Joseph Mbu, the new Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG Zone 2, on Thursday, said the upcoming Presidential and governorship elections in his zone will be “fire-for-fire” if politicians play any pranks. The controversial police boss made the declaration at a meeting with men of the Ogun State Police Command at the headquarters in Eleweran,…
Newspaper Distributor Abducted
For family and friends of Joke Ajayi, a major newspaper distributor in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, these are not the best of times. Ajayi’s loved ones were thrown into sadness and worry when she was kidnapped by two unknown gunmen on Monday, February 2, 2015. A colleague, who was with her as at the time…
Ogun Teachers To Continue Strike Action
Teachers in Ogun State have resolved to continue with the indefinite strike action they started on January 16. This came as the second meeting they had with representatives of the state government on January 20 did not yield any positive result. The first meeting reportedly convened by Ibikunle Amosun, Ogun State governor, in Abeokuta on…
Ogun Lawmaker Defects
Barely five weeks to the elections, Joseph Adegbesan, a member of the Ogun State House of Assembly has defected to the Labour Party. While addressing journalists in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Monday morning, the lawmaker said he left the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP after consultation with his supporters, adding that the move was to enable…
Amosun Gets Female Running mate
Yetunde Onanuga, a business management expert, has emerged the running mate of Ibikunle Amosun, governor of Ogun State for the forthcoming 2015 governorship election. Onanuga was presented to the leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, today in Abeokuta, the state capital. In his address, Amosun described the 54-year-old indigene of Ijebu-Igbo,in Ijebu North Local…
A Road Map for Better Living
A professor of Christian Theology and Ethics, in a book of engaging craftsmanship, seeks to canalise man’s thinking and ways into paths for profitable, worthy living One common thread that runs through the lives of men and women of conscience and character the world over is that they refuse to be silent in the face…
PDP Cancels Governorship Primary in Ogun State
The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has cancelled the governorship primary election earlier scheduled to hold in Ogun State today. In a statement issued in Abuja today by Olisa Metuh, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, the PDP said that the primary election was not authorized. “For the avoidance of doubt, the…
Don’t Rely on Charms, FRSC tells Drivers
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Ogun State Command on Wednesday cautioned commercial drivers and motorists shuttling roads in the state to desist from relying on charms and other pseudo supernatural powers as a means of escaping auto crashes. Adegoke Adetunji, the Sector Commander, stated this at a public sensitization programme organized by the command…
Church Members Donate N20 million To Pastor Bakare
Members of the Latter Rain Assembly, LRA, Ogba, Lagos have donated the sum of N20 million to Tunde Bakare, founder and general overseer of the church as a gift to mark his 60th birthday. Presenting a cheque of the money to Bakare during his birthday thanksgiving service at the church headquarter in Lagos on Tuesday, members…
Osoba’s Defection: APC Vows To Retain Ogun State
Lai Mohammed, the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that the defection of Segun Adesegun, deputy governor of Ogun State and Olusegun Osoba, to the Social Democratic Party, SDP, will affect the APC in next year’s election. He however assured that it will not affect the “overall chances” of the…
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