Tag Archives: Ogun

Gunmen have killed a professor of law at the Babcock University, Dr. Olowojobi Yinka, and abducted two others in Iperu town, Ogun State.   The gunmen dressed in black attires and said to be eight in number, attacked the Ajadeh Event Centre located on Sagamu Road in the Iperu area …

A middle-aged woman identified as Victoria Idowu reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan in the Magboro area of Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State.    It was gathered that the 49-year-old woman hung herself rom a ceiling fan in her bedroom on Sunday, April 21, …

A High Court of Justice in Ogun State, Abeokuta Judicial Division, has awarded N25m in damages against the office of the Ogun State Commissioner of Police and five others for the unlawful arrest and detention of one Sunday Mafe.   According to a judgement obtained on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, …

The Ogun state police command has warned ladies against engaging in prostitution locally called ‘’hook-up.”    In a post shared on her X handle, the command said; ‘’AVOID BEING A VICTIM OF RITUAL KÌLLING: HOOK UP and its dangers! You may go and never return. Girls wake up! Young girls, …

A middle-aged man identified as Olumide Danisa Ifeoluwa aka Tescom has been killed by unknown gunmen in front of his house in Abeokuta, the state capital on March 31.    The Ibara Divisional Police Officer received a distress call that a shooting had occured in the area. The DPO raced …

Suspected cultists have killed one Olumide Ifeoluwa popularly called Tescom, in Ijeun Tuntun area of Abeokuta, Ogun State capital on Sunday night.      A resident of the area who spoke to journalists said that Olumide, an alleged member of Aiye confraternity, was murdered at a car wash in the …

A 15-year-old girl identified as Miracle Ogbonna, has died after she was electrocuted while fetching water from a well at Omolore housing estate in Abeokuta, Ogun state on Sunday, March 31.   In a statement released today April 1, the spokesperson of the command, SP Omolola Odutola, said a case …

The Ogun state police command says it will be investigating the an alleged case of assault levelled against one of its officers.    An X user had shared a gory photo of a woman with blood all over her neck region.   The X user in her post alleged that …

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested three suspects for the alleged attempted murder of a commercial motorcycle rider in the Afonta area of Abeokuta, Ogun State.   Monsuru Musa, Adija Monsuru, and Shehu Dikko are accused of attacking an okada rider, identified simply as Tijanni, last Monday evening, March …

The anti-narcotic agency had resolved to end the reign of drug barons and disconnect Nigeria from the global drug trafficking network. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it will combat the spread and consumption of illicit drugs in Ogun.