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Ogun State House of Assembly says it is irrevocably committed to collaborating with organisations and interest groups including the civil society organizations and women’s rights advocates at enacting legislations that will help reduce cases of gender-based violence in the society. Speaker of the house, Right Honourable Oludaisi Elemide, gave the assurance while playing hosts to […]
Five men on Monday appeared before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun State for allegedly stealing a truck load of Milo products worth N25 million. The defendants, Temidire Ramon, 35, Aminu Yusuf, 26; Olusola Opadare, 35; Oludayo Adeleye, 38, and Amodu Jimoh, 51, are standing trial on a two-count charge of stealing and conspiracy. The […]
The Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun State on Monday sentenced a 38-year-old man, Sodiq Mohammed, to four years imprisonment for burglary and theft of electrical wires valued at N650,000. Magistrate O.O. Fadairo, who presided over the case, convicted Mohammed on a four-count charge of burglary, stealing, malicious damage, and conspiracy. The court, however, gave Mohammed […]
The retiring Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, has said that his only regret as he bows out of office after 35 years of service was his inability to get the killers of the Late Finance Director, Taiwo Oyekanmi attached to Ogun Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. Oyekanmi was ambushed and shot dead on November 29, […]
By all parameters, Prince Dapo Abiodun today can be rated as a shining star in Nigeria’s political firmament in terms of the remarkable achievements recorded by his administration in Ogun State, which have remained unparalleled in the Gateway State’s political history of over three decades. A proponent of leadership by example, Abiodun, through his inclusive […]
For the third time in two months, a new date has been fixed for the inspection of facilities for the 22nd National Sports Festival, tagged: ‘Gateway Games.’ This latest postponement has caused stakeholders to question Ogun State’s readiness to host the fiesta as scheduled. Ogun State won the bid to host the biennial sports fiesta […]
The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has been commended for encouraging reading culture by approving and releasing a portion of land in 2022 for the National Library Board Complex after 30 years of waiting. National Librarian/Chief Executive Officer of the National Library of Nigeria, Abuja, Prof. Chinwe Veronica gave the commendation during the Public […]
The police have advised school owners in Ogun to strengthen the security of lives and property by installing Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras within their premises. An Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in the Ogun State Command, Mr Haruna Adamu, gave the advice at a security sensitisation programme in Abeokuta on Thursday. The News Agency of […]
The Joint Action Committee of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, Ogun State has demanded the implementation of N77000 new minimum wage as approved by Governor Dapo Abiodun. The union wondered why the polytechnic workers in the state have not been allowed to enjoy the new minimum wage, two months after the government began […]
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has declared that his administration in the past five years has carried out unprecedented turn-around in all the critical sectors of the state economy, describing it as a ‘silent economic revolution’. He said that despite the humongous infrastructural deficit his government inherited upon assumption of office in 2019, […]
