Ogun State
Suspected Ogun serial killer pleads for death penalty
A suspected serial killer, Philip Ogunnaike, who was arrested in Ogun State, has pleaded that he and his accomplices be sentenced to death. Ogunnaike made the plea in an interrogation video obtained on Monday and shared by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, on her X page. According to the suspect, he was […]
Generator fume kills one in Ogun
The Ogun State Police Command on Saturday confirmed the death of one Nwachukwu Ikechukwu, after inhaling generator fumes at their residence at the Shogoye area of Owode-Egba in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government area of the state. Ikechukwu and his wife, Oyin Falodun, were said to have put on the generator in their sitting room around […]
Abiodun seeks military base in Ogun East
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has requested the establishment of a military operation base in the eastern part of the state to address rising criminal activities. The governor made this appeal during a courtesy visit by the General Officer Commanding 81 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maj. Gen. Farooq Mijinyawa, at the Governor’s Office in […]
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 just before Kobape in Abeokuta. Some civil defence officers took him to the Federal Medical […]
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 Saturday that the incident took place around 9:00 a.m. on Friday. This incident occurred just […]
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 Development, Adijat Adeleye, made this known on Friday during a meeting with the private orphanage […]
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 public through a circular signed by the Head of Service, Bode Agoro, with Ref. No: […]
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 had accused Customs officers of breaking into their shops and warehouses in a bid to […]
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 his assailants who chased him from his shop inside Kuto market to Kuto under bridge. […]
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 valued at N1.9bn. Justice Akintayo Aluko granted them bail after hearing two separate bail applications […]