Suspected thugs yesterday disrupted proceedings at the launch of the Federal Government’s Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP), also known as TraderMoni, in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The scheme was put in place by government to assist petty traders with…
Ogun rally: Please don’t disgrace me before Buhari, Amosun begs angry party members (Punch)
The Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, on Monday, begged angry party members not to disgrace him before President Muhammadu Buhari Amosun made the appeal during the Ogun State All Progressives Congress presidential rally in Abeokuta. The rally, which started immediately after President…
APC dissolves state, LG, ward excos in Ogun, Imo (Punch)
The All Progressives Congress has dissolved the executive committees in Imo and Ogun states. Also dissolved were the local government and ward executives in the two states. Their dissolution formed part of the resolutions reached during the National Working Committee…
Don’t pick passengers on Lagos-Abeokuta expressway, FRSC warns drivers (Vanguard)
The Ifo command of Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Ogun has warned that commercial drivers who pick passengers on the Lagos-Abeokuta highway risk being crushed by articulated vehicles. Mr Joshua Ibitomi, the Ifo Unit Commander of FRSC, gave the…
Man charged with raping 31-year-old woman (Nation)
The police in Ogun State yesterday arraigned a 40-year-old man, Olalekan Yinka, before an Ota Magistrates’ Court for alleged rape of a woman, aged 31. Yinka, who lives at 16, Igbele Durojaiye Street, Ota, is facing a count charge of rape,…
Ten docked in Ogun for allegedly belonging to secret cult (Nation)
Ten suspected secret cult members were on Tuesday brought before an Ota Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ogun. The accused are Muyideen Ijiade, 29; Olueaseyi Oluwole, 23; Jamiu Saka, 20; Ajayi Iyayi, 21; Ismaila Ibrahim, 23; Olayinka Muyideen, 17; and Olalekan…
Amosun presents N402.6b budget to Ogun assembly (Guardian)
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State yesterday presented the 2019 budget estimate of N402.63 billion to the House of Assembly. This represents 17 per cent increase of last year’s estimate, which was N345.4 billion. Education got the lion’s share of…
Ifa Priest wants public officers to take traditional oath (Vanguard)
An Ifa priest, Chief Fashola Faniyi, has advocated the swearing in of public officers through traditional oath. Faniyi, who is also the Founder of the Ancestral Pride Foundation (APF), an NGO, spoke on Wednesday on the side line of a…
Truck crushes motorcyclist to death in Ogun (PMNews)
A motorcyclist was on Sunday morning crushed to death by a hit-and-run truck driver around Van Milk roundabout on Iloawela road in Ogun. Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), disclosed this to newsmen in…