The suspended senior special assistant to Dapo Abiodun, governor of Ogun, Abidemi Rufai, has been indicted for alleged conspiracy, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. Recall that Rufai was arrested at the JFK airport in New York on May 14 over alleged $350,000 unemployment benefits fraud. A criminal complaint was filed against Rufai for allegedly stealing over […]
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The Government of Ogun State has said it took its diligence to discover an alleged hidden additional N50bn domestic debt left behind by the immediate-past administration of Senator Ibikunle Amosun. Abiodun said the figures given to it by Amosun’s administration did not capture the entire liabilities it left behind when the former governor left office […]
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The Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) in Ogun says no fewer than 109 persons lost their lives while 665 others sustained injuries in various road accidents across the state between January and August. Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer of the Corps, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Saturday. Mr Akinbiyi […]
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Former senator Ogun East Senatorial District, Buruji Kashamu, has died of complications from COVID-19. Ben Murray-Bruce who broke the news on Twitter on Saturday said Kashamu died at First Cardiologist Consultants in Lagos. Kashamu had a brush with the law over allegations of drug dealing while he was in the United States. In 2015, there […]
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Early morning downpour that occurred in Abeokuta metropolis on Saturday had created problem of flood for some residents and motorists in the city. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the heavy downpour had destroyed many property in the affected areas, especially houses at the back of Ogun River. Among the property destroyed were […]
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Three officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) died mysteriously after a flash of thunder lightning occurred in their office at the early hours of Wednesday in Ilese area of Ijebu-Ode in Ogun State. The News Agency of Nigeria learnt that incident occurred about 10.00 a.m. when a prolong rain accompanied by thunder occurred […]
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The Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested a man, Taofeek Oyeyemi, for impregnating his 16-year-old daughter. Taofeek, 42, was arrested following a complaint by the girl’s mother at Ewekoro police station, that her daughter, who has been living with her former husband was pregnant. She informed the police that her daughter […]
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The pastor of a white garment church in Iwaya, Ijebu-Ife, Ogun State, Prophet Sunday Adelaja, is cooling his heels in police custody for allegedly impregnating a 16-year-old girl. Adelaja, who is reportedly married to two wives, allegedly defiled the Junior Secondary School 3 pupil twice, resulting in the pregnancy. City Round learnt that the victim […]
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The Nigerian Immigration Service Ogun State Command, has uncovered Sox illegal migrants who were about to be smuggled through Idiroko border by some Nigerians. The two who were suspected to be the snickers were reported to have been in the watch list of security agencies in Ogun state for trafficking of migrants into the country. […]
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A truck loaded with granite on Friday crushed an Army officer identified as R. A. Nata’ala to death in Iyana Mortuary area of Abeokuta. The accident was said to have occurred around 10:30 a.m. According to an eyewitness, the victim was on his motorcycle with number plate: PKA 567 QD when a truck with registration […]
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