The Ogun State Government has unveiled a 10-man Special Task Force Committee that will deal with land-related issues occasioned by improper and incomplete legal documentation, land encroachment, and land grabbing in the state. In a statement on Monday, the Special Adviser/Director General of the Bureau of Lands and Survey, Mr. Segun Fowora, who spoke during the unveiling of the task …

Following an alleged failure by the government to pay hazard allowance, 450 doctors in state-owned health facilities across Ogun State are planning an indefinite strike and suspension of services beginning 1st September. According to The PUNCH, the doctors comprised mainly those working at the Olabisi Onabanjo Teaching University Hospital and different general hospitals and primary health centres across the state, as …

Two men in Ogun State have been arrested for allegedly stealing a live turkey, half bag of rice, palm oil, noodles and other foodstuffs. They were arrested Sunday by the joint effort of the Ogun State Police Command and the So-Safe Corps at Oke-Ejigbo area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The Ogun State police spokesperson, Superintendent Omolola Odutola identified …

The National Industrial Court sitting in Ibadan has ordered the police to pay N20 million to the family of a constable, Emmanuel Gene, who went missing two years ago. Gene was attached to the Ijebu-Igbo division of the Ogun State Police Command and was declared missing two years ago. He was reportedly kidnapped by hoodlums during an operation in Aba …

Gunmen have kidnapped the immediate past Provost of Federal College of Education, Osiele, Abeokuta, Dr. Ayodele Adetayo Ajayi in Olodo, along Abeokuta-Ibadan road. Ajayi wassaid to have been  abducted alongside his wife and driver, around 7.17 pm, yesterday, at Ikija village, Olodo axis of the Abeokuta-Ibadan road in Odeda Local government of Ogun state. It was further learnt that Ajayi’s …

A one-storey school building in Agbado, in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun state collapsed on Saturday afternoon during heavy rainfall. It was gathered that the affected building contained ten classrooms belonging to Agbado District Comprehensive High School in the Ifo area of the state. The building collapsed after the heavy rainfall on Saturday which also damaged some roads …

Ogun State Government has said that the Ministry of Works in the state will soon carry out comprehensive road repairs across the state. While inspecting the level of damage caused by erosion on some roads across the state on Thursday, the Special Adviser to Governor Dapo Abiodun on Works and Infrastructure, Mr. Ade Akinsanya said that the government was set to …

The Ogun State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, passed a resolution declaring 20th August as Isese Cultural Day in the state. At the plenary presided over by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Olakunle Oluomo, immediately after their resumption from a two-week recess, the Assembly passed the resolution, titled “H.R. No.008/OG/2023-Observtation of Isese Day as Work-Free Day in Ogun State”. The Assembly …

Former Governor of Ogun State, Senator Gbenga Daniel has said that he asked the state government to stop his pensions and allowances as a former governor to avoid getting double pay having returned to public service after 12 years. The Senator, representing Ogun East Senatorial District in the 10th National Assembly, said on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily that, “I remember …

President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, said that he invoked the spirit of freedom during his electioneering in Ogun State. He said that during the campaign season, some of his popular statements that resonated with Nigerians and his supporters were used to invoke the spirit. The former Lagos State governor said the hardship that accompanied the cash swap policy of the …