Barring any last minute change in plans, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will on Thursday join Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, to flag off a digital empowerment programme in Abeokuta, the state capital. Tagged ‘Ogun State Digital Economic Empowerment Project’, it is a plan of the State Government, being organised by the Bureau of Information…
Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun on Monday took delivery of 50,000 doses of AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine donated to the state by the Federal Government. The governor received the vaccines at the Governor’s office, Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, shortly after the arrival of the state team led by Commissioner of Health, Dr Tomi Coker. Abiodun told newsmen…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office on Monday, February 22, 2021, arraigned one Mary Maisirat Akerele on a five count charge bordering on stealing to the tune of Thirty Five Million Five Hundred and Twenty Thousand Naira (N35,520,000:00) before Justice Abiodun Akinyemi of the Ogun State High Court 4, Abeokuta. Trouble…
Oluwatunmise Idowu, a student of Scholars Universal Secondary School, Ota, Ogun State once again stunned the organisers of the on-going 2016 Cowbellpedia Mathematics Television Quiz Show with her performance in the second semi-final of the competition last weekend. Tunmise who survived a tensed second ’60 seconds of fame’ to qualified for the final stage of…
Police in Ogun State have apprehended a woman, who claimed to be a prophetess for running a pr0stitution ring. The suspect, identified as Olupinla Idowu, is the founder of a Cherubim and Seraphim church at 52 Okesina Street, Ijoko area of Ota, Ogun State. She was said to be using her just as a brothel…
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has declared that the state won’t be a fertile ground for hoodlums and criminal-minded elements. He made the remark while receiving the new Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Illiyasu, who was posted to the state to replace AbdulMajid Alli who was recently promoted as Assistant Inspector General (AIG) in charge…
A nine-year-old boy has been set free by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Ogun State. The boy, named Taiwo Korede, was allegedly chained by the pastor at Celestial Church of Christ key of Joy Parish Ajiwo at Ota, Ogun State. According to what we gathered, the boy was accused…
Last Saturday, June 25, 2016, a prayer session was held in Ifo, Ogun State as the Aqibatu_L_Khaeri Islamic Society of Nigeria, led by Sheik Abdul Ganiy Alao Shitta, the Fakhrul ulamohi of Ifo land, hosted their 10th Annual Lailatul Quadri Ramadan Lecture tagged “Corruption and Nation Building.” For those who attended the event, which was…
A film school set up by veteran filmmaker, Tunde Kelani, Mainframe Film and Media Institute, MFMI, located in Abeokuta, Ogun State, has commenced lectures for its first set of students. Speaking on the vision of MFMI, Tunde Kelani said “I have always wanted to do this but not without acquiring a level of maturity and…
Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has called for the creation of a Nigerian Army Division in the state. The governor made this call, on Thursday, while playing host to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Yusuf Buratai who had paid him a courtesy visit at his Oke Mosan, Abeokuta office. While receiving the Army…