Ogun state

Violent parallel APC State Congress in Ogun as Gov. Abiodun, Amosun battle for party’s soul

      The rivalry between governor, Dapo Abiodun and his predecessor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun was reenacted on Saturday as both factions of...

Tragedy strikes in Ogun as retired Army General and ex-governor, Olurin, exits the world

  The death of a one-time Military Governor of old Oyo State, retired Man.- Gen. ldowu Adetunji Olurin, has thrown his country home,...

Poor mum sells two daughters for N300,000

  Dirt-poor 35-year-old mother, Blessing Ebuneku Agoro, has been apprehended by the Ogun State police for allegedly selling off her two biological underage...

Gas explosion destroys ex-Governor Gbenga Daniel’s hotel in Abeokuta, two dead, others injured

A third gas explosion has hit Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, within one week and this time, it shattered Conference Hotel, owned by former...

Ogun Government disowns, suspends Abidemi Rufai, governor’s aide, over theft of U.S. $650 million unemployment benefits

Following the arrest of Abidemi Rufai, a Special Assistant to Ogun State Governor, in U.S. for alleged Washington state’s $650 million unemployment fraud,...

$650m unemployment fraud: Ogun Governor’s aide, Abidemi Rufai apprehended in U.S.

Ogun Gov. Dapo Abiodun’s Senior Special Assistant, Abidemi Rufai, has been arrested at the New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport over alleged...

Financially-racked mother of six kills her one-month-old baby, dumps corpse in river

By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Unperturbed by the pains of bearing the pregnancy for nine solid months, a 35-year-old mother of six children, Sukurat...

Desecration: Ogun monarch abducted, N200m ransom demanded

  The traditional stool of another monarch has again been desecrated as kidnappers seized Oba Tajudeen Omotayo of Imope in ljebu area of...

Herdsmen’s attack: Fleeing Ogun residents still in Benin Republic — Red Cross

  Contrary to the Federal Government’s claim, the Nigerian Red Cross Society says Ogun residents who fled the country for Benin Republic in...

Video: In Ruins… Gateway Ota abandoned, left to rot

      By Aoiri Obaigbo Photographer, poet, author of The Wretched Billionaire. This broken down building beside the bubbling Shoprite mall, used...

APC crisis: Ogun Deputy Speaker impeached

    For allegedly masterminding attacks on the Secretary to the Ogun State Government, Mr Oludare Kadiri, the Deputy Speaker of the State...

Ado-Odo monarch’s multi-million naira palatial residence for launch, foundation-laying Feb. 20

  A multi-million naira palatial residence of the traditional ruler of Ado-Odo in Ado-Odo Council Area of Ogun State is to be built...

Fulani herdsmen on a farmland

Fresh herdsmen attack in Ogun: Two killed, schools, hospitals shut

  Owode-Ketu and Ijoun communities in the Yewa North Council Area of Ogun State have been turned into a theatre of war following...

Ogun records first petrol tanker tragedy on its flyovers

    Ogun State recorded its first petrol tanker fire on Tuesday since the flyovers were constructed by the immediate past administration of...

Just in: For fairness, justice:Ogun government suspends commissioner over alleged sexual harassment

Pending an independent investigation, Ogun State Government has suspended the Commissioner for Environment, Mr Abiodun Abudu-Balogun from office over alleged sexual harassment of a...

Ogun monarch hauled before court over right to stool, indigeneship

  The installation of Oba Joshua Aminu Amusa, the Olu of Idanyin in Agbara area of Ado-odo/Ota Local Government of Ogun State has...