By: Adetokunbo Fakeye London, August 10, 2019 (AltAfrica)-It was a crime that shocked the village. A young man reportedly killed one Onifade Ajani with dane gun for yet to be known reason, in Iwoye, a peaceful town near Ilaro, the headquarters of Yewa South Local Government area of Ogun State and ran on the 27th ...

London, August 6, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The immediate past Commissioner for Finance in Ogun State, Adewale Oshinowo, on Monday says the former Governor Ibikunle Amosun left behind N18.3 billion for his successor debunking the claim by Governor Dapo Abiodun that he met an empty treasury in the state He gave the breakdown of money left in the ...

London, August 1, 2019 (AltAfrica)- Ogun State, South West Nigeria has been considered among other states in Nigeria that will benefit from a $900m intervention fund on ecological challenge from the World Bank The Chief Press Secretary to the Ogun State Governor, Kunle Somorin quoted the World Bank as stating this during a meeting between ...

London, July 31, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Ogun State Government Tuesday in Abuja asked the federal government to concede to it the right to re-construct three major federal roads linking the state to Lagos. The roads are Ikorodu – Ogijo – Shagamu road, Epe – Ijebu – Ode road, Lagos – Ota – Abeokua roads. This request was ...

London, July 16, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Three herdsmen suspected to be the killers of a 40-year-old farmer, Rafiu Sowemimo in Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State have been arrested by police. The suspects allegedly stabbed the farmer to death on Sunday at Adao Village in Alabata in the LG. PUNCH Metro had reported the killing of the ...

London, June 19, 2019 (AltAfrica)– The Senator representing Ogun West District, Senator Tolu Odebiyi has allayed fears by indigenes of the senatorial district  of possible marginalization by the Government of Governor Dapo Abiodun.  He said the current administration in Ogun state remains deeply committed to the infrastructural and human capacity development of the people and ...

London, June 7, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Two persons were on Thursday crushed to death in an accident involving an Iveco truck, marked SRA 757 XA, and a Bajaj motorcycle, opposite Egba High School, Obantoko road, Abeokuta. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the spokesperson, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Akinbiyi ...

London, May 20, 2019 (AltAfrica)-A foolish conman, a 52-year old Tayo Ogunmola has landed himself in police net over an attempt to swindle the Ogun state Commissioner of Police Bashir Makama. A statement by the spokesman for Ogun police command DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi explained that the arrest of the suspect followed a phone call he ...

London, May 18, 2019 (AltAfrica)-A former Ogun State governor, Gbenga Daniel must answer corruption charges preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes commission, EFCC This is because Justice Olarenwaju Mabekoje of the Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta on Friday dismissed the no-case submission filed by the former governor who is being ...

London, May 17, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The chiefs and people of Igbesa and Ejila communities in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Areas of Ogun are poised for war with the Chinese investors on the ogun state free trade zone over illegal encroachment and annexation of about 485 hectares of farm lands in the area The community leaders and land ...