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Terrible: Vigilante kills MTN staff, student in Ogun

by Akan Ido Men of the Vigilante Service of Ogun State reportedly shot dead Moruf Raji, a student of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic and Akeem Usman, a staff of Telecommunications…

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Actor arrested for abducting monarch’s wife, claims innocence (PICTURED)

by Rachel Ogbu Ismaila Dauda (Photo: Punch) A man has been arrested in Ogun state for attempting to abduct the wife of the traditional ruler of Ilisan Remo in March…

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PDP crises: Gbenga Daniel, 12 others suspended for ‘anti-party activities’

by Rachel Ogbu The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun East Senatorial District, Doyin Fakoya has announced the suspension of former Ogun state Governor Gbenga Daniel and…

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Sad news: OOU lecturer, 2 others die in car accident (PHOTO)

A Senior Lecturer at Ogun State-owned Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Dr. Gbenga Dally and two other persons lost their lives in a multiple road crash, Wednesday evening, along the…

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Traditional ruler beaten and stripped off his clothes appears before commission of inquiry in Ogun (PHOTOS)

by Rachel Ogbu Photo:nairaland The Olofin of Ado-Odo in Ado-Odo-Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba Abdul Lateef Adeniran, recently said that the thugs who beat him up in his palace…

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This is what laziness does to us – and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze "I also don't believe in drugs. For years I paid my people extra so they wouldn't do that kind of business. Somebody comes to them and says,…

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66! Illegal hospitals in Ogun State shut down

by Rachel Ogbu 66 illegal healthcare centres in Ogun state have been sealed, the Ogun State Government has announced. Yesterday it was also revealed that fake drugs worth N1.5 million…

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Goodness, gracious: Man slaughters ex-girlfriend, then has sex with her corpse in Ogun State (PICTURED)

by Rachel Ogbu Akinloye-Anuoluwapo (Punch) A 25-year-old man in Ogun state has been accused of slaughtering his 21-year-old girlfriend because she broke up with him. Rafiyat Akinyemi, a Lagos State Polythenic graduate was…

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INTERVIEW: “I shudder to think of how this country will be if the opposition ever gets power” – PDP’s Olisa Metuh

What scares me about the opposition is the degree of undemocratic tendencies that they exhibit. I shudder to think of how this country will be if the opposition ever gets…

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Opinion: Beyond our ethnic and religious differences

by Abd’Raqeeb Salako The unfortunate thing is that the moment we start fighting these ethno-religious battles, we are winning the war for those who are bent on seeing the country…

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Is Ogun lawmaker, Adeyinka Mafe on the run from UK authorities? (PICTURED)

by Akan Ido The lack of thorough background checks on our public officials have been a cause of concern to observers who have had a reason to doubt the integrity…

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Youth rage: Ogun royal father beaten and stripped naked, palace destroyed

by Akan Ido Hoodlums yesterday attacked a traditional ruler, Oba Lateef Adeniran, in Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. Adeniran was attacked, stripped naked in public glare and…

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Awful: Driver rapes 15-year-old housemaid, blames the devil (PICTURED)

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested a driver, Olusegun Ajayi, for allegedly raping a 15-year-old housemaid in Arepo, Ogun State. The NSCDC authorities said the suspect had…

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Police deny parading a 2-month old baby in robbery case in Ogun… despite photo evidence (LOOK)

by Rachel Ogbu Baby Oyinkansola carried by her mum Photo: Vanguard Ogun State police has come out to clarify the issue about parading a two month old baby in a…

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Police arrest and parade 2-month-old baby in robbery case in Ogun(PICTURED)

by Rachel Ogbu Baby Oyinkansola carried by her mum Photo: Vanguard A two-month-old girl was arrested and paraded in Ogun State after police could not find her father connected to a…

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We are here for you: Police assures residents after they received warning letters from ‘robbers’ in Ogun

by Rachel Ogbu Photo: Punch With April Fool's Day just around the corner, this might be a mean joke but for the first time in days, residents in the Lambe community…

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Chilling: Robbers write letter to prepare residents for attack in Ogun (LOOK)

by Rachel Ogbu Residents in Lambe, Ogun State, were thrown aback after they woke up one day to find letters from Nigerian robbers to asking them for a warm welcome…

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#HumanTrafficking: 2 minors raped in Ogun State as part of initiation into prostitution

by Rachel Ogbu Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Ikemefuna Okoye (Photo-Punch) Two minors were reportedly raped as part of an initiation process into the world of prostitution, it has been reported. The…

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Funke Egbemode: The PDP should watch it lest they fall

by Funke Egbemode Once upon a time, PDP reigned and ruled Ogun state. Then the leaders and elders of the party became too full of themselves... They went to battle,…

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“Poverty rate in the North is 3 times of what it is in Lagos” – Bill Clinton, as ThisDay honours 15 teachers

by Isi Esene Former United States president, Bill Clinton has attributed the growing terrorism menace in the country to poverty. Clinton said this yesterday in Abeokuta, Ogun State, at the…

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Car accident: 14-year-old paralysed boy dies

If death could be restrained, Mubarak Abdul-Mojeed, a 14-year-old boy, paralysed by accident on December 11, 2011, would have lived. But after all efforts to ensure Mubarak lived, death snatched…

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Bruised ego: Obasanjo declines taking part in laying of wreath

by Akan Ido The Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration was temporarily put on hold in Abeokuta, Ogun State yesterday when former president Olusegun Obasanjo reportedly refused to take part in…

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Tragic: Generator fumes kill 80-year-old woman, 4 grandchildren

Sorrow and sadness on Thursday enveloped Robiyan, near Ijoko in Ifo Local Government, Ogun State as residents discovered the lifeless bodies of an 80 year-old woman, identified as Madam Kuburat,…

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“I would have been a dead person…” – Obasanjo speaks (again) on the fire incident

by Isi Esene Olusegun Obasanjo is counting his blessings and announcing it to anyone who cares to listen. The former president who met with the executive members of the Lagos…

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Updated: Former President Obasanjo’s hilltop mansion in Abeokuta on fire (PICTURED)

by Isi Esene The Hilltop mansion of former president Olusegun Obasanjo in his hometown, Abeokuta, Ogun State, was gutted by fire. It was gathered that the fire, which started around…

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Gruesome: How herdsmen raped bride and killed 21 people in Ogun

For allegedly refusing some herdsmen the usage of their farmlands to graze their herds, no fewer than 21 people of Ketuland in Yewa North local government area of Ogun State…

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Ogun PDP: Free-for-all fight as Obasanjo and Kashamu factions clash

by Akan Ido The battle for supremacy for the soul of the People s Democratic Party in Ogun State is fast approaching a dangerous dimension as opposing factions of the…

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“How top police officer is shielding my father’s killers from prosecution”

On March 13, 2012, Pastor David Ogbolu, Founder of Christ Bible Gospel Church, Ajibawo Village in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government of Ogun State, was murdered by some land speculators. His sin,…

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Social media encourages ‘jungle journalism’ – Olusegun Osoba

by Isi Esene Former governor of Ogun State, Olusegun Osoba, has lamented the negative effect social media has on journalism saying it gives rise to what he described as "jungle…

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“There is a dearth of leadership in our nation today” – Bishop Oyedepo laments

The Chancellor, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun, Dr. David Oyedepo, on Friday identified covetousness as the bane of most African leaders. Oyedepo said at the 11th matriculation of the institution that…

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