…vandalise bank, political billboards, posters Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta The peace enveloping Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital was on Tuesday shattered as angry youths took to the destroying public infrastructure in protest of the scarcity of the new redesigned Naira notes…
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court, on Friday, sentenced a 30-year old man, Dauda Salako, to three years’ imprisonment for stealing a Bajaj motorcycle. Salako, who resides at Oju Aremo Street, Oke Ijemo area of Abeokuta, was arraigned on a count charge…
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta The re-construction of Kemta-Ilugun-Somorin-Obantoko road in Abeokuta by the administration of Governor Dapo Abiodun has reached 80 per cent completion stage. The 6.9km road serves as a major bypass linking Obantoko with Kemta-Idiaba. Repair work on the…
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta Former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo and other African leaders on Monday met and deliberated on how to strengthen democracy in West Africa. They met at the opening session of of…
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta Men of Ogun state police command said that they have arrested two men, Seun Orokunle aged 38 and 28-year-old Sarumi Sodiq who gang raped a 22-year-old girl (name withheld) at Eleweran area of Abeokuta. The two suspects,…
The police command in Ogun on Wednesday said that no life was lost during the clash between some youths in Lafenwa Market, Abeokuta on Monday. DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in a statement confirmed that…
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta Ogun State government will hold its 2021 Christmas Carol and service of 9 lessons onThursday 16th December. The annual event, is slated to hold at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta, by 5pm prompt with the…
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta Barely two weeks after a tanker fire incident around Ogere Remo axis of Lagos-Ibadan expressway leading to loss of three lives, another tanker carrying Premium Motor Spirit popularly called petrol upturned itself in a lone crash around…
Prof. Chinedum Babalola, the Vice-Chancellor, Chrisland University, Abeokuta, on Wednesday called for more investment in research institutes and universities to strengthen research capacity. Babalola made the call at the ongoing Nigeria Academy of Pharmacy (NAPHARM) and Nigerian Guild of Editors…
On Wednesday, an Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court sentenced a 41-year-old bank teller, Philips Ogorome to 18 months imprisonment for stealing N2.8 million from a micro finance bank. The Magistrate, Mr O. T. Ayobolu sentenced Ogorome after he found him guilty of…
