The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, codenamed So-Safe Corps, has dismissed one Sunday Adeboye from serving with the Corps. This was contained in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Friday, Dec, 1, by the Director of Information and Public Relations of the Corps, Moruf Yusuf. …
Read More »Gunmen kill Ogun gov’s office accountant, escape with money he withdrew from bank
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oyekanmi, who was the Director of Finance and Accounts at the Governor’s Office, had picked up an undisclosed amount of money. After leaving the bank, a branch of Fidelity Bank in Abeokuta, and was heading back to the office, he was stopped …
Read More »Armed robbers kill Ogun Governor’s accountant, cart away millions
Armed robbers have killed the Director of Finance attached to the Ogun State Governor’s Office, Mr. Taiwo Oyekanmi and carted away millions of Naira. The deceased had picked up an undisclosed amount of money from a commercial bank located along the Omida-Ibara axis of Abeokuta, the state capital on …
Read More »Police arrest suspected armed robbers who invaded Ogun community and r@ped female polytechnic students
“The Ogun State Police Command has made significant progress in apprehending suspected armed robbers and recovering firearm and ammunition from three armed men, that have invaded Ode Remo, and Ipara, raping female students, and continued terrorizing the tertiary institution within that area,” the statement read. “The suspects at first …
Read More »21-year-old mother arrested for allegedly killing her newborn baby in Ogun state
A 21-year-old mother identified as Esther Ojuko, has been arrested for allegedly killing her newborn baby girl in Sango-Ota area of Ogun State. The suspect was arrested after residents of the Oyede Avenue Plaza in Sango-Ota discovered the decomposing body of a newborn baby in their neighbourhood on Sunday, …
Read More »Court jails 33 Internet fraudsters in Oyo and Ogun
The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of thirty-three (33) internet fraudsters to various jail terms. The convicts were jailed by Justices Ladiran Akintola, Adebukola Olajide and M.O. Ishola of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan; Justice B.B. …
Read More »Tinubu inherited government that was almost in a coma – Ogun governor
The Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun has said that Bola Tinubu inherited an administration that was almost in comatose. The governor stated this in an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics on Nov. 26. He said, “The President Tinubu-led administration has been very bold and audacious. “They’ve taken …
Read More »Police launch investigation after suspected cultist died in cell in Ogun
The Ogun state police command says it has commenced an investigation after a suspected cultist died in a police cell. A statement released by the spokesperson of the command, SP Omolola Odutola, says following an intelligence report that suspected cultists on the wanted list of the command were within …
Read More »Man arrested for allegedly raping16-year-old girl who got drunk at a church programe in Ogun state
The police in Ogun state has arrested a 32-year-old man identified as Gbenga Kolawole for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl. A statement released by SP Omolola Odutola, spokesperson of the command, says an aggrieved mother had gone to the police to report that her 16-year-old daughter who got drunk …
Read More »Man electrocuted while helping neighbour in Ogun
A tragic incident occurred at Unity Estate, Aregbe of Abeokuta, Ogun State’s capital on Tuesday, November 7, as a middle-aged man got electrocuted to death while fixing an electric fault for his neighbour. It was gathered that one Elijah had engaged the service of an electrician to help rectify …
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