This latest abduction came barely a week after gunmen abducted two female students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) in Ago-Iwoye. The abductors of a community leader in Imope town in Ijebu-North Local Government Area of Ogun State, Tajudeen Omotayo, have demanded a ransom of ₦100 million before they will release him. He was abducted … Read more
Balogun Opemipo, 26, and Korede Onabanjo, 27, two suspected members of the Aiye Confraternity have been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for an alleged attack on a vigilante. The suspects reportedly inflicted a serious injury on the vigilante, who challenged them in the night. The Police Public Relations Officer in the … Read more
The House of Representatives Member, representing Egbado North/Imeko Afon Federal Constituency of Ogun, Hon. Jimoh Aremu, has decamped from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Hon. Aremu said that the crisis in the ADC formed the major reason for his defection, adding that all efforts to resolve the crisis proved … Read more
Dr. Stephen Ukenna, Lecturer in the Department of Business Management at the Covenant University Ota, Ogun state, has been arrested for allegedly raping a teenage girl. The 41-year-old lecturer was arrested after the rape case was reported at the Ota Police Area Command by the girl’s parents. Dr. Stephen Ukenna, Lecturer in the Department of … Read more
The Secretariat of the Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC), Ogun State chapter, have trooped in their numbers on Wednesday morning to the State House of Assembly, Oke – Mosan. The workers, led by Emmanuel Bankole, gathered themselves to the Assembly to demand that the National Minimum wage is their right and should not be decentralised. Bankole said … Read more
By Ademola Orunbon The organization came into existence as a result of urgent need to bring succour to the less well-off in the society A Muslim Women’s Organization in Ogun State, Sisters Of Junnah (SOJ), Abeokuta Branch has paid a charity visit to the General Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta, the State capital, paid for some patients … Read more
Security operatives of the Ogun State government have arrested no fewer than 50 persons on Monday for violating the protocol on the use of face masks in public places in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Eko Hot Blog gathered the violators were subjected to community service after they were arraigned at the mobile court at … Read more
No fewer than 28 lives have been lost in various communities in Yewa North Local Government Area, Ogun State in the last one week or thereabout as a result of deadly attacks believed to have been carried out by herdsmen. The attacks and the resultant deaths were in spite of repeated assurances of protection by … Read more
The Ogun State Government has tasked medical personnel on its payroll to shun act of private practice while on duty, in order to avoid revenue leakages and justify government huge investment in the health sector. The Permanent Secretary, Ogun State Hospitals Management Board, Dr. Nafiu Aigoro gave this charge while leading a team on a … Read more
A Federal High Court in Abeokuta, Ogun State, presided over by Justice Mohammed Abubakar on Tuesday, February 16, 2021, convicted and sentenced Ridwan Lekan Garuba and Agbabiaka Idris Adebayo to five months and four months in prison respectively for internet fraud. The convicts had pleaded guilty to the separate one-count charge preferred against them by … Read more
Three people have been killed and houses set ablaze in an invasion by suspected herdsmen on Orile Igbooro village in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State. Residents say that the attackers struck when residents were still sleeping, adding that nine others were injured in the middle of the night (Saturday). The residents are … Read more
No fewer than four persons were killed on Friday night after suspected Fulani herdsmen invaded some villages in Yewa North Local Government area of Ogun state, DailyPost reports. According to the online media outfit, many, including children also sustained varying degrees of injuries. The suspected herdsmen stormed Orile-Igbooro to shoot and set houses on fire, … Read more
Governments of Oyo, Ekiti, Ogun, Lagos, Osun, Ondo had last year agreed to float Amotekun to address the security challenges confronting the Southwest Following the escalation of herdsmen crisis in some parts of state, the Ogun State Government has commenced the recruitment of Amotekun operatives. In a notice on Thursday, the government asked qualified individuals … Read more
The youths called on the state government to immediately deploy a coalition of security agencies to seal off borders with neighbouring countries Youths in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State under the aegis of Yewa-North Patriotic Forum have issued a seven-day ultimatum to suspected killer herdsmen in Yewa-North Local Government Area to vacate … Read more
The Ogun 1 Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service, said it seized 47,601 bags of parboiled rice and other prohibited items valued at N2,383,401,660b in the last thirteen months, with the duty paid. The Controller, Peter Chado Kolo, who disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the scorecard of the Command for the year 2020 and … Read more
Convicts robbed the complainant of N2.5 million. They pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge. Two ex-convicts have been sentenced to death by hanging in Ogun state for conspiracy and armed robbery. Lekan Akinola, 40, and Dare Sowunmi, 27, who were arraigned before Abeokuta High Court, pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of conspiracy … Read more
The future of any Nation was largely determined by the quality of education offered its citizens – Evang. Olalekan Ifede The newly ninety four (94) indicated Principals into the Ogun State Secondary Schools have been urged to imbibe dynamic leadership in their profession in order to promote harmonious relationship and upgrading academic standard that was … Read more
No fewer than five vehicles and one motorcycle were consumed in the fire. At least three persons were confirmed dead in an inferno ignited by a tanker explosion on Ibrahim Babangida Boulevard in Abeokuta on Tuesday. An eyewitness said the fuel-laden tanker fell and emptied its content after its brakes refused to respond. No fewer … Read more
A couple has been killed in an accident along the Sagamu-Ogijo Road in Ogun State. Confirming the incident to journalists on Tuesday in Abeokuta, the spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement (TRACE) Corps, Babatunde Akinbiyi, explained that the accident occurred at about 7:40am. He noted that the accident, which involved a Toyota … Read more
The Ogun State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), has proposed a sum of N22.7Billion for the year 2021 fiscal budget, in order to improve standard of education in line with the present administration to revamp dwindling education sector. The Chairman of the Commission, Evang. Ifede Joshua Olamilekan stated this at the budget defense before the Committee … Read more