The Ogun State Police Command says flash points in Ogun State will be taken over by security personnel during the coming Muslim festival (Eid-el Adha). The command also said that that the police and sister agencies would patrol the state, adding that there would be stop-and-search. In a statement on Saturday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Omotola Odutola …

Fire razed the Olusesi Plank market in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State on Thursday morning. The incident was said to be as a result of power surge which emanated from a nearby shop and spread to the plank market. According to residents of the area, a similar incident happened about two year ago. According to an eyewitness, …

A man, Adeyemi Babatunde, has been arrested in Ogun State for reportedly defiling his five-year-old daughter. The police said on Thursday that he had unlawful carnal knowledge of the child at Ijebu Mushin. In a statement by the state police spokesman, Deputy Superintendent Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspect was reported at the police station by the mother of the victim. The …

No fewer than five persons were on Wednesday killed by a speeding truck, along the Epe/Ijebu-Ode expressway of Ogun State. It was gathered that the crash involved an unmarked truck, a low-bed Benz belonging to a construction company, marked BWR 281XC and a motorbike. The State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement (TRACE) Corps confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta. TRACE …

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two suspected kidnappers of couple in Bisodun village in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state. In a statement on Wednesday, police spokesperson in the state, Superintendent Abimbola Oyeyemi said that the suspected kidnappers had reportedly invaded the community on Tuesday and abducted a couple, Mr and Mrs Ojo. Oyeyemi …

Five suspected ritualists have been arrested in Ososa, Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State. The suspects were apprehended following information received by the Police at Odogbolu divisional headquarters. In a statement on Saturday, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi said the gang, who are responsible for a series of corps exhumations within the Ososa community, were …

The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has warned commercial banks operating in the state against rejecting old Naira notes. In a statement on Tuesday, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Kunle Somorin said his principal issued the warning while addressing market men and women at Itoku Kampala market in Abeokuta, the state capital, as part of his …

With three working days to the deadline for the phasing out of the old N200, N500, and N1000 notes, officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Abeokuta branch on Thursday visited various mobile money and Point of Sales (PoS) agents in Ogun State to monitor the implementation of its recently introduced cash swap policy. The cash swap programme is …

Ogun State dominated every other state in the production of mineral products in 2021, the National Bureau of Statistics has said. In 2021 the country’s aggregate production of mineral products grew by 39.19 per cent from 64.29 million tons recorded in 2020 to 89.48 million tons in 2021. Ogun State alone recorded the highest production in 2021 with 32.04 million …