The Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun Area Command, said it had seized 1,401 bags of rice and three used cars within the last one week. The goods were reportedly smuggled into the country from the neighbouring Republic of Benin. The Controller of the Area Command, Sani Madugu, disclosed this on Friday at the Idiroko border office […]
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The 2017 edition of the GTBank-Ogun State Principals Cup will reach its climax on Thursday 21st September, 2017 in the famous MKO Abiola Stadium, Kuto, Abeokuta. The highly anticipated finals will thrill football lovers from across Ogun State and beyond as first-time finalists take on former champions. The curtain raiser for the day will be […]
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The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has taken over Gateway Portland Cement Limited. This followed an injunction which the federal high court, Abeokuta, granted against the company on Friday. Charles Adeogun-Phillips, AMCON’s receiver, has taken possession of Gateway Portland Cement Limited factories and facilities located in Abeokuta and Mowe areas of Ogun state. In his […]
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Students and football lovers in Ogun State defied the torrential rainfall as they trouped out enmass for the semi-final fixtures of the GTBank Ogun State Principals Cup at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abeokuta on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Makun High school, Sagamu and Muslim high school, Isolu kicked off the female fixtures and remained inseparable […]
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Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state on Thursday escaped death in an auto accident caused by a reckless bullion van driver working for the Central Bank of Nigeria. The accident happened at the Ibafo axis of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The governor’s Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mr Juwon Soyinka, said in a statement that the […]
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Ogun House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill upgrading Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) to a University of Science and Technology. Mr Adeyinka Mafe, the Majority Leader, moved the motion for the third reading of the bill during plenary in Abeokuta and was seconded by the Minority Leader, Mr Olawale Alausa. The bill was entitled […]
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The Government of Ogun State, on Monday closed down five health facilities in Ifo Local Government Area of the State for non-compliance with validation. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Babatunde Ipaye, announced this while monitoring the level of compliance with the re-validation/registration of private health facilities in Akute. Ipaye named them as Accurate Diagnostic Centre, […]
Continue ReadingNo fewer than 396 persons have been placed on surveillance as a result of the death of an Assistant Chief Nursing Officer of the Federal Medical Center, Abeokuta, reported to have died of Lassa fever. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Babatunde Ipaye, disclosed this during the commissioning of a private hospital at Ifo in Ifo […]
Continue ReadingA fresh case of Lassa Fever has been confirmed in Ogun State, by the government of the southwestern state. The disease has reportedly claimed the life of an assistant chief nursing officer at the Federal Medical Centre, Idi Aba in Abeokuta, the state’s capital. The incident was confirmed on Tuesday by the Ogun State Commissioner […]
Continue ReadingThe Ogun state command of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested Oluchi Tochukwu, a Lagos-based banker, and two suspected hired-assassins over attempt to assassinate Tochukwu Onyebuchi, identified as the ex-husband of the banker. Parading the suspects at the command’s headquarters in Abeokuta, the state capital on Wednesday, Ahmed Iliyasu, the commissioner of police, said the […]
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