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Transportation: UK agency offers technical assistance to Ogun

Ihesiulo Grace 22 April 2021 0

Abiodun Taiwo, Abeokuta A United Kingdom (UK)-based development agency, Prosperity Fund, has expressed its readiness to offer technical assistance to Ogun State in its efforts at putting in place an efficient and sustainable transportation system. This, according to the agency, would fast-track

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We’re no longer safe in Ogun, says NMA as doctors, nurses begin strike

Ihesiulo Grace 14 April 2021 0

On Tuesday, health workers in Ogun State decried the state’s high level of insecurity, lamenting that all parts of the state were becoming unsafe. In separate interviews with newsmen, state branches of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, as well as the Nigerian Medical Association, reported this in justifying their decision to go […]

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Abducted Ogun doctor, nurse regain freedom

Ihesiulo Grace 14 April 2021 0

Abiodun Taiwo The abducted Head of the General Hospital, Imeko in Imeko/Afon local government area of Ogun State, Dr. Oladunni Odetola, and a nurse identified as Mrs. Bamgbose had been released by their abductors. It was gathered that the medical personnel were released on Monday night. It will be recalled that Odetola and Bamgbose were […]

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Gunmen abduct Doctor, Nurse in Ogun

Ihesiulo Grace 8 April 2021 0

Abiodun Taiwo, Abeokuta Gunmen have abducted a medical doctor, Oladunni Odetola alongside a nurse identified as Mrs. Bamgbose, in Ogun State. Daily Times gathered that Odetola, the head of Ogun State General Hospital, Imeko, Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of the state. They were kidnapped on Wednesday night by unknown gunmen while driving along Abeokuta-Imeko road. […]

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Ogun Debt Not Properly captured by Our Predecessor’

Ihesiulo Grace 5 April 2021 0

Abiodun Taiwo, Abeokuta The Ogun State Government has cleared the air on domestic debt owed by the State, saying the figures given to it by the immediate past administration did not capture the entire liabilities it left behind. The government said not less than N50billion in financial liabilities were not accounted for in the financial […]

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Two men arrested for allegedly robbing gold merchant of jewelries worth N6m

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2021 0

Two suspected armed robbers, Jerry Chuckwedu m’ 23yrs and Tomiwa Olawale m’ 22years, pictured above, have been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command, for allegedly robbing a gold merchant of golden chains and rings valued at six million naira at gunpoint. Confirming the arrests to newsmen, the spokesperson of the state police command, […]

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Ogun begins recruitment of staff in Education Ministry

Ihesiulo Grace 30 March 2021 0

STEPHEN GBADAMOSI, IBADAN The Ogun State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has announced the commencement of recruitment into public primary and secondary schools. According to a statement by the state Commissioner for Education Science and Technology, Professor Abayomi A. Arigbabu, on Tuesday, ” the ministry announces the commencement of the Ogun State

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Ex-Reps Speaker in closed door meeting with Gov Abiodun

Ihesiulo Grace 26 March 2021 0

Abiodun Taiwo, Abeokuta Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole on Thursday paid a courtesy call on the Governor of his home state, Ogun, Prince Dapo Abiodun. The meeting started as soon as the former two-term lawmaker arrived at the Oke-Mosan secretariat around 4:12 pm, the two leaders went into a closed-door […]

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Kidnapping: Ogun employs security men for public schools

Ihesiulo Grace 24 March 2021 0

Abiodun Taiwo, Abeokuta Worried by the recent kidnapping of students in schools by bandits in some parts of the country, the Ogun State Government said it has beefed up security in all its schools across the State. The State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun stated this yesterday when he received members of the House of Representatives […]

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Gunmen kidnap two OOU female students in Ogun

Ihesiulo Grace 15 March 2021 0

Abiodun Taiwo, Abeokuta Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Sunday night kidnapped two female students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ayetoro Campus, Ayetoro, Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State. Daily Times reliably gathered that the incident occurred at about 9 pm on Sunday, when the suspected bandits stormed the Igbole Aibo Quarter area […]

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BREAKING: Deputy Speaker of Ogun State Assembly impeached

Ihesiulo Grace 4 March 2021 0

Dare Kadiri, the embattled Deputy Speaker of the Ogun Assembly, has been impeached for alleged “gross misconduct.” He is the member representing Ijebu North State Constituency 2 in the State Assembly. A petition calling for Kadiri’s resignation was signed by 22 lawmakers last week. The plot to sack him thickened on Monday, according to reports from

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How female armed robbery suspect led gang to rob pastor of vehicle, other valuable

Ihesiulo Grace 3 March 2021 0

By Joy Joseph A female leader of an armed robbery gang, Tolulope Olufemi, and her accomplice, Oshilaru Biodun, have been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command, for snatching a pastor’s Toyota Pathfinder jeep. Daily Times reports that the suspects and their other gang members at large, armed with guns and other dangerous […]

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Why I defected to APC at short notice, Daniel explains to associates

Ihesiulo Grace 16 February 2021 0

STEPHEN GBADAMOSI, IBADAN A former governor of Ogun State, Chief Gbenga Daniel, has appologised to his supporters and explained why he had to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) at short notice. Daniel was a frontline member of the PDP, having ruled Ogun State on the ticket of […]

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Again, Fulani herdsmen attack another Ogun community

Ihesiulo Grace 13 February 2021 0

Abiodun Taiwo, Abeokuta Hoodlums suspected to be Fulani herdsmen on Friday night launched an attack on Orile-Igbooro in Yewa North local government area of Ogun State, killing no fewer than four persons. Vanguard reliability gathered that houses were set ablaze, while several people sustained varying degrees of injuries in the said attack. Speaking on the […]

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Tension as herdsmen allegedly attack Soyinka’s country home

Ihesiulo Grace 11 February 2021 0

…It is fake news, says son …It was a case of strayed cow, say police By Abiodun Taiwo, Abeokuta There was palpable tension across parts of the country, especially the South West, as news filtered out in the early hours of yesterday that the country home of Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, in the Abeokuta […]

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Sunday Igboho storms Ogun, insists killer – herdsmen must vacate Southwest

Ihesiulo Grace 2 February 2021 0

*State denies inviting him to help fight insecurity Abiodun Taiwo, Abeokuta Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, on Monday stormed Ogun State, insisting that killer-herdsmen must vacate Yorubaland. Igboho, alongside his supporters arrived in Abeokuta, the state capital and immediately proceeded to some trouble areas in Yewaland in Ogun

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60 year-old man bags 6 months imprisonment over attack on Ikeja Electri staff

Ihesiulo Grace 22 January 2021 0

Joy Obakeye A Magistrate Court in Ifo local government area of Ogun State, has sentenced a sixty year old man, Bakare Buraimoh, to six months imprisonment at the Ilaro Correctional Centre, Ogun State, for assaulting one Abiodun Fakoya, a staff of Ikeja Electric (IE) attached to its Olowora Undertaking Office. The judgement was delivered on […]

Crime

Soldier strips Lady naked in Ogun over indecent dressing

Ihesiulo Grace 5 December 2020 0

A soldier, whose identity could not be immediately ascertained, on Saturday, assaulted a young lady who was dressed in a manner he considered indecent. The incident happened around 9:47 am at Oju-Ore in the Ota area of Ogun State. The lady, who was clad in a pair of shorts and white knitted coverup, was trekking […]

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Robbers arrested after invading church during vigil, abducting 1 person

Ihesiulo Grace 30 November 2020 0

Some members of a robbery gang which invaded Christ Apostolic Church at Gudugbe Alagbon area of Wasimi in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State, have been arrested by the police.  Daily Times gathered that suspects who allegedly assaulted worshippers before dispossessing them of their valuables during a vigil, reportedly abducted Mrs. Mojisola

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Ogun state workers commence warning strike over minimum wage

Ihesiulo Grace 15 September 2020 0

Workers in Ogun State have commenced a one-week warning strike over the failure of the government to implement the new minimum wage, Daily Times Nigeria has learnt. READ ALSO: Ogun assures workers of prioritising welfare The State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Emmanuel Bankole, declared this after a three-hour closed-door meeting held between the […]