The Ogun State government has created a special court, solely established to try cult-related cases in the state. The Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, disclosed this on Tuesday, during a security summit organised by the state chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS)and the National Association of Ogun State Students (NAOSS). Alamutu, who lauded the move of the …

The immediate past Chairman of the Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority, Alhaji Sola Lawal died on Thursday following a brief illness, according to a statement by the families of Ogunyemi and Lawal. An accomplished journalist, respected politician and astute administrator, Lawal was 61 years old last 5 April. The Otun-Aare Adeen of the Source at Ile Ife Muslim Community in …

The quest of Ogun State to be an oil-producing State would soon materialize as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), is set to begin oil and gas exploration in the Gateway State. Stakeholders in the oil industry, including the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, Managing Director, SHELL Petroleum Development Company Ltd, Mr. Osagie Okubor; Chief …

The descendants of the progenitor of Ogunmakin community in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State have raised alarm over alleged plot to impose a non-indigene as next traditional ruler. Last year, the community lost its traditional ruler, Oba James Sodiya. Thereafter, the Ogunmakin descendants said it was the turn of their ruling house to produce the new monarch. The Ogunmakin …

A 47-year-old secondary school teacher, Mr Ojo Ezekiel has been sentenced to life in prison for raping a 7-year-old girl in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Justice Abiodun Akinyemi of Ogun State High Court delivered the judgement on Monday almost two years after the convict was first arraigned on 1 July 2022. The prosecution counsel, Mr Olusegun Olaitan earlier told …

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has said that a policy that would enforce road worthiness of truck heads plying roads in the state would be put in place. Addressing the Minister of State for Petroleum (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, and his entourage, who paid him a courtesy call in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, after visiting the site of last …

President Bola Tinubu has extended his deepest sympathies to the victims of the gas explosion at Ita-Osin, Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State. The explosion from a solitary gas truck rippled through the community, resulting in the loss of life and property last Saturday. The President also sympathised with the state government, and residents of the state over …

One person was confirmed dead, while five vehicles were completely burnt on Saturday when a truck carrying Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) exploded in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The explosion, which occurred around the Ita-Oshin area of the metropolis, also shook the foundations of several residential buildings, leaving many of them with shattered louvres and glass doors with adex roofing …

Two people have died while 13 other passengers sustained injuries on Saturday in an accident which occurred at about 1:21 pm around Ajede, after J3 Junction along the Ijebu-Ode-Ore-Benin expressway. A Toyota Hiace bus belonging to Iyare Motors with number plate GUE59ZY was said to have rammed into a stationary truck with number plate BGT94LG leading to the fatal crash. …

Ogun State Executive Council, presided over by Governor Dapo Abiodun, has approved seven major priority projects for execution. According to the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Hon, Kayode Akinmade, the projects are the re-construction of six roads, including the Abule Egba-Ota/Sango-Abeokuta Expressway and the purchase of some equipment at the Gateway Agro-Cargo International Airport. The Council approved the …