battle in Ogun
Men of the Ogun state police command have killed five kidnappers during a gun battle that lasted about an hour…
Masked gunmen abduct poultry manager in Ogun
Masked gunmen reportedly kidnapped a poultry manager, Tunde Osifowokan, in Idowa, Ogun State. He was said to have been kidnapped…
We arrested 605 drug users, convicted 81 in Ogun in 2023 – NDLEA
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says it arrested no fewer than 605 drug users and traffickers in 2023…
Customs intercepts 940 bullets, Indian hemps others in Ogun
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it intercepted 940 rounds of live ammunition during its special anti-smuggling operation along the…
Customs intercepts 940 bullets, Indian hemps, others in Ogun
The Nigeria Customs Service(NCS) says it has intercepted 940 rounds of live ammunition, during its special anti-smuggling operation along the…
NAFDAC seals two water packaging companies in Ogun
The National Agency For Food And Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has sealed two unregistered water-packaging companies for allegedly operating…
Excitement as Ogun begins payment of N10,000 cash award to primary, secondary pupils
It was excitement and praise galore as the Ogun State Government on Wednesday flagged off the payment of N10,000 cash…
Ogun: 9 men remanded in prison for allegedly killing 6 girls for money ritual
An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun State, on Friday remanded nine persons for allegedly kidnapping and killing six girls for…
NDLEA vows to eradicate illicit drugs in Ogun
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has vowed to tackle the spread and consumption of illicit drugs in Ogun.…
N5 billion Ogun palliative: Finance Commissioner assures of transparency
Dapo Okubadejo, the Commissioner for Finance and Chief Economic Adviser to the Governor Dapo Abiodun in Ogun State, has assured…
FG grants 200 exhibitors at Ogun MSME clinics N150,000 cash reward, others
The Federal Government has announced a N150,000 cash reward for every exhibitor at the 2nd edition of the national Micro,…
100 patients benefit from Ogun free surgical intervention programme in two days
No fewer than 100 people have so far benefited from the ongoing Free Surgical Intervention Programme initiated by the Ogun…
‘The poor, elderly to get free allocation’ as Ogun begins sale of rice at cheaper rate
Ogun State government has purchased 100 trucks load of rice to be sold at cheaper rates to residents of the…
Court sentences man to death by hanging for killing minor in Ogun
A High Court in Ogun State, on Monday, sentenced a 23-year-old man, Azeez Akinpelu to death by hanging for killing…