The Ogun State Government on Sunday 2nd of August, said no student would be admitted into boarding facilities in private or public schools without negative corona-virus (COVID-19) test certificates. The corona-virus (COVID-19) certification will serve as requirements for operations of boarding facilities in secondary schools as SS3 students resume on Monday 3rd of August. This … Read more
– Parent protest the payment of N25,000 COVID-19 test fee government officials are requesting in other to get their ward tested – This came following the directive that no boarding school pupil would be allowed to resume without a valid negative COVID-19 test certificate – Students in exit classes are expected to resume August 4 … Read more
Barely three months after allegedly hacking not less than three people to death at Ogere and Iperu in Ikenne local government area of the Ogun State, Feyisola Dosumu, an alleged notorious cultist and drug addict reportedly went on a killing spree on Tuesday killing two people, one each at Ogere and Iperu Remo. Feyisola Dosumu, … Read more
Ogun government has directed all secondary school teachers in the state to resume on Monday, August 3 ahead of the West African Senior Secondary Schools Examination (WASSCE) scheduled for Aug. 17. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Primary and Secondary Education, Mrs Ronke Soyombo, disclosed this in Abeokuta. She said that the aim was … Read more
– Worship centers in Ogun State to reopen on August 14 – Governor Abiodun disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing journalists – He urged Muslim faithfuls to pray in their homes Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has disclosed that worship centers will be reopened, tentatively on August 14. The Governor also said that all exit … Read more
Ahead of the Eid-el-Kabir festival, the Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) has vowed to enforce all traffic rules and COVID-19 protocols in the state. The Corps’ Commander and Chief Executive Officer of TRACE, Seni Ogunyemi, said this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Wednesday. Read Also: COVID-19: 289 Nigerians Stranded In US … Read more
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court in Isabo, Ogun, on Thursday sentenced a 47-year -old man, Omotola Ayokanmi, to three years imprisonment for impersonation. The Magistrate, Mrs Folake Ogundele, sentenced Ayokanmi after he pleaded guilty to a charge of impersonation. Read Also: Zamfara Citizens Reject Title Conferred On Fani Kayode, Threaten Legal Action Ogundele sentenced the convict … Read more
Infuriated crowd set ablaze a Dangote truck for killing one motorcyclist and injuring three others. The incident took place on Saturday morning at the Old Ibadan Roundabout Road, Ago-Iwoye, in the Ijebu-North Local Government Area of Ogun State. The Public Relations Officer of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Babatunde Akinbiyi, who disclosed this said the accident … Read more
The Ogun State Government has said, it is not ready to reopen churches and mosques as requested by the Christian Association of Nigeria. The Special Adviser to Governor Dapo Abiodun on Public Communications, Remmy Hazzan, stated this while reacting to CAN’s statement on the continued closure of churches which the association declared was unjustifiable. The … Read more
Ogun State announces the delivery of a pregnant woman, who tested positive for COVID-19 at one of its hospitals. The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Tomi Coker, confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday. Coker noted that workers had to put their lives at risk for the baby girl’s delivery as the 28-year-old woman was … Read more
Ogun State government has announced one Coronavirus death and the discharge of 24 Coronavirus patients. This announcement was made by the State Government on its Twitter account on Sunday. “Ogun State has discharged 24 cases of the Coronavirus, as part of the total 636 cases so far discharged. READ ALSO:Morgue Attendants, Nurses Test Positive For … Read more
An Ekiti State University Ado Ekiti (EKSU) drop out identified as Elijah Ayodeji Ojo has been arrested by the Ogun state police command for parading himself as a lawyer to swindling residents. The Ogun state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the arrest. Oyeyemi said the suspect was arrested after another legal practitioner wrote … Read more
The Ogun State Police Command urges members of the public who have lost their vehicles/motorcycles to thieves or left abandoned to report at Ibafo and SARS divisions for identification and claims. The vehicles and motorcycles at Ibafo divisional, include one tuck bucket with Reg No MTB 161 AX; one Mack lorry vehicle with Reg No … Read more
Eight workers of Federal Medical Centre(FMC) Abeokuta, Ogun have tested positive for coronavirus. The Head, Public Relations and Information, Mr Segun Orisajo, confirmed this in a statement on behalf of Medical Director, Prof. Adewale Musa-Olomu. READ ALSO: My Husband Wont Stop Giving My Children Alcohol -Wife Tells Court He listed that those majorly affected were the … Read more
A 36-year-old man identified as Fatai Oyedele, was arrested on Wednesday after a failed suicide attempt. It was gathered that Oyedele, a cloth seller who lived at the Tourist Estate, Obere, Atan Ota in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State had left for Abeokuta to commit suicide at Ogun River in the Akin-Olugbade … Read more
The Nigeria Police Force is set to recruit fresh officers. According to reports the Commissioner of Police in Ogun State, Kenneth Ebrimson, has said the recruitment of special constables in the southwest state would commence this week. The Police Commissioner disclosed the decision to embark on new Police recruitment after the inauguration of the new … Read more
The Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Abeokuta, Ogun State, announced that a two-and-a-half-year-old girl tested positive for the novel Coronavirus. It was gathered that the child was brought into the hospital for shortness of breathe, which is one of the main symptoms of COVID-19. The spokesperson of FMC, Abeokuta, Segun Orisajo, was on scene to … Read more
Three officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps,(FRSC), have been struck to death by mysterious thunder lightning which occurred within the early hours of Wednesday. Ekohotblog understands that the incident which occurred in the town of Ilese, near Ijebu -Ode, Ogun State around 10 a.m followed a drizzling which was accompanied by the lightning that … Read more
The operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested a 19-year-old National Diploma holder of Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech), Lagos alleged to be behind the blackmail of Queen Salawa Abeni with nude photographs. The suspect, Olufowoke Oladunjoye Emmanuel, a resident of Brentfield Avenue, Peace Estate, Magboro, Ogun State, was picked up by the Decoy … Read more
Ogun Sate Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday, relaxed the lockdown imposed on the state to flatten the curve of the coronavirus pandemic. Governor Abiodun, who stated this while addressing newsmen on the efforts of government to fight the spread of the deadly virus said the state residents can now move around from June 1. … Read more