Inside abandoned 250-bed Ogun hospital where termites, others are patients
Kehinde lost her brother, Idowu, to a car accident recently. The 26-year-old woman fought back tears as she struggled to recall the incident that claimed the life of her sibling. “Idowu was a 34-year-old mechanical engineer. He had an accident…
35-year-old commits suicide in Ogun
A 35-year-old man, identified as Emmanuel Urhobocha, has allegedly died by suicide in his apartment on Alafia Street in Sango-Ota, located in the Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. The Ogun State Police Command informed PUNCH Online on…
Ogun revokes licences of 20 orphanage homes
Ogun State Government has revoked the provisional licences of 20 private orphanage owners operating in the state due to non-compliance with regulations and laws prioritising the well-being and safety of vulnerable children. The state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social…
Lagos, Ogun declare holiday as Isese festival holds today
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State and his Ogun State counterpart, Dapo Abiodun, on Monday, declared today (Tuesday, August 20), as a work-free day for traditional religion adherents to celebrate the Isese Day or festival. The Sanwo-Olu’s approval was made…
Stop harassing Ogun traders, Abiodun tells Customs
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has pleaded with the operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service to be civil with market women and men regarding complaints of invasion of shops and warehouses in markets across the state. Traders in the state…
Cultists kill Ogun community leader’s son, one other
Some suspected cultists on Friday night reportedly killed a 48-year-old Point-of-Sale operator, Fatai Kehinde, under Kuto bridge, Abeokuta. The PoS operator popularly called Faity and son of the Baale of Kuto Community, Abeokuta, was said to have been butchered by…
Two students who hacked MTN computers granted N100m bail
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday granted N50m bail each to two students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic and Resign Regal Academy, Timothy Oluwabukola and Anthony Odemerho, who allegedly hacked MTN Nigeria Communication computers and stole airtime and data…
Man, 27, dies in Ogun fire incident
A 27-year-old man, identified as Tolu Falansa, was found dead in his apartment following a midnight fire incident in the Owode-Yewa community, located in the Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State. We learnt from a police source familiar…
NYSC clears self of wrongdoing in Ogun poly student’s death
The Coordinator of National Youth Service Corps, Ogun State, Mrs Olayinka Nasamu, on Wednesday said it knew nothing over a hit-and-run driver who crushed to death a student of Gateway ICT Polytechnic, Saapade, Aiyepe Annexe, Pelumi David Idowu, in front…
Driver, motor boy killed in Ogun fuel tanker accident
A fatal crash involving a petrol tanker has resulted in the deaths of at least three people, including the driver, Salau Semiu, and his assistant, known as Saheed, at Imope Village in Oru Ijebu along the Ijebu-Ode-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun…