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 …

Some gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly attacked a Celestial Church in Ogun State and abducted two worshippers. The abducted worshippers were identified as Oluboboye Abiola and Oladapo Seyifunmi. According to a statement released by the state Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, a Superintendent of Police (SP), the incident occurred at the church …

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has said the presence of limestone in large quantities in the  Ewekoro Local Government is responsible for the state contributing 36 per cent out of the 38 per cent revenue generation in the non-oil sector to the coffers of the Federal Government. Abiodun made this known on Sunday at the palace of the Olu of …

The Ogun State government has purchased 100 truckloads of rice to be sold at cheaper rates to residents of the state to cushion the effect of the rise in the prices of goods in the country. Governor Dapo Abiodun disclosed this on Thursday while speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting in Abeokuta, the state capital. Abiodun said the rice would be …

Ogun State Government said it will embark on immediate N5 billion worth of intervention to cushion the effects of the current economic hardship on residents. Governor Dapo Abiodun, who announced this on Wednesday evening during the emergency briefing of newsmen inside Chief Olusegun Osoba Press Centre at Oke Mosan Governor’s Office Abeokuta, said the intervention covers grants to indigent students, food …