Some unknown gunmen, in the early hours of Sunday, invaded a white garment church to kidnap three worshippers in Obada area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The church, Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Ona Ara Parish, located along Railway Station,…
The Ogun State Government has begun palliative work on Sango-Ijoko-Alagbole Akute road in its quest to alleviate and relieve residents of pains being incurred daily. The construction of the road projected to receive about N38 billion, was awarded by the…
Ogun State Government has affirmed that it will henceforth collaborate with the Local Government Councils and Community Development Associations on effective environmental sanitation in the state. Ola Oresanya, Special Adviser to the Governor on Environment stated this when he led…
Over seven thousand youths in Ogun State have been empowered by the Central Bank’s Anchor Borrowers’ agricultural programme through the Cassava Intervention Project of the state government. This was contained in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor…
…warns motorists, pedestrians to avoid container-trucks on bad roads By Tobi Adetunji. The Publisher of Nigerian NewsDirect, Dr. Samuel Ibiyemi narrowly escaped death from a road accident involving a container and a tricycle on Idiroko road in Sango-Ota Ogun State.…
Following the outbreak of cholera in some parts of Nigeria, the Ogun State Government has called on residents to be wary of unhygenic practices capable of giving rise to infections and resulting in avoidable loss of lives. The State Commissioner…
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta The police command in Ogun State says it has arrested a 64- year-old man, Ayotunde Taiwo for allegedly raping a 2-year-old girl (name withheld). DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the State Police Spokesperson, disclosed this in a statement issued…
The Ogun State government has stepped up efforts to curtail the recent outbreak of gastroenteritis in Magboro, Ofada Ward of Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of the state. In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker,…
By Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta As part of its mandate to constantly promote the non-oil export in the country, Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) Ogun State, last Thursday trained over 400 participants on easy and modern way of Adire production, labelling,…
Police said in Ogun on Tuesday that they killed a kidnap suspect and arrested another in a shootout at Ilala Forest in Imala Area of Abeokuta. “Ogun State police command arrested one member of a kidnap syndicate while one was…
