Abimbola Oyeyemi, said one of the suspects confessed during interrogation that he was a dismissed policeman, while the other one used to be an informant. Men of the Ogun State police command have arrested two men parading themselves as police officers in Ibogun town, Ifo Local Government Area of the State. The suspects, Tajudeen Bankole … Read more
It was gathered that the students of BBHS had invaded the Ilugun High School with various dangerous weapons, including guns, cutlasses, broken bottles and assorted charms to avenge the deaths of their colleagues, allegedly stabbed to death the previous week. Pandemonium broke out in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Monday when students of two … Read more
The Ogun State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Akingbolahan Adeniran has said that the training of the State Taskforces on Human Trafficking with other relevant Agencies was an additional advantage to eradicate the high rate of human trafficking, especially across the State’s border areas. Adeniran made this known during a-day workshop on “The Basic … Read more
The Ogun State Government has taken a step further to secure lives and property of its people by equipping leaders of Communities Development Associations, Trade Associations and Artisans on required knowledge and techniques to manage security threats in their various areas. The Commissioner for Community Development and Cooperatives, Hon. Ganiyu Hamzat who made this public … Read more
The Executive Secretary of the Board, Alhaji Salau Babatunde, said in a statement that intending pilgrims seeking refund should visit the Board’s Secretariat, Block B Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta with evidence of payment receipts and other documents. Following the cancellation of the 2021 Islamic pilgrimage by the Saudi government, the Ogun State Government has begun to … Read more
“As a member of the House of Assembly, my salary as a third timer is N680,000; both my salary and allowances, that’s the amount. Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Hon. Olakunle Oluomo has revealed how much he and other members of the House earn monthly as salaries and allowances. Oluomo declared that … Read more
NDLEA officer has been arrested for selling drugs to students. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested one of its serving officers for selling illicit drugs to students of a federal university in Ogun State. This was disclosed via a statement by the NDLEA Director of Media and … Read more
Five persons have been reported dead in a tanker explosion in Ogun State. EKO HOT BLOG reports that no fewer than five persons have been confirmed dead in a tanker explosion that occurred in Ogun State. It was gathered that the explosion occurred at the Ajilete axis of the Owode-Idiroko Road on Wednesday. The incident … Read more
The minor accosted the victim on her way home from school and asked her to be his girlfriend, but she refused. A 15-year-old boy, who allegedly beat a teenage girl to death in Ogun State for refusing his love advances, has been placed on remand by an Abeokuta Magistrate’s Court pending legal advice by the … Read more
“This evening, I met with President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja, intimating the President of the many developmental strides across our State. Barely three days after President Muhammadu Buhari revealed that he sent back two Southwest governors who visited him over farmers/herders clashes, Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has … Read more
Angry youths have reportedly razed a Fulani settlement in Ogun State. Some aggrieved youths have set ablaze a Fulani settlement at Itin Sagamu, Ogun State. The youths were set to have razed the Fulani settlement over a case of kidnapping in the community. EKO HOT BLOG gathered that some suspected Fulani herdsmen had reportedly abducted … Read more
By Ademola Orunbon In its determination to reduce preventable deaths among women of childbearing age, as well as improve health indices, the Ogun State Government has embraced the Federal Ministry of Health National Guidelines for the Introduction and Scale-up of DepoMedroxy Progesterone SubCutaneous (DMPA-SC), a self-injection method of family planning. While handing over the document … Read more
Suspected Fulani herdsmen have reportedly attacked Ogun community, killing three hunters. There was pandemonium in Imeko, Ogun State, on Sunday night as suspected Fulani herdsmen, invaded the community and killed three hunters. The herdsmen were said to have left Igangan in Oyo State, a few kilometres away, and invaded a community in Imeko, Imeko-Afon Local … Read more
By Ademola Orunbon The Chairman, Conference of Chairmen and Director of Public Libraries in Nigeria, Mr. Giwa Franklin who is also the Director, Ogun State Library Board has decried the growing poor reading culture among the youth in Nigeria as worrisome, imploring the government at all levels to wake up and rescue the situation by … Read more
Aggrieved polytechnic students have reportedly blocked the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. Motorists were on Wednesday stranded as the aggrieved students of D S Adegbenro Polytechnic, Itori, Ogun State blocked the Abeokuta-Lagos Expressway, EKO HOT BLOG has gathered. The protest by the poly students led to traffic gridlock as many travellers were stranded for hours. Both sides of … Read more
Senate has approved the upgrade of Ilaro poly to university. The Senate has approved the upgrade of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State to a University of Technology, EKO HOT BLOG has gathered. The latest development followed the third reading of a bill for an Act to provide for the establishment of the Federal University … Read more
BY: MOMODU KAZEEM The fact that Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun is very much interested in agriculture started to manifest when he came on board two years ago. He felt something drastic must be done about food security of the state. Indeed, his thinking and policy thrust was anchored on the fact that modern … Read more
The Governments of Ogun, Lagos has jointly signed MoU to establish Lagos-Ogun Joint Development Commission. Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, and his Lagos State governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (Mou), establishing the Lagos-Ogun Joint Development Commission for the socio-economic development of both states. READ ALSO: Bride Marries Wedding … Read more
No fewer than 1,382 aged and 380 persons living with disabilities in Ogun State have been selected from the State Social Register of poor and vulnerable to receive Federal Government’s COVID-19 cash transfer, to cushion the effect of the pandemic. The State Coordinator, Ogun State Operations Coordinating Units (Ogun SOCU), Mr. ‘Tunde Adebiyi, who disclosed … Read more
Yesterday, May 21, 2021, relief and succour came to Abba Fowoseje community and Abba Yellow Community in Ogun State following the commissioning of five toilet facilities under the aegis of the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) facilitated by final year students of Kwara State University (KWASU), Ogun State study centre. The Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) project … Read more