News Nigeria

New Year Eve tragedy: 5 killed, 13 injured in Ogun autocrash

Ihesiulo Grace 31 December 2017 0

Five people including three males, one female adult and a boy lost their lives at about 9.00am, on Sunday, at Ogere end of the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State. The incident, according to Commander Florence Okpe of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun State Command involved a white

Society

American based socialites buries father in style

Ihesiulo Grace 30 December 2017 0

It was a party and ceremony to behold last Saturday at NUD Primary School, Agbado,, Ogun State when socialites and some important celebrities from Donald Trump country (USA) stormed the gateway state for the burial of Oluwo Adeboye Oyesanya, a native of Iperu-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria. Who during his life time was a practicing herbalist […]

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DPR turns Santa Claus in Ogun, offers free fuel to motorists

Ihesiulo Grace 26 December 2017 0

Motorists went wild with joy on Monday at Mani Petrol Station, Mowe, Ogun State as the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), turned Santa Claus and offered them free petrol. The free fuel by the DPR was the result of a sanction imposed on the owner of the station, who had ignored an earlier warning to […]

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NYIAF commends Gov. Amosun, cautions on imposition of candidates

Ihesiulo Grace 16 December 2017 0

A newly inaugurated group-Non-Yoruba Indigenes of All Progressive Congress Forum (NYIAF), the political arm of Non Indigenes in Ogun State Zone has commended Governor Ibikunle Amosun for the efforts the governor has put to see that the state moves to the next level. The group also warned that, come 2019, there is need to check […]

Business

Ogun vows to sanction warns street trading

Ihesiulo Grace 11 December 2017 0

…To confiscate wares on walkways, others Traders displaying wares on pedestrian walkways and flower beds on roads in Ogun State may be in for a tough time, as government has declared that such defiant traders stand the risk of having their wares confiscated, apart from paying fines, if caught by the environmental task force team. […]

Business

Ogun urges traders to occupy new shops or face sanctions

Ihesiulo Grace 4 December 2017 0

The Ogun State Government has given a 72-hour notice beginning from the 4th of December this year to all allotees of the newly completed government ultra modern shopping malls and shops located in the state capital to move in and start business or risk revocation and reallocation to other interested traders. The State Governor, Senator […]

Entertainment Society

Lanre Teriba, Ifemide, Esther Igbekele, Iya Saudi others set to ignite Ijebu

Ihesiulo Grace 1 December 2017 0

….As Hon Odeneye drags celebrities to praise God The stage is set for the forth-coming Ijebu Praise Concert schedule for Friday 1st of Dec 2017 at Dipo Dina Memorial Stadium, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, as Teriba lead the likes of Esther Igbekele, Bola Obi, Iya Saudi, Ifemide, Funmi Sennaike among other talented Muslim and Christian’s […]

Politics

Ogun 2019: Group faults Adeola’s endorsement, cautions stakeholders’

Ihesiulo Grace 23 November 2017 0

The Ogun West Peoples Council (OWPC), has urged stakeholders in the zone to unite their efforts ahead of the 2019 governorship race, stating that back door endorsement of aspirants may have negative effect on the Ogun West chances. This is just as the group faulted the purported endorsement of a serving senator representing Lagos West, […]

Opinion

Governor Amosun’s leadership in Ogun State

Ihesiulo Grace 22 November 2017 0

The Senate on November 9, 2017, approved the external borrowing plan for the sum of $350 million for the Ogun State development policy operation, from the World Bank. The approval for the foreign loan followed the adoption of the recommendations of its Committee on Local and Foreign Debts chaired by Senator Shehu Sani. The recommendation […]

News

VC condemns proposed 2018 budget allocation for education

Ihesiulo Grace 15 November 2017 0

The Vice – Chancellor, McPherson University Serki Sotayo in Ogun State, Prof. Adeniyi Agunbiade has condemned strongly the proposed allocation of N61.73 billion for education by the Presidency as contained in the 2018 budget. Agunbiade who made this known during her second Pre -Convocation Press conference held at the University on Tuesday noted that inspite […]

Crime

2 Men Behead 17-Year-Old Girl Hawking Puff-Puff In Ogun For Money Ritual

Ihesiulo Grace 13 November 2017 0

Two suspected ritualists have been arrested by men of Ogun State Command of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria, VGN, in connection with the murder of a 17-year-old girl, Taye Gusau, in Idosemo, Ipokia Local Government Area of the state. After killing her, they decapitated the body, cut off the hands and intestines. It was gathered […]

News

New Ogun PDP exco sacks Kashamu loyalists from party secretariat

Ihesiulo Grace 7 November 2017 0

….Laments destruction of over N5m secretariat equipment The newly elected executives of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun state on Monday took over the secretariat located along President Boulevard, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta on Monday. They were elected on Saturday during the state congress conducted by the chairman of South-West zone of the party, Mr. Eddy […]

News

Ogun sensitises religious bodies on adherence to environmental laws, regulations

Ihesiulo Grace 6 November 2017 0

The Ogun State Government has kick-off a sensitisation and enlightenment programme towards curbing the violation of specific laws and regulations by religious bodies in the state. Head of Service, Mr. Abayomi Sobande, said this in his opening address at a Consultative meeting with religious bodies on regulation of economic and environmental impact of activities of […]

Politics

OGUN 2019: Tella promises 6,000 jobs, 1000 millionaires in 1000 days

Ihesiulo Grace 28 October 2017 0

….Says ‘I’ll eradicate hunger and poverty in Ogun’ A governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), In Ogun State, Omo Oba Aderibigbe Adeleke Tella, has promised to create 6,000 jobs in the agro allied sector within his first 100 days in office if voted into power. Addressing a mammoth crowd made […]

Politics

Ogun PDP holds congress, vows to take over govt

Ihesiulo Grace 22 October 2017 0

Abiodun Taiwo, Abeokuta Ogun State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party joined its counterpart in the South west to organise its ward congress on Saturday. The State was part of the four South West states which conducted ward congresses under the supervision of officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ahead of the December 9 […]

Politics

Why I want to be chairman of PDP, by Daniel

Ihesiulo Grace 20 October 2017 0

Former governor of Ogun State and a National Chairmanship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Otunba Gbenga Daniel has expressed his willingness to correct the past mistakes of the party. Addressing party faithful, his supporters and members of the press during his official declaration to contest for the position in the Federal Capital Territory, […]

Crime

Man Caught With 7 Human Heads In Ogun State(photos)

Ihesiulo Grace 13 October 2017 0

There was mild drama today in Mowe, Ogun State, after a man was allegedly caught with seven human heads. According to sources, the man was on his way to Lagos. He had approached a commercial bus driver to transport only him. . He driver allegedly told him he would pay for the 18-passenger space and […]

News In Brief

Robbers kill DPO in Ogun

Ihesiulo Grace 14 September 2017 0

A gang of armed robbers shot the Divisional Police Officer of Ogbere Police Station in Ogun State, Akingbade Adeyinka, dead overnight. The police officer had led a team to apprehend the suspects at a hotel located in Itele town along Sagamu-Benin Expressway, when the robbers opened fire. The robbers were said to have lodged in […]

Metro News In Brief

Eid: 2 dead, many injured as vehicle crash into Muslim prayer ground (updated)

Ihesiulo Grace 1 September 2017 0

…. Policeman lynched while trying to stop mob action It was a black Friday for the Muslim faithfuls in Ogun as two people were killed when a vehicle crashed into a large crowd of Muslim worshippers at the Eid-El Kabir prayer ground in Ijebu-Igbo part of the State. A witness said the driver lost control […]

Crime News

Police arrest 54 suspected criminals in Ogun

Ihesiulo Grace 11 August 2017 0

No fewer than 56 suspected criminals have been arrested by the police in Ogun state for various offences, ranging from armed robbery, kidnapping, rape, cultism, vandalism and impersonation. Parading the suspects, on Thursday, at the Command headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta, the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, said the suspects were picked up from different