Tag: Ogun

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January 9, 2014

Vigilante members sentenced to death for brutally killing herbalist in Ogun

by ‘Jola Sotubo Two members of a vigilante group who brutally murdered a herbalist in Ogun have been sentenced to ...

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January 6, 2014

How we robbed victims using fake police vests – Suspect confesses

by Adeola Balogun A gang of robbers pretending to be policemen went on a rampage during the weekend in the ...

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January 6, 2014

‘His intestines were placed on his chest’ : Auditor at courier company murdered in Ogun (PHOTO)

by ‘Jola Sotubo The death has occurred of an internal auditor at Red Star Express, a courier company. Tunde Olawuwo, ...

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December 24, 2013

Breaking: Ex-CAN President kidnapped by gunmen in Ogun

by Akan Ido There are indications that the retired Primate of the Anglican Church , Peter Jasper Akinola has been ...

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December 23, 2013

Police arraign 25-year-old driver over manslaughter in Ogun

by Oge Okonkwo 25-year-old, Babatunde Abel was arraigned by the Police in Ogun state before an Ota Magistrate’s court in ...

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December 14, 2013

Labour Party annouces expulsion of Gbenga Daniel

by Akintomiwa Agbaje Otunba Gbenga Daniel, the immediate past governor of Ogun State has been expelled from the Labour Party. ...

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November 17, 2013

NGF crisis: 8 govs, 5 deputies attend retreat in Sokoto

by Akan Ido The nineteen member strong Rotimi Amaechi-faction of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum were in Sokoto yesterday for their ...

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November 2, 2013

Why I don’t sleep with my female fans – Rapper, Olamide

by Akan Ido Artiste, Olamide Adedeji keeps pushing the boundaries in the Yoruba rap genre in the Nigerian music industry ...

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October 17, 2013

Naked dead bodies of man and lover discovered in Ogun

by Oge Okonkwo The discovery of the naked and lifeless bodies of a man and his lover in a  room ...

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September 20, 2013

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 ...

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September 3, 2013

‘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 ...

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August 24, 2013

Tragedy in Ogun as 3-year-old boy drowns in well

by Oge Okonkwo Tragedy struck  on Wednesday at the Ofada area of Mowe,  Ogun State, south-west Nigeria, when a three-year-old boy, ...

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August 22, 2013

2015: Tension in Ogun APC as Osoba faction tips Adeola for governor against Amosun

by Oge Okonkwo The newly registered party All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ogun State, seems to be in a state of ...

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August 16, 2013

Policeman engages armed robbers in gun battle, injures one

by Oge Okonkwo A brave police sergeant , Lawal Garba, on Thursday, along Agbeloba- Pepsi-Quarry road, engaged a gang of suspected armed robbers ...

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August 12, 2013

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 ...

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August 11, 2013

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 ...

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August 1, 2013

Mistaken identity? How cult group killed 2 people in Ogun

by Oge Okonkwo Two persons, Lekan Ojaewele, 22, and Muyiwa Adeyemi, 20, have been killed by suspected cultists on Wednesday ...

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July 28, 2013

Ekiti has the largest cannabis plantations in the country – NDLEA

by Chi Ibe About 1,404.27 hectares of cannabis farmland was destroyed in 2012 in  Nigeria’s South-West geopolitical zone alone making it ...

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July 22, 2013

Lateef Ibirogba: Rivers crisis and the lingering issue of state police

by Lateef Ibirogba A state governor, as the chief security officer of his state, in an ideal setting, ought to ...

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July 21, 2013

Opinion: Wole Soyinka and his army of nay-sayers

by Obi Nwakanma But to demean her, and to ask the president to “call his wife to order” without as ...

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July 8, 2013

Modupe Adefeso-Olateju: Much ado about low-fee private schools in Nigeria (Y! Policy Hub)

by Modupe Adefeso-Olateju  Not all unapproved schools are wholly illegal entities. Some are simply embroiled in the lengthy process of ...

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June 25, 2013

“Nigeria received $8.9 billion in FDI in 2012” – Foreign affairs minister, Olugbenga Ashiru gives mid-term report

by David Udom The Federal Government says it is using its Foreign Policy to attract foreign direct investment that will ...

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June 23, 2013

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 ...

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June 23, 2013

Terrible: 20 armed robbers strike in Ogun, kill 6 people

by Akan Ido A gang of armed robbers yesterday attacked Ifo community in Ifo local government area of Ogun State killing ...

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June 23, 2013

Funke Egbemode: PDP is a divided house under a mysterious spell

by Funke Egbemode From Oyo to Adamawa today, it is safe to say PDP!!!!!  – Divided house. There are factions ...

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June 22, 2013

How uniformed men abducted, stripped my wife and I naked – Company chief

The spate of robbery incidents seems to be on the rise in Ogun State, with the recent experience of the ...

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June 10, 2013

What I’m suffering from is spiritual attack – Majek Fashek

by Akan Ido Raggae artiste, Majek Fashek held the Nigerian music scene spellbound with his song, ‘Send Down The Rain’ ...

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May 17, 2013

Who declared this war? – and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze Sadly the ACN decided to play politics with the #SoE in the North. This hard-hitting editorial tells them precisely ...

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May 12, 2013

At 75, Alaafin of Oyo jogs for 3 hours every week – Daughter

by Akan Ido Sade, the first daughter of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi tells us about her life, ...

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April 14, 2013

How Daddy started sleeping with me when I was 10 – Orphanage rape victim recounts harrowing tale (PICTURED)

Female inmates at the Light of Hope Orphanage describe how the owner of the orphanage allegedly raped them repeatedly. From ...

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