Ogun State

Jonathan’s visit to Awujale of Ijebu Ode is so far… strictly confidential

by Kolapo Olapoju Journalists aren’t allowed in the President’s meeting with Awujale of Ijebu Ode, for the time being. As President Goodluck Jonathan meets with Oba Sikiru Adetona today, Thursday, March 12, the press have been declined access. While Jonathan holds a confidential conversation with the Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, mean-looking... Read More

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Adeyemi Adefulu: Why I support Gen. Buhari, my jailer

by Adeyemi Adefulu I found Lola Shoneyin’s piece on Buhari titled, “How My Father’s Jailer Can Offer Nigeria A Fresh Start” very engaging although it dredged up some very painful memories. It took me down memory lane; indeed, it was a vivid reminder of an awful road on which l and others like Audu Ogbeh, now... Read More

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February 26, 2015

Man absconds after wife gives birth to deformed baby (PICTURED)

by Anike Jacobs One Mudashiru Sheriffdeen who resides in Bosun Street, Ifo in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State, has fled his home following his wife’s delivery of a deformed baby which weighed 3.25 kilogrammes at birth. Punch Newspapers reports that the wife, Taiwo Sheriffdeeen, delivered the baby boy who had no arms... Read More

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February 20, 2015

I have fulfilled my promise to Nigerians on electricity – Pres. Jonathan

by Damilola Jagun President Goodluck Jonathan says his administration has fulfilled his campaign pledge to Nigerians in the power sector. Jonathan made the utterance on Friday, February 20, during the commissioning of the Olorunsogo II Power Station in Ogun State. While addressing the gathering which included members of the Federal Executive Council, Peoples Democratic Party... Read More

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February 19, 2015

Ogun PDP is not happy with Amosun’s visit to INEC

by Ranti Joseph The Ogun State chapter of Jonathan/Sambo Presidential Campaign Organisation on Thursday has condemned the visit of the Governor of the state, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, to the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state. This was disclosed in a statement by the Director, Media and Publicity of the organisation,... Read More

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February 19, 2015

Gov. Amosun raises alarm over fake voters’ cards

by Ranti Joseph Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, on Wednesday has raised alarm that no fewer than 600,000 fake Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, had been uncovered in the state. Amosun, who disclosed this after holding a closed door meeting with officials of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state, including the Resident Electoral... Read More

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February 16, 2015

No time: OBJ has been expelled by Ogun PDP

by Kolapo Olapoju A few hours after dumping the Peoples Democratic Party and ripping apart his membership card, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has been expelled from the PDP in Ogun state. Obasanjo had in a press conference organised in Abeokuta, announced that he was no longer of the party, on Monday, February 16. The Ogun... Read More

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February 16, 2015

Baba should graciously fade into the midnight – Bode George goes poetic against Obasanjo (READ)

by Kolapo Olapoju A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party leaders in the South-west, Bode George, has implored former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, to fade away from the political scene and stop disturbing the polity. In a press conferences in Lagos on Sunday, February 15, George admonished Obasanjo to remember that his own tenure was not... Read More

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January 21, 2015

Soldiers intercept truck filled with ballot boxes in Ogun

by Damilola Jagun Operation-Mesa soldiers, attached to 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala, Abeokuta, Ogun State, have intercepted a truck filled with 3,600 ballot boxes at Odogbolu, along Sagamu-Ijebu Ode Expressway. The soldiers intercepted the truck on Tuesday, January 20, during a stop-and-search operation. The driver of the truck and the content of the vehicle have been reportedly handed over... Read More

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January 16, 2015

Tragic: Man commits suicide after beheading wife, 3-year-old daughter

by Temitope Onitiju A man, Olubusayo Sunday, has committed suicide after beheading his wife and their 3-year-old daughter. The incident occured on Wednesday, January 14, at Onigbedu town, in Ewekoro LGA of Ogun state. A knife and a cutlass, stained with blood, suspected to have been used by Olubusayo to behead his family, were recovered from... Read More

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January 14, 2015

#Lobatan! Bishop Oyedepo orders church members to present their PVCs

by Isi Esene The founder of the Living Faith Church (aka Winners Chapel), Bishop David Oyedepo has directed members of his church to attend next Sunday service with their Permanent Voters Card. Oyedepo who pastors one of the biggest Christian congregation on the continent said this at the church’s mid-week service which took place today... Read More

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January 3, 2015

‘Nothing has changed’: I remain a member of the PDP – Gbenga Daniel

by Damilola Jagun Gbenga Daniel, the immediate past governor of Ogun state, has refuted reports which insinuated that he intends to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party, saying that he remains with the ruling party. In a statement released through his spokesperson, Ayo Giwa, on Friday, January 2, he described the defection news as... Read More

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December 31, 2014

Trouble in Ogun PDP as major players plan defection

by Kolapo Olapoju The Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun state is presently enmeshed in internal conflicts and disagreements, which may see the party lose some of its prominent members in the state. The main character in this episode of inter-party conflict is Chairman of Mobilization and Organization Committee of the PDP in South West,... Read More

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December 30, 2014

OBJ begged us to support his re-election in 2003 – Osoba

by Kolapo Olapoju Former governor of Ogun State, Olusegun Osoba has accused former president, Olusegun Obasanjo of lying in his book, ‘My Watch’, where he claimed to have had little knowledge of the ‘Third Term agenda’ when he was president. Osoba revealed that Obasanjo actually canvassed for it, by begging the leadership of the... Read More

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December 29, 2014

Did Obasanjo just take a swipe at himself with these comments?

by Kolapo Olapoju Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has just dished his latest dose of criticism for the nation’s leadership, albeit this time, he didn’t specify, he generalized, thereby chastising himself and other leaders of Nigeria in the process. While speaking at the 2014 edition of “Leadership insight and experiences” seminar organized by Entrepreneurs Organization... Read More

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December 24, 2014

‘Nigeria needs something new…’ – Beht why is Obasanjo like this?

by Kolapo Olapoju Former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has prayed that God would do something new in Nigeria in 2015. On Monday, December 22, during the 2014 Ogun State Christmas carol service, held at the June 12 Cultural Centre, in Abeokuta, Obasanjo stated that the situation in the country requires urgent divine intervention. During... Read More

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December 19, 2014

Armed robber arrested at Redemption camp

by Damilola Jagun The Ogun State Police Command has paraded some suspected armed robbers, one of who was apprehended at the Redemption Camp of the Redeemed Christian Church of God. 26-year-old Emmanuel Olowu was arrested at the RCCG camp for allegedly robbing worshippers of their belongings in the camp during some of the church’s activities. According to... Read More

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December 4, 2014

‘Nigeria’s in a bad shape’: What OBJ told PDP govs who met with him

by Kolapo Olapoju Some governors of the ruling party, Peoples Democratic Party, have held a private meeting with former President, Olusegun Obasanjo. The meeting was held today at his Hilltop Mansion in Abeokuta, Ogun state. After the meeting which lasted over three hours, Obasanjo addressed reporters, saying that “Nigeria is in a bad situation” at the... Read More

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November 21, 2014

May God allow me live for ten more years – Olusegun Obasanjo

by Kolapo Olapoju Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has said a prayer to God to grant him the grace to live for ten more ten years. The elder statesman made the comments while receiving his Permanent Voters’ Card (PVC), on Thursday, 20 November, from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the Presidential Hilltop Estate in Abeokuta,... Read More

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November 16, 2014

‘You are biased!’: Ogun Dep. Gov. calls out Tunde Fagbenle

by ‘Segun Adesegun The very fact that I do not talk to the press is born out of the fact that by our training and upbringing, when the leader talks everybody follows suit. This does not in any way connote that we lack political understanding and scholarship. READ: Governor Amosun and his estranged deputy [HERE]... Read More

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November 1, 2014

Is he the one? Dayo ‘D1’ Adeneye joins the political race in Ogun

by Akan Ido Primetime Entertainment co-founder, Dayo ‘D1’ Adeneye has made public his intention to represent the Odogbolu Constituency of Ogun State in the State House of Assembly. The entertainment entrepreneur, who is contesting under the All Progressives Congress (APC), made this disclosure through his Instagram page while urging his fans to support him as... Read More

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October 27, 2014

German expartriate killed, another abducted by gunmen in Ogun

by James Sambo The news agency, Reuters, is reporting that gunmen have abducted a German expatriate worker, and killed another one in Ogun state. The incident occurred on Friday, when the Germans, who worked with Julius Berger Nigeria, were travelling without their security escorts. They were heading to the Ogbere quarry where they worked in Ogun state. According... Read More

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October 27, 2014

A confused Gbenga Daniel is having sleepless nights over my success – Governor Amosun

by Kolapo Olapoju On Tuesday, 21 October, while speaking in Abeokuta, during his official defection back to Peoples Democratic Party from Labour Party, Gbenga Daniel had accused Ogun state governor, Ibikunle Amosun of making things hard for Ogun indigenes, with his double taxation, and also of incurring about N200 billion debt in less than four years. Amosun had... Read More

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October 21, 2014

Father dumps 3 children in boarding house for eight years

by Azubuike Azikiwe For the past eight years, a father dumped his three children in the boarding house of Solid Model College, in Abule-Iroko in the Ado-Odo Ota LGA, in Ogun state. According to a Punch report, the children, 14-year-old Seun Adepegba, 10-year-old Seyi, 13-year-old Titilola, were abandoned in the school in 2007 by their... Read More

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October 20, 2014

Today’s Daily Brief: Tambuwal says he’s still in the PDP, Kashamu says he’s not wanted in the US, Obanikoro says Lagos is under political bondage, and more

We deliver your news brief for Monday, October 20, 2014. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, has not defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress, his Special Adviser, Imam Imam, said in a statement on Monday. He however confirmed that the Speaker attended a political meeting... Read More

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October 11, 2014

Gbenga Daniel plots Amosun’s downfall in Ogun

by Godwin Akanfe Former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel has reiterated the fact that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is back on its winning ways in Ogun State. Daniel, who stated this at a unification meeting held at his Asoludero Court residence in Sagamu said the coming together of a rainbow coalition of... Read More

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October 6, 2014

Two markets were on fire last month. Why do market fires happen?

by Adedayo Ademuwagun Every now and then a market fire happens somewhere in the country, and people lose their business and a lot of money. Many people never fully recover from these losses. Last month, there was a fire at a cattle market in Ogun state, and just three weeks before that, there had been... Read More

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September 27, 2014

Governor Amosun set to construct a N200 billion mega city, airport in Ogun

by Anike’ Jacobs The Ogun state governor, Ibikunle Amosun is set to construct a N200 billion mega city in the state. Governor Amosun who announced this in Ewekoro on Friday, said the mega city would cut across Obafemi Owode, Ifo and Ewekoro Local Government Areas. “When completed, the mega city would be the best in... Read More

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September 19, 2014

Buruji Kashamu is wanted by the US || The PDP chieftain says he is not guilty

by Godwin Akanfe In reaction to claims made by the United States concerning his involvement in the smuggling of drugs, a chieftain of the Peoples democratic Party (PDP), in Ogun State, Buruji Kashamu, has accused the US of judiciary of racism. The Chieftain, alongside 14 others were in 1998 charged by a federal grand jury... Read More

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September 18, 2014

This 25-year-old man defiled a 3-year-old toddler in Ayetoro

by Azubuike Azikiwe A 25-year-old man has been arrested by the police in Ogun state for defiling a 3-year-old girl. The suspect, Kayode Akanni, of Pedepo Village in Ayetoro, is alleged to have lured the toddler into his room, after which he defiled her, damaging her private parts in the process. Spokesperson for the police,... Read More

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