Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 108 suspected internet fraudsters in Ogun and Rivers State. In a statement issued in Abuja yesterday, the spokesman of the anti-graft agency, Wilson Uwujaren,  disclosed that 56 of the suspects were arrested in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, while 52 others were arrested in another operation in Ogun State. According …

A four-man armed robbery gang on Friday afternoon ‘successfully’ escaped with $11 million at the Oke-Sokori of Abeokuta, in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State. The four-man robbery gang, all clad in black T-shirts and jean trousers, wore black facemasks, and brandished riffles in an operation that lasted about three minutes. The suspects, however, escaped the scene with …

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said on Wednesday that nine power transmission towers in the Obafemi Owode region of Ogun State have fallen victim to vandalism. “TCN hereby states that nine towers, from tower 56 to tower 65 along the Papalanto/Abeokuta 132KV transmission line have collapsed due to the activities of vandals. “The towers located in the Obafemi Owode …

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved several contracts to boost power supply in various parts of the country. The Minister of Power, Engr. Abubakar Aliyu told the media at the council’s valedictory meeting on Wednesday that FEC approved the award of a contract for the engineering procurement, construction, and financing of the implementation of 330 kilovolts (KV) and 132 …

The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the detention of four suspected killers of a herder whose body was dismembered at Ijagunre village in the Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of the state. The Amotekun Corps in the state arrested two of the suspects last week and handed them over to the police. It was also reported that two others were …

The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Olanrewaju Oladimeji, on Tuesday, paraded 40 suspected cultists said to be members of the Eiye and Aiye Confraternities. They are being alleged to have committed a series of crimes ranging from armed robbery to killings within the state. At the state police headquarters in Abeokuta, the state capital, Oladimeji said the suspects had been …

Egypt has indicated an interest in Ogun’s Agro Processing Zone (APZ), Governor Dapo Abiodun said in Abeokuta on Saturday. The APZ is located at the Gateway International Agro Cargo Airport in Iperu-Ilishan in the Remo part of the state. Abiodun told executive officers of the Ogun chapter of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), at an interactive session that …

Lagos, Ogun, Kano and Oyo States, and the Federal Capital Territory were the top five locations with mobile internet subscriptions in Nigeria last year. Collectively, the five areas accounted for 33.52 per cent (51.90 million) of the mobile subscriptions (154.85 million) in the country in 2022, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The NBS had revealed …

An official of Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement (TRACE), Corps Poopola Olasupo abducted by yet-to-be-identified persons on Sunday. Olasupo was said to have been kidnapped at about 6.30 am in the Eledumare-Fidiwo axis on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Sources said that he was on his way to his duty post alongside one other member of the traffic corps when the …

Family members of a 22-year-old former student of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Kabirat Sobola, who was allegedly stabbed to death in the Ogun State capital are currently demanding justice. The deceased, a National Diploma holder, was reportedly murdered in her room in Abeokuta on Friday, February 4, 2023. According to Information gathered, the incident has thrown the entire family into …