President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised to urgently accord traditional healers across the country the respect due them and also involve them in the day-to-day activities of governance so as to move the nation forward. Speaking in an interview with the press at the end of their 2017 national
Ogun State has recalled 12 dismissed teachers, pardoned suspended 19 Details later … OGTV NEWS
The Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Hon. Suraju Ishola Adekunbi, has expressed confidence in the realization of the objective of the state’s 2017 fiscal budget, “the Budget of Repositioning”, which was presented to the assembly by the Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun on Thursday. The Speaker said the budget would achieve the success […]
The Ogun Government on Monday said it has embarked on agro-forestry project at Imeko-Aworo Forest Reserve in collaboration with the Agence Francaise de Development and Lafarge Africa. The state Commissioner for Forestry, Mr. Kolawole Lawal, made this known during an assessment tour of the project site in Yewa North Local Government Area. Lawal said that […]
OGUN, the Gateway State came into existence in February 1976 following the creation of new states by the late General Murtala Ramat Mohammed. In terms of culture and tourism the Ogun State Government, through its tourism potential, has continuously guaranteed self-sufficiency Major tourist attractions in the State are Olumo rock, the Birikisu sungbo shrine, Suna […]
The father of the slain Oluwadamilola Fajana, the pregnant lawyer who was killed in a clash between the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and some oil vandals in Arepo, Ogun state, Mr. Ojo Babafemi, has blamed President Goodluck Jonathan for the death of his daughter, saying the president empowered the OPC to kill her. […]
Publisher of foremost celebrity journal, Yes magazine, Azuh Arinze, is in a sober mood as he recently lost his younger sister in an auto crash penultimate Sunday.The deceased until her death, was a final year student of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State, and was the last born of the family. Known to be very friendly […]
The National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal, sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Thursday, began with a stern warning to politicians not to attempt to influence its decisions in any way. Also, the Tribunal had granted the Ogun East Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the March 28 National Assembly […]
There was fierce protest in Oke Ilewo area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, yesterday, as a hit and run bullion van belonging to one of the new generation banks knocked down a motorcyclist, killing him on the spot. The development immediately trigger a violent reaction from the deceased’s colleagues resulting in many residents and […]
Former Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Peter Okebukola, has called on federal and state governments to invest more in human capital development, adding that high-level human resources, in the right number, would keep the economy afloat in a season of revenue scarcity. Okebukola made the call in a lecture titled: “Taking Advantage of […]
We need not reiterate that the whole of Ado Odo Ota and its environs, in Ogun State, like most progressive sections of the country, went agog at the victory of General Muhammadu Buhari (GMB) and Senator Ibikunle Amosun at the federal and state elections respectively in what some described as an “upset”, and ‘’a bumper-to-bumper” […]
Ogun state government, on Monday, signed a contract agreement with the China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) for the construction of intra and inter-city railway network project across the state. Governor Ibikunle Amosun signed on behalf of the state government. At the agreement signing ceremony between the state government and China Civil Engineering
The National President of Ogun Patriotic Forum (OPF) and a stalwart of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State, Mr. SeyiShodipo, has said the overwhelming support received by Senator Ibikunle Amosun, in the recently held Ogun state gubernatorial election and the decision of the 12 governorship candidates of other political parties to concede defeat […]
Ijoko Ota is a town in Ado- Odo/ Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State with its population swelling up daily due to the mass movement of the people from Lagos State to the town. The town is about a 30 kilometres from Lagos. In fact, hardly would anybody know that he or she was […]
Eminent academic, Mr. Sina Kawonise is the governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Ogun State. After winning his party’s nomination, the party substituted his name with another person but he went to court to challenge the decision. Just two days to the Presidential election, the courts cleared him for the contest. In this interview, he […]
The Ogun State government has attributed the current financial challenges being faced by the state to “personal financial mismanagement” of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the April 11 governorship election in the state, Prince Gboyega Nasir Isiaka, when he was the Managing Director of Gateway Holdings Limited, during the eight-year rule of OtunbaGbenga
President Goodluck Jonathan has been described as a true democrat and peace-loving statesman by his acceptance of the outcome of the just concluded presidential election as declared by the Chairman of the National Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega. Describing the act as a rare show of honour and respect for the rule of law, […]
As political parties round off the Presidential and National Assembly rally, tragedy struck on Wednesday, when the political rally of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun East Senatorial District turned bloody, as security operatives attached to the convoy of the party’s senatorial candidate, Buruji Kashamu, allegedly shot one of the onlookers. The victim, identified
