Tag: Abeokuta
ASUU strike: Students, lecturers, activists protest in Ogun
Scores of human right activists, lecturers and tertiary students Thursday staged a protest in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, over ...
‘He raped me with soap on my face’: Pastor arraigned for raping woman during ‘spiritual bath’
A 46-year-old Pastor, Olamide Sobowale, of Glory Church of Christ Aladura, Oke-Itoku, Abeokuta, Ogun State, has been ordered to be ...
Political violence: APC chieftain beaten and stripped off his clothes by thugs in Ogun
by ‘Jola Sotubo Saturday was a dark day for Emmanuel Ajala, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Ogun ...
Opinion: Olusegun Obasanjo’s selective amnesia
by Is’haq Modibbo Kawu He profited handsomely from illegal and unconstitutional sale of national assets, including the creation of TRANSCORP, ...
Akin Osuntokun: The trial of Reuben Abati
by Akin Osuntokun The role of a presidential spokesman is mostly a no-win situation. It is his lot to champion ...
Monster: Man accused of raping and killing young hawker in Ogun
Why should a young girl suffer so much pain before she was so callously murdered? That is the question that ...
8 people arrested in Ogun for killing elephant
by Oge Okonkwo Eight people have been arrested for killing an elephant in a forest reserve popularly called elephants forest ...
AWFUL: Landlord sets 6 youth ablaze for smoking Indian hemp (GRAPHIC IMAGES)
by Chisom Ukaegbu Six young men got more than they bargained for when they were set ablaze by a neighbor ...
Okey Ndibe: Minna, Abeokuta and bankruptcy of the Nigeria project
by Okey Ndibe This architect of Nigeria’s misfortune appears to cherish some Nigerians’ proclamation that he was a much better ...
Pastor, 3 others arrested for robbery in Ogun
by Oge Okonkwo The arrest of a pastor with a Pentecostal church (names withheld) in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital over ...
Monster: Man, 45, arrested in Ogun for raping his 16-year-old daughter
by Oge Okonkwo A 45-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping his 16-year-old daughter. The 45-year-old man,Toyin Sodimu, who lives ...
Why I visited Obasanjo – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has confirmed meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday in his residence in Owu, Abeokuta, Ogun ...
Jonathan, Northern governors meet Obasanjo
by Isi Esene There are reports that President Goodluck Jonathan today paid a visit to the former president, Olusegun Obasanjo ...
Abati’s mother’s funeral: Gov. Amosun, Gbenga Daniel take political rivalry to church
by Akan Ido The governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun and the forrmer governor, Gbenga Daniel renewed their political hostilities ...
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 ...
Ex-UNAAB student nabbed for armed robbery in Ogun (PICTURED)
The operations of a suspected armed robber, Solomon Ayodele Solarin, who attacked and robbed students of the Federal University of ...
Sad: Man commits suicide over inability to give father a befitting burial
by Akan Ido A sixty year old man, Akanni Timothy yesterday committed suicide in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital over ...
You don’t say: “Nigeria lacks good leaders” – Former President Obasanjo
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, declared that Nigeria lacked good leaders. Obasanjo lamented ...
“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. ...
Kidnapping gang busted by vigilante group, OOU final year student, 5 others arrested
The Ogun State Vigilance Service, Sunday, said it had arrested six suspected kidnappers including a final year student of Olabisi ...
Sorry, dad: Daughter exposes father whose gang allegedly killed policemen in Lagos
by Isi Esene A 17-year-old daughter of an armed robbery suspect reportedly exposed her father’s whereabouts to the police after ...
Pesky journalists – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze
by Cheta Nwanze Making use of his teeth, he separated the left ear of one of the journalists from the ...
Sad: Female ‘learner’ driver arraigned for killing corps member; “He was busy pinging,” she says
The police in Ogun State on Thursday arraigned a 52-year-old woman, Kehinde Olubanke, before an Abeokuta Magistrate’s Court for allegedly ...
“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 ...
Obasanjo assesses fire damage, bursts into victory song [DETAILS]
by Isi Esene The Hilltop mansion belonging to the former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo which reportedly started around 4:30pm ...
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 ...
“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 ...
LAGBUS crushes commercial bus injuring 6 passengers (PHOTO)
by Isi Esene About six people were injured yesterday at the Ebute Ero area of Lagos Island when a ...
Sad Friday in Ogun: 4 die, others injured in auto accident
by Isi Esene An accident which happened on Friday at Onihale in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State reportedly ...
Shock absorber: Mechanic absconds after discovering his wife is pregnant with triplets
by Isi Esene Yemi Oyeniyi, a 33-year-old auto-mechanic residing in Abeokuta, Ogun State, has reportedly absconded after his wife delivered ...
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