A former National President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA) Chief (Mrs.) Alaba Lawson, is dead. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Abeokuta Chambers of Commerce, Industry Mines and Agriculture (ABEOCCIMA), was 72 years old last 18th January. Lawson, who was also the Iyalode of Yorubaland, was a prominent educationist and …

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, yesterday, said that the state government would soon recoup all expenses on the state’s Agro Cargo Airport, as various international aviation companies jostle for concessional operations. The airport is located along Iperu-Ilishan Road in Ikenne Local Government Area of the state. The governor, shortly after an inspection of the airport at the weekend, stated …

Motorists and communities along the Lagos-Abeokuta road may soon heave a sigh of relief as the Federal Government has finally conceded the reconstruction of the road to the Ogun State Government, Governor Dapo Abiodun enthusiastically announced the development on his X’s page on Monday evening. He wrote: “Approximately a month ago, the Minister of Works, Engineer David Umahi, paid us …

Saturday, 30th September 2023 was like no other in the political calendar of Ogun State. Although it was the day the state Governorship Election Tribunal delivered its verdict on the petition of Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu and the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) against the reelection of the state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, the events following it symbolically brought the metaphor of …

The Ogun State Government has approved the immediate employment of 1,000 teachers to reduce the deficit of teachers in both primary and secondary schools in the state. Governor Dapo Abiodun, who announced this on Thursday during the 2023 Teachers’ Day celebration in Abeokuta, also revealed the engagement of fresh 2,000 teachers into the teacher’s internship programme to further bridge the …

The Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, said he did not entertain any fear that the judgment of the Ogun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal would go against him. He said he was always confident that the tribunal would uphold his emergence as the winner of the 18 March governorship election in the state. Abiodun said this while reacting to …

Ogun State Government said on Sunday that DATKEM Plaza, Ijebu Ode is an illegal structure without an approved plan. According to the state government, the structure also contravened its physical planning laws. In the early hours of the day, the state government had demolished the structure, which belongs to Mrs Olufunke Daniel, wife of former governor of the state, Senator …

The Ogun State Government has demolished the DATKEM Plaza, owned by Mrs. Olufunke Daniel, wife of former governor of the state, Senator Gbenga Daniel, who represents Ogun East in the present National Assembly. In a statement, the Project Manager/Developer for the building, Olusegun Lawal said that the demolition of the five-storey building located at Folagbade Street, Ijebu-Ode was carried out …

In many states of the Federation, the story is the same: State governors treat Local Government Councils as appendages and not the independent third tier of government that the 1999 Constitution (as amended) proposes them to be. The three tiers of government in the awkward federal system that we operate are the federal, state and local government councils, each of …

The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Tuesday, denied the allegation that he was diverting the statutory Federal Allocation due to the state’s Local Governments in the last two years. The governor said his administration had to augment the funds allocated to local governments in the state to enable the council chairmen to meet their obligations. In a letter …