A hard time awaits criminals who have been terrorising residents of Lagos and Ogun states following the COVID-19 lockdown. The Army, Navy, Airforce and Directorate of State Services (DSS) operatives will join the Police on the offensive against the miscreants.…
Soyinka reacts to Buhari’s Covid-19 lockdown order, questions legality of action
Professor Wole Soyinka has frowned at the Sunday lockdown order on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states by President Muhammadu Buhari to curb the spread of coronavirus in the country. The Nobel laureate in a Monday…
Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Ondo assemblies pass Amotekun bill
The Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun and Ondo Houses of Assembly on Tuesday passed the Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps bill into law. The bill seeks to unify the proposed law guiding the security outfit (Amotekun) jointly established by the…
Suspected smugglers kill Customs officer, injure another in Ogun (Punch)
Some suspected smugglers have killed a Customs Assistant 1, Hamisu Sani, and injured another officer, Tijani Michel, at the Asero area of Abeokuta, Ogun State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the operatives attached to the Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun Area Command,…
Ogun policemen assault two women, go after reporter (Punch)
Two women have been beaten to a pulp by the men of the Ogun State Police Command attached to the Lafenwa Division in Abeokuta, the state capital. The video of the women, which was posted on www.nairaland.com on Thursday, showed the bloodied…
Suspected vandal found dead inside Ogun NNPC pipeline (Vanguard)
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ogun Command, on Sunday said it recovered the body of a 45-year-old man, in the middle of NNPC’s Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) pipeline at Gbaga Axis, Ogijo, Ogun. The man was suspected…
Woman in court for slapping man in Ogun (Punch)
A 32-year-old woman, Oluwakemi Saheed, was on Thursday brought before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun State for allegedly slapping a man publicly. Gift, who lives at No. 12 Tolani St., Iyana-Iyesi near Ota, is facing a charge of assault. According…
Ogun, Imo govs renew attack on Oshiomhole (Punch)
Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, and Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, on Thursday renewed their attacks on Adams Oshiomhole, the national chairman of their party, the All Progressives Congress. While Okorocha claimed the fortunes of the APC had…
One dies as 3,799 corps complete service in Ogun (Nation)
About 3,799 corps members for the 2017 Batch ‘B’ Stream 1 in Ogun, who completed their service year on Thursday have been charged to keep themselves busy and utilise lessons learnt. The NYSC Ogun Coordinator, Mrs Josephine Bakare, gave the charge at…
Strike’ll affect payment of salaries, FG warns (Vanguard)
Commercial activities in some states of the federation were grounded, yesterday, following the strike declared by organised labour to press home demand for a new minimum wage. This came as the Federal Government, yesterday, warned that the strike will affect…
