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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…
Footballer slumps, dies during training in Ogun
Sodiq Adebisi, a footballer from Ogun State, died after collapsing during a training session at the Dipo Dina International Stadium…
Patient escapes from Ogun hospital over unpaid medical bills
The Ogun State Police Command is looking for Saba Elizabeth, a patient at the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, in…
Ogun Poly shuts down, introduces online classes over attacks on students
The management of Gateway Polytechnic, Sapaade, Ogun State, has shutdown the institution following incessant robbery attacks on students. The management…
Ogun CNG Buses begin Mowe-Ibafo-Berger operations
The Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) powered buses of the Ogun State Government, tagged ‘DapoCNG Bus’ on Monday, commenced operations along…
Ogun shuts three companies over environmental infractions
The Ogun State Government says it has sealed three companies for violation of various environmental laws in the state. The…
Again, armed robbers attack Ogun poly students, kill one, shoot 9
Barely four days after the Ogun State Police Command claimed to have arrested three armed robbers involved in the robbery…
Labour Minister shuts down battery factory in Ogun over unsafe practices
The Minister of Labour and Employment (State), Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, on Friday stormed Ogun State and shut down Metal Manufacturing Company,…
Ogun native doctor jailed for killing neighbour’s cow
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, sentenced a 45- year-old native doctor, Micheal Oyewole, to 12 months imprisonment for killing…
BREAKING: Gunmen hijack billion van in Ogun, kill Govt House Director
Hooded gunmen, on Wednesday, killed the Director of Finance to the Ogun State governor’s office, Taiwo Oyekanmi. DAILY POST gathered…
Customs intercept live ammunition concealed in bags of rice in Ogun
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun Area one Command, says it has intercepted 975 rounds of red star live cartridges…
Ogun govt, Dangote on war path over demolition of primary school
The Ogun State government has expressed dissatisfaction with Dangote Cement for allegedly demolishing a primary school in the state without…
Shettima meets Abiodun, Sanwo-Olu, Bello, others in Ogun, demands united Nigeria
Vice President of Nigeria, Kashim Shettima, on Saturday, met four governors under the umbrella of the All Progressives Congress, APC,…
Customs recover 122 illicit items, generate N30m in Ogun
The Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun State Command says it recovered 122 illicit items, totalling N398,470,687. The Command informed that in…
Ogun targets 15,000 pregnant women for free maternal healthcare
The Ogun State government is targeting 15,000 pregnant women as beneficiaries of its free delivery programme tagged “Ibidero” as part…
Again, judge’s absence stalls Ogun Speaker’s fraud case
The hearing of a fraud case filed against the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, and…
Protest rocks Ogun polytechnic as robbers, cultists kill, rape students
Students of the Gateway Polytechnic, Saapade, Ogun State on Tuesday protested attacks on their off-campus hostels by armed men suspected…
Yuletide: FRSC issues stern warning to motorists in Ogun
The Unit Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun has appealed to motorists to be conscious of…
Stop habouring kidnappers – Alani Bankole warns Ogun monarchs
An Egba leader and father of the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Alani Bankole, has warned coronet…
76-year-old man defiles, impregnates teenage girl in Ogun
A 76-year-old man, David Ogunsanwo, had been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corp (NSCDC) for…
Kunle Somorin: As Ogun hosts 22nd National Sports Festival
Much like the National Youth Service Corps and other programmes introduced after the Nigerian Civil War, the National Sports Festival…
Six die as passenger bus rams into truck in Ogun
Six persons were said to have died on Tuesday when the commercial bus conveying them rammed into a truck in…
Pupils sent back home from school as nationwide strike takes effect in Ogun
Pupils of public schools in Ogun State were on Tuesday sent back home as teachers joined the nationwide strike declared…
Yuletide: Police ban use of fireworks, explosives in Ogun
The Police command in Ogun State has banned the use of fireworks and explosives in the state during the Yuletide…
Five die in truck, car collision in Ogun
Five persons were reported dead on Sunday morning when a Mack truck and a Honda Accord car crashed in Ogun…
Ogun closes down industry over environmental pollution
The Ogun State Government has shut down an agro-processing company named, Supreme Agro Limited in Igbesa, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area…
Man knocked down by hit-and-run driver dies in Ogun FMC
An unknown man knocked down by a hit-and-run driver has died at the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, the Ogun…
16-year-old girl raped after getting drunk in church
A 16-year-old girl has been raped after she got drunk during an annual church event in Ogun State, DAILY POST…
216 incidents claim 12 lives in Ogun, Lagos – Federal Fire Service
Twelve persons died in fire incidents between January and October in Lagos and Ogun states, according to the record of…
Ogun students demand reversal of hiked school fees, threaten protest
Students in Ogun State have called on tertiary institutions in the state to reverse their hiked school fees within the…
Ogun seals off 10 unapproved medical facilities, arrests six quacks
The Ogun State Government has sealed 10 unapproved medical facilities located in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area. Commissioner for Health, Dr.…
Electrician dies while replacing power cable on pole in Ogun
An electrician identified simply as Dare has been electrocuted while fixing an electrical problem at Unity Estate, Aregbe, Obantoko area…
‘How I rescued Ogun Land Bureau from speculators’ – Gov Abiodun
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has revealed how he rescued the State’s Bureau of Lands from land speculators. Abiodun…
Group sues Customs over restriction of petroleum products in Ogun communities
A group, All Youths Re-Oriented Initiative (AYRIN), has dragged the Nigeria Customs Service Board and the Comptroller- General of Nigeria…
Cholera Outbreak: Ogun govt probes table, sachet water factories
The Ogun State government has said it would conduct compliance exercises on all table and sachet water factories in the…