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Wike, Fayose meet Adebutu in Ogun [PHOTOS]

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike and former Governor Fayose of Ekiti State Wednesday met with Hon. Ladi Adebutu in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The duo of Wike...

Eviction: MURIC sends message to FG, Ogun, accuses RCCG of conspiracy

  The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has told the Federal Ministry of Works and the Ogun State Government to respect the Certificate of Occupancy (‘C of O’) of...

Details of Osinbajo, Jonathan, Obasanjo’s meeting in Ogun emerge [PHOTOS]

African leaders on Monday gathered at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) for a high-level dialogue on the challenges facing democracy in West Africa. The...

Ogun cult killings spread to Sagamu, eight persons murdered

  The cult killings in Ogun State might have spread from Abeokuta, the State capital, to Sagamu, where no fewer than eight persons were reportedly killed on Monday....

2023: No automatic ticket for aspirants – PDP says as El-Rufai’s ally, Lawal dumps APC

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State has said it will not give automatic tickets to any aspirant in the party ahead of the 2023 general elections. The...

22-yr-old girl accuses boyfriend, pal of rape

    Men of Ogun State Police Command have arrested two men for allegedly gang-raping a 22-year-old girl (name withheld) at Eleweran area of Abeokuta. The...

I studied at four universities before graduating – Mr Macaroni

    Comedian Debo Adedayo, popularly known as Mr Macaroni, has opened up on some facts about him, saying he studied in four universities before graduating....

Court orders housewife to sweep school for six months for invading premises with thugs

  A Magistrates’ Court in Ota, Ogun State, on Wednesday ordered a 40-year-old housewife, Biola Joshua, to sweep Iju-Ebiye High School premises for six months for...

Mother sets 10-year-old daughter on fire in Ogun

  A mother of five, Aisha Tijani, has set her 10-year-old daughter on fire in Ogun State. The woman was arrested Sunday by the police for “pouring petrol on her...

Strike: IGP to address police officers in Lagos, Ogun

Following the determination of junior police officers to embark on an industrial action, the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, will on Tuesday lecture...

Two arrested for allegedly killing okada rider in Ogun

    Two persons have been arrested by the police in Ogun State for allegedly killing a commercial motorcyclist after snatching his bike. The suspects, Hammed...

As a taxi driver in Sagamu I only heard about Biafran war on radio – 80-year-old Pa Oyekan

    Nationnewslead reports that 80-year-old farmer and former taxi driver, Pa Oyewole Oyekan, speaks to VANESSA OTULU about his growing up, family and work...

85-year-old man ‘killed’ in Ogun, body dumped beside river

    An 85-year-old man, Jimoh Oladiran has been reportedly killed by some persons said to be his relatives, a father and his son in Ogun State.  ...

Ex-Ogun Mega Party guber candidate, 200 others defect to APC

    A former gubernatorial candidate of Mega Party of Nigeria in Ogun State in 2015, Iyabode Adenaike and over 200  members of the People’s Democratic Party...

Policemen guarding Ogun estate kill bricklayer, hide corpse

    A bricklayer, Sunday Ojo, has been shot dead by mobile policemen who stormed Otere-Apano community, Mowe, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of...

Panic as elephants destroy farmlands, injure farmer in Ogun

    A member of the Ogun House of Assembly, Mr Sola Adams, has cried out over invasion of farmlands by elephants which also injured a farmer at Itashin in...

Why we burnt Oba Odetola to death – Suspects confess

    Some suspects arrested in connection with the gruesome murder of the Olu of Agodo, Oba Ayinde Odetola, have told the police why they engaged in the act....

11 in police net over murder of Ogun monarch

    The Nigeria Police, Zone 2 comprising Lagos and Ogun on Monday disclosed that it has arrested eleven persons in connection with the gruesome murder of Olu...

Nobody is safe in Ogun – PDP worried over spate of killings, kidnapping

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to the spate of killings, kidnapping and other issues of insecurity facing the people of Ogun State,...

Prison life taught me to live on N100 for three days – Islamic tutor freed after four years in jail

    Sulaimon Anisere, an Islamic tutor who recently regained his freedom after being in prison for four years over false allegation of defiling a minor,...