Residents of Kori-Oja and Bisodun villages, as well as neighbouring communities in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State are living in fear over increasing cases of kidnapping in their area. Some of the residents expressed fear, lamenting that reported cases of kidnapping made it difficult for people to go about their daily business. A community leader in the …

The Ogun State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to “provide maximum security for its staff and the election materials in its possession, especially all the ballot papers pertaining to the just concluded general elections” in the state. In a statement on Sunday in Abeokuta, the state capital, APC state …

The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the rescue of a journalist, Olusegun Oduneye, three days after he was kidnapped by gunmen at Mobalufon, in the Ijebu Ode area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the development in a statement on Monday, said after the journalist was kidnapped on Thursday, the abductors …

Protests over Naira scarcity have erupted in Ogun State, with images online showing two banks set on fire in the Sagamu area of the state. The videos shared on Monday showed many residents watching as Keystone and Union banks were set ablaze with some youths holding planks in protest. Breezy News reported last Friday that protests broke out in the …

A couple, Taiwo and Salawa Ajalorun, and six others have been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly selling human parts. The suspects, who allegedly killed three persons before they were arrested, reportedly sold human legs for N30,000, and a heart for N50,000 to their buyers, who used them for money rituals. In a statement on …