Technology

Airtel honours teacher in adopted primary school

Ihesiulo Grace 9 October 2017 0

Leading telecoms operator, Airtel Nigeria, has been commended by teachers in its adopted public primary schools located in Lagos, Ogun, Kaduna, Kwara, Cross River and Imo States. The teachers who were overwhelmed with joy hailed the telco for its focus on education and for organizing a

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Ogun Commissioner Identifies Measure For Ensuring Safety In South-West

Ihesiulo Grace 21 September 2017 0

State Governors in South Western Nigeria have been charged to establish Community Safety Office in their various local government areas as veritable means of safeguarding lives and property of citizens. The Ogun State Commissioner for Regional Integration, Bashorun Adebola Adeife, who gave this charge through his Media Aide, Miss Olawunmi Fadairo in his Office at […]

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Power play over chieftaincy title threatens Ogun community

Ihesiulo Grace 7 September 2017 0

*Four families battle for supremacy A misunderstanding among four families in Suboyede village, a community in Ogijo, Sagamu-Remo area of Ogun state, has resulted into crisis, as people are beginning to see the unification of the families as a mirage. This is because one of the four families have chosen to wash its dirty linen […]

Crime

9 cultists arrested in Ogun

Ihesiulo Grace 26 August 2017 0

The Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSAR) have arrested nine suspected fleeing cultists responsible for many criminal activities in the Iperu Remo and Isara areas of the state. The suspects identified as Nureni Adenuga, 56, Kehinde Boyejo, 27 (a.k.a Alara Oro), Ogunubi Abiodun (a.k.a Ostrich), Sola Ogundimu, 19; Dare Owolani, 19; Kamiru Muyiwa, 24; Itilope Fadimu, […]

Business Economy Top Stories

Lagos is foreign investors’ favourite destination in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 23 August 2017 0

The National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday released the capital importation report, stating that investment inflows into the country rose by 95.02 percent from $884.1m in the first quarter of this year to $1.79bn in the second quarter. While on year on year, this was an increase of 43.6% from the $1.042.2 recorded in Q2 […]

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Scrap dealers condemn multiple taxation in Ogun

Ihesiulo Grace 15 March 2017 0

The National Association of Scrap and Waste Dealers Employers of Nigeria (NASWDEN), has called on Ogun State government to as a matter of urgency find a lasting solution to the issue of multiple taxation in the State adding that the act is seriously affecting the cost of transacting business in the state. The national president, […]

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Federal pensioners protest in Ogun over 14months unpaid pension

Ihesiulo Grace 11 January 2017 0

Federal pensioners under the contributory pensions scheme in Ogun state on Tuesday cried out to the government to pay their unpaid 14-month gratuities and pension. The pensioners are those who retired from Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Neuropsychiatric hospital as well as other federal agencies and establishments. They also accused the government of not paying

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Ogun CJ Grants Unconditional Release To 37 Inmates

Ihesiulo Grace 10 May 2015 0

37 prisoners have been granted unconditional release to 37 inmates from the five prisons in Ogun State. Six prisoners were set free at Ilaro, 11 at 0ba, 15 at Abeokuta, two at Sagamu and three Ijebu-Ode prisons. According to the Ogun State Chief Judge Justice Olatokunbo Olopade who granted their release, the exercise, which was […]

News

Ogun Police Rescue Kidnapped Boy in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 28 April 2015 0

The Ogun Police command, on Monday, has rescued another five-year-old kid, Abraham Adeyemi, who was abducted in a non – descript location in Lagos, on Sunday. Master Abraham, who gave his parents’ name as “Mummy Sarah and Daddy Sarah” was kidnapped by unknown persons in Lagos, and rescued at Imedu – Nla, by the Police […]

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Five Burnt to Death in Ogun Multiple Accident

Ihesiulo Grace 24 April 2015 0

No fewer than five persons were burnt beyond recognition and properties worth millions of naira destroyed when two trucks had head-on collision at Mowe/Ibafo axis of the Lagos/Ibadan expressway on Wednesday night. The accident, it was gathered occurred few kilometers away from the popular Danco filling station along the axis within the Obafemi Owode Local […]

Politics Top Stories

APC Cries out over PDP-Instigated Violence, Voting Disruptions in Lagos, Rivers, Ondo States

Ihesiulo Grace 11 April 2015 0

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has alerted the security agencies to cases of violence and disruption of voting in several areas of Lagos, Rivers and Ondo states, urging them to swing into action to ameliorate the situation. In a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party […]

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DPO, Four Others Injured in Lone Accident in Ogun

Ihesiulo Grace 11 April 2015 0

Five Policemen including a Divisional Police Officer were seriously injured in a lone accident that occurred at Wasinmi area along Lagos – Abeokuta expressway in Ewekoro local government area of the State. The Police were monitoring the ongoing Governorship and State Assembly elections when the accident occurred Also an eyewitness said the rickety hilux bus […]

Entertainment Society

Prince Gboyega Nasir Isiaka Gets Youth's Endorsement   

Ihesiulo Grace 10 April 2015 0

The youths of Ado/Odo local government area of Ogun State has condemned the candidature of Social Democratic Party candidate of the state, Sen. Akin Odunsi. The president of the youth coalition, Omooba Damilare Oloyede stated that, the People Democratic Party, PDP governorship candidate, Prince Gboyega Nasir Isiaka is the choice of the teeming youths of […]

Entertainment Society

What Becomes of Hon. Motunrayo Adijat's Political Career?      

Ihesiulo Grace 10 April 2015 0

Ex-Ogun lawmaker representing Ifo Constituency II and former chairman, Committee on House Service, Hon. Motunrayo Adijat is in the news again. This time, it’s about her fate in the Ogun political terrain. The ever-busy politician who defected to the People Democratic Party recently, after she was given the Federal House of Representatives slot, now has […]

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Ogun APC Accuses PDP of Plan to Disrupt Saturday’S Polls

Ihesiulo Grace 10 April 2015 0

Twenty four hours to the Governorship and House of Assembly elections, Senator Ibikunle Amosun Campaign Organisation (SIACO), has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), of plans to disrupt the elections in Ogun State. While addressing the press on Thursday, in Abeokuta, the Director General of SIACO, Mr. Bode Mustapha, who was flanked by the Director […]

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Ogun Elders Read Riot Acts to Politician Ahead of Polls 

Ihesiulo Grace 10 April 2015 0

Barely 24 hours to the Gubernatorial and State Assembly elections, the Ogun State Elders’ Consultative Forum has appealed to the people of the state, especially politicians and the youths not to take laws into their own hands. The Elders, while addressing the press at Iwe Iroyin, Oke Ilewo, Abeokuta, on Thursday, urged the people to […]

Entertainment

Mixed Reaction Trails Buruji Kashamu’S Senatorial Seat

Ihesiulo Grace 3 April 2015 0

Buruji Kashamu is a well known businessman turned politician decided to take the bull by the horn to vie for the Senatorial seat of Ogun East Senatorial District. Though, he  was announced winner of the general election but the opposition party would have none of that and promptly petitioned INEC, describing the election as undemocratic […]

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Ogun Hausa community endorses SDP candidates

Ihesiulo Grace 23 March 2015 0

A few days to the general election, the Arewa Youth Forum in Ogun State said it had thrown its weight behind the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Senator Akin Odunsi, and all the candidates of the party in the state, in the coming general elections. The forum vowed not to support the […]

Entertainment Life & Style

Otunba Debasco wins Amosun’s heart       

Ihesiulo Grace 20 March 2015 0

Socialite and politician, Otunba Babatunde Onakoya fondly referred to as Debasco and who is also the Chairman, Mobilization Committee for Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State’s  second term bid, seems to have won the heart and respect of the governor, what with how far and well, he has been able to garner the trust and […]

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NNPC Extends Pipeline Protection Contract To Host Communities

Ihesiulo Grace 12 March 2015 0

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said it has renewed and extended the pipeline protection contract to some of its host communities. In a statement issued in Abuja by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Department, NNPC, Mr Ohi Alegbe, it said the measure was to effectively combat the growing scourge of pipeline sabotage […]