Tag: OGUN
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Court to deliver judgment on Ogun PDP crisis December
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday has fixed December 1 for judgment in the legal battle on the governorship ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after taking arguments from parties embroiled in the legal battle on the disputed ticket. At the centre…
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Police arrest Kuje prison escapee in Ogun
A 28-year-old Kuje Correctional Center escapee, Yakubu AbdulMumuni, has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command. The suspect was arrested in Sango-Ota, in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the State. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. Oyeyemi said AbdulMumuni who was…
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Scarcity hits Lagos, others as fuel sells N180/litre
Fuel queues hit major cities of Lagos, Abuja and Ogun on Monday, forcing motorists to spend hours at filling stations. In Lagos and Ogun states, The PUNCH witnessed long queues at several filling stations such as Mobil, Capital, Fatgbems, Enyo, TotalEnergies and NNPC. Though there were products at these filling stations, which also sold at N165/litre, motorists…
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I’ll accept Ogun APC consensus candidate- Gboyega Nasir Isiaka
A three-time governorship hopeful in Ogun State, Prince Gboyega Nasir Isiaka, has promised to accept any mode of primary to be adopted by the All Progressives Congress (A.P.C) for Ogun West Senatorial District, including consensus arrangement provided the persons that were going to sit down to consider the consensus would remain truly fair. According to…
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I’ll probe, jail ex-govs who looted Ogun treasury, says PDP aspirant
A governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Segun Sowunmi, has said he would probe and prosecute those who had governed the state and plundered its resources if elected in next year’s election. Sowunmi who was the spokesperson for the 2019 presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar, said this in his…
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Five Lagos robbers caught in Ogun, police recover gun, car
Officers and men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested five members of a robbery gang reportedly based in Lagos State while terrorising Iperu/Sagamu/Ode-Remo areas of Ogun State. The suspects – Moruf Abidogun, Usman Adeyemi, Fisayo Aliu, Afees Adesina and Dauda Lekan – were arrested on Saturday following a distress call received by the…
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Ogun Customs impound over 100 trailers of foreign rice, others
The Ogun 1 Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has said the service has impounded not less than 101 trailers of foreign parboiled rice within a period of 13 months. The Controller, Dera Nnadi, disclosed this on Monday at a press conference held at the command’s headquarters in Idiroko, Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun…
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Ogun govt pledges security in schools
The Ogun State Government on Tuesday has assured the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Teachers and the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools of safety in schools. The Commissioner of Education, Science and Technology, Prof Abayomi Arigbabu made this known while meeting some leadership of the teachers’ unions in Abeokuta over the serial attacks…
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Suspected cultists kill Okada Rider in Ogun State
Some suspected cultists have murdered a commercial motorcyclist (okada rider) in Kuto, Abeokuta,Ogun State. It was gathered that the victim was butchered with machetes in the head around 2.30pm in the Kuto under bridge. According to an eyewitness, the hoodlums, who wore masks, were in a convoy of three motorcycles. “The killers chased the victim …
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Suspected robber arrested during operation
A suspected robber, Bolanle Ojomu has been arrested by the Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command, during an attack on residents at the Ilese Ijebu area of the state. This was disclosed on Sunday, in a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi. Oyeyemi noted that the suspect was arrested…