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Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Ogun, Presidency, State News
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
-Punch • L-R: Former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; his wife, Oluremi; Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo; his wife, Olori Adetokunbo; Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun; his wife, Olufunso; and Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, during the thanksgiving service to mark the 7th Coronation Anniversary of Oba Gbadebo in Abeokuta […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Ogun, State News
Friday, November 2nd, 2012
Kolade Olutekunbi, Secretary, Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Onikan, said on Thursday that everything had been done to ensure a hitch-free outing for the William sisters’ proposed exhibition match. Olutekunbi told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the centre court of the club would host the topflight exhibition encounter between Venus Williams and Serena […]
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Headlines, Ogun, State News
Monday, October 22nd, 2012
caption: Sheila Solarin By SaharaReporters, New York Saharareporters has just learnt of the death of Sheila Mary Solarin (nee Tuer), the widow of Dr. Tai Solarin, one of once one of Nigeria’s foremost educators and agitators for social justice. With her late husband, she had founded the famous Mayflower School in Ikenne, Ogun State. A […]
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Headlines, Ogun, State News
Thursday, October 11th, 2012
BY DAUD OLATUNJI ABEOKUTA – The Ogun State Gover- nor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun was said to be confused over the report of one-man panel set up to try the two warring Obas who threw caution into the wind last week. Governor Amosun who hails from Owu extraction was reported- ly receiving pressure from both Egba […]
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Headlines, Ogun, State News
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012
From MOSHOOD ADEBAYO, Abeokuta The Nigeria Police Division in Itori, Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State was turned into a boxing arena on Tuesday when two traditional rulers engaged each other in fisticuffs over disagreement on a cultural festival. The two traditional rulers involved in what many have described as desecration of the Yoruba […]
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Headlines, Ogun, State News
Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
BY DAUD OLATUNJI ABEOKUTA – ThE Ogun State police command yesterday said, it had arrested two teenagers for allegedly raping a palm oil hawker, on Secretariat Road, Imeko Local Government Area. The two suspects, Tosin Adebayo,25, and Opeyemi Adebayo, 19 were paraded along with three other accomplices who were said to have forcefully dragged the […]
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Nigerian Police, Ogun, State News
Sunday, September 2nd, 2012
By DAUD OLATUNJI ABEOKUTA—A gang of armed robbers Sunday, laid ambush on cow sellers traveling along Kobape-Siun-Sagamu on the dual carriage highway in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, carting away an undisclosed amount of money. The State Police Commissioner, Ikemefuna Okoye, has, however, blamed the incident on the inability of policemen detailed to […]
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Headlines, Ogun, State News
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
The police in Ogun on Tuesday paraded Pastor Michael Oyewole (29) and Mathew Akiode (30) at the command’s headquarters Eleweran, for allegedly exhuming human skull in Sabo, Abeokuta. The state Commissioner of Police, Ikemefuna Okoye, told journalists that Akiode was caught committing the offence in the midnight. Okoye added that after Akiode’s arrest, the suspect […]
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Ogun, State News
Monday, July 30th, 2012
Ogun State Police Command is to step up security around churches and mosques in Ogun State. State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Okoye Ikemefuna, who said this while addressing stakeholders in Abeokuta, on Saturday, explained that the action was taken to secure places of worship against any form of attack. Okoye said all Area Commanders and […]
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EFCC Politics, Ogun, State News
Friday, July 13th, 2012
A High Court in Ogun State on Thursday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to return Chief Gbenga Daniel’s passport to enable him to travel overseas for medical attention. The former Ogun State governor is standing trial before the court on 38 counts of stealing, false declaration of assets and fraudulent conversion of land […]
