‘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…
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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…
Folorunsho Fatai: Governor Dapo Abiodun’s bold initiatives in Ogun State brings hope
As heatwaves sweep across West Africa, the recent AFCON football tournament’s frequent cooling breaks underscore the region’s scorching temperatures. However,…
Ogun hosts 18th National Council on Transportation
The Ogun State Government will be hosting the 18th edition of the National Council on Transportation from Tuesday, 13 February,…
Lagos, Ogun catholic bishops reject blessing of same-sex unions
The Catholic Bishops of the Lagos Ecclesiastical Province have unanimously said ‘no’ to blessing same-sex marriages. The Lagos Ecclesiastical Province…
Abiodun promises more infrastructural development as Ogun turns 48
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has said that his administration is irrevocably committed to the development of the state…
EFCC secures conviction of 17 internet fraudsters in Oyo, Ogun
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says it has secured the conviction of seventeen internet fraudsters in Oyo and…
Alleged N2.5bn fraud: Impeached Ogun Speaker docked as security operatives order journalists out of court
The impeached Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, was on Monday docked in a Federal High…
Investigate attack on Ogun journalists by Adeleke’s security aides – Osun APC to IGP
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State has asked the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to investigate the alleged…
Impeachment: I remain Ogun Speaker – Oluomo breaks silence
Olakunle Oluomo, the embattled Speaker of Ogun State House of Assembly, has insisted that he remains the speaker of the…
Three days after impeachment, ex-Ogun Speaker keeps mum
The ousted speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, has kept quiet despite his sudden displacement. The…
Oluomo’s impeachment has vindicated me – Ogun ex-Deputy Speaker
Ex-Deputy Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Hon. Dare Kadiri, says he has been vindicated by the impeachment…
Ogun bemoans low enrollment rate for health insurance
Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, has lamented the low enrollment rate of the state’s Health Insurance Scheme,…
‘Our debts under control’ – Ogun State govt
The Ogun State Government has allayed the fears of residents who are raising questions over the skyrocketing nature of the…
BREAKING: PDP finally loses Ogun guber election battle in Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday put to rest the legal battle on the Ogun State governorship election with the dismissal…
Ogun monarch in naira abuse controversy, risks imprisonment
The National Orientation Agency, NOA, has frowned at the manner of abuse melted on Nigeria currency by a monarch in…
Police arrest officer caught extorting varsity student in Ogun
The Ogun State Police Command said its officer caught on video extorting motorists at checkpoints has been arrested. According to…
Army intercepts huge drugs, Arrest one in Ogun
Officers of the Nigerian Army, Commander 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala, Ogun State, have intercepted over 365 pieces of pawpaw-sized wrapped…
Army hands over suspect, 176kg of Indian hemp to NDLEA in Ogun
The 35 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Abeokuta, has handed over 176kg of Indian hemp to the National Drug…
Nigerian Army intercepts large quantity of drugs in Ogun State
35 Artillery Brigade, Nigerian Army said it has intercepted large quantities of drugs, with their vehicles This was disclosed in…
Man stabs neighbour to death in Ogun over alleged affair with wife
A tenant, Ikem Chika Emmanuel, has reportedly stabbed his neighbour, Philip Fiama, to death over an allegation that the latter…
Police confirm abduction of 70-year-old man in Ogun
The Commissioner of Police in Ogun State, Abiodun Alamutu, on Tuesday in Abeokuta confirmed the abduction of a 70-year-old man.…
Police detain couple over death of 45-year-old man in Ogun
The Police Command in Ogun says a couple, Mba Moses and Florence Moses, have allegedly killed one Mark Kalu after…
Ogun Customs generates N21bn in 2023
The Ogun II Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, said it generated N21.657 billion in 2023. The controller of…
‘We’re dying’ – Nurses protest in Ogun
Nurses under the umbrella of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, NANNM, have protested against the management of…
After DAILY POST report, NANS to shut polytechnic offering law, other unaccredited courses in Ogun
Ten days after DAILY POST exposed an Ogun State-based polytechnic, where law, nursing, pharmacy among other university exclusive courses are…
2024: Ogun monarch sets agenda for Tinubu
A respected monarch, Onibudo of Ayetoro Budo-Ota in Ado-Odo Ota local government area of Ogun State, Oba Adewunmi Odutala, has…
‘We’re all Tinubu’s children’ – Ogun PDP governorship candidate Adebutu
In a shocking turn of events, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has told the ruling All…
Police rescue pregnant woman from kidnappers’ den in Ogun
The Ogun State Police Command says it has rescued a pregnant woman (name withheld), who was abducted at a community…
Dare Odufowokan: Ogun – Many gains of a governor’s foresight
The year 2023 is ending on a blissful note for Ogun State. For the first time in a long time,…
EFCC secures conviction of 37 internet fraudsters in Oyo, Ogun
The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has revealed that it has secured the conviction…
Ogun: Police nab suspected kidnapper selling children to Benin Republic
The police in Ogun State said they have arrested a member of a kidnapping and child trafficking gang, Tayo Adeleke.…
Jail break: 3 inmates escape from Ogun correctional centre
Three inmates of Ijebu Ode Correctional Centre, Ijebu Ode Local Government Area of Ogun State, have escaped from the facility.…
Ogun CP visits Nollywood actor Azeez Ijaduade in hospital, condemns shooting
The Commissioner of Police in Ogun State, Abiodun Alamutu, has condemned the shooting of a popular Nollywood actor by a…
Ammunition shell, not bullet hit Nollywood actor, Azeez Ijaduade in Ogun – Police
The Ogun State Police Command has said an ammunition shell, not a bullet, hit popular Nigerian actor and movie director,…
Nollywood actor, Azeez Ijaduade, reportedly shot by police in Ogun
Popular Yoruba actor and director, Azeez Ololade Ijaduade has reportedly been shot by a policeman in Iperu, Ogun State. He…
Ogun: Adebutu returns to Nigeria amid absconding allegation
After nine months of his medical leave in the United Kingdom, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party during…
In Ogun, polytechnic offers nursing, law, other degrees, anxiety grips students
“I stayed at home for three years owing to lack of money. My parents wanted education but they were helpless.…
Ogun motorists complain of police extortion
Motorists and residents of Ogun State have accused the police in the state of extorting members of the public during…
Funmi Branco: Ogun State Gubernatorial Election Petition and the joy of good justices
On Friday 24 November 2023, a special panel of the Court of Appeal delivered judgment in the appeal filed by…
Police rescue seven kidnap victims, arrest one in Ogun
The Ogun State Police command says it has rescued seven persons abducted by gunmen in Fidiwo area of the Lagos-Ibadan…
‘Hostile succession bane of development in Ogun’ – Ex-Nigerian High Commissioner
The immediate past Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Sarafa Tunji-Ishola, has attributed the underdevelopment of Ogun State to…
Two traditional chiefs docked over alleged malicious damage, property theft
Two traditional chiefs from Igbore town in Abeokuta, Ogun State, have been brought before an Abeokuta Chief Magistrates Court on…
CNG: We have holistic plan for Ogun transportation system – Commissioner
Ogun State government said it has put in place, a holistic transportation system that will help address the problem of…
Ogun kicks off GRA regeneration scheme, to create modern cities in Abeokuta, Ijebu-Ode, others
The Ogun State government has unveiled a Regeneration Programme aimed at the transformation of some dilapidated structures within the state’s…
Monarchs colluding with outsiders to take govt land, plant India hemp in Ogun – Gov Abiodun
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Monday, vowed to deal decisively with some monarchs in the state who are colluding…
Auto crash kills one, injures other in Ogun
A yet-to-be-identified person has died and another critically injured, after a truck lost control at the Alagbon-Olorunda Bridge on the…
Public announcement on killers of Ogun Director of Finance, Oyekanmi
The Ogun State Government has announced a reward of fifty (50) million naira for anyone with information that could lead…
Man, 35, allegedly defiles ex-lover’s daughter in Ogun
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Ogun State Command, have arrested a 35-year-old man, Odewale Akinleye,…
Police arrest five robbery suspects, recover two cars in Ogun
The Commissioner of Police in Ogun State, Abiodun Alamutu, said his men have arrested five suspects in connection with the…