Ogun
Police arrest fake officer for defrauding POS operators in Ogun
A fake police officer identified as Bukola Olabode, who specialised in making fake transfers to Point of Sale, POS operators and residents in Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State, has been arrested. The suspect, aged 25, who dressed in a police camouflage uniform, was caught after trying to defraud a POS operator identified as […]
Gunmen kill former LG councillor in Ogun
Suspected cultists on Friday killed Mutiu Akinbami, a former councillor in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State. Akinbami, popularly known as Egor, was reportedly attacked at the Brewery area of Abeokuta around 6:00 p.m. and shot in the head while riding a motorcycle. The State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Omolola Odutola, confirmed […]
Court refuses to postpone Ogun LG poll
The Ogun State High Court, sitting in Abeokuta, the state capital, on Tuesday, dismissed a request by 16 political parties in the state seeking to postpone the proposed local government elections indefinitely. Delivering judgment in AB/577/2024 Action Alliance & 15 Ors v. OGSIEC & Anor, the presiding judge, Justice T. A. Okunsokan, rejected the claims […]
Ogun govt shuts Obada Grammar School, suspends principal over student’s death
The Ogun State Government has shut down Obada Grammar Institution in Obada, Idi-emi, following the death of Monday Ariyo, an SS2 student of the school. DAILY POST reported that Ariyo died last Friday at the Federal Medical Center, Abeokuta, after a teacher allegedly flogged him 24 strokes of the cane and asked him to perform […]
Ogun not challenging EFCC legality, AG affirms
The Ogun State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Oluwasina Ogungbade (SAN), has decried the continued media report saying the state is challenging the legality of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at the Supreme Court. Ogungbade, in a statement on Monday, wondered why some sections of the media continued to include the state […]
Student dies after 162 frog jumps in Ogun
There was tension in Imeko Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State as a student, identified as Ariyo Monday, was reported dead after a teacher allegedly flogged him and asked him to perform 162 frog jumps. DAILY POST gathered that Ariyo, a student of Obafemi Grammar School, died on Friday. According to a video posted […]
Ogun: Woman allegedly cuts husband’s manhood during dispute
A 28-year-old woman identified as Yemisi Ogunlana has been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State police for allegedly cutting her husband’s manhood during an argument. Yemisi was reported to have used a sharp object to cut 31-year-old Idowu Adebowale in the Oko-Oba area of Ogijo. This was contained in a statement by the command’s […]
My abductors brutalised, dumped me by roadside — Ogun journalist
A freelance journalist, Oluwatosin Oshibanjo, who was recently abducted by some unidentified gunmen in his Ijebu home in the Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area of Ogun State, has been found. Oluwatosin’s mother, Tokunbo Bakre, confirmed to our correspondent in a telephone conversation over the weekend that he was found unconscious by some motorcyclists in the Ijebu-Ode […]
Ogun begins recruitment of 1,000 teachers
The Ogun State Government is set to recruit another batch of 1,000 teachers to fill existing vacancies in public schools in the state. The exercise is being coordinated by the State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, in conjunction with the State Teaching Service Commission, the State Universal Basic Education Board and the Ogun State […]
Panic as fire wreaks havoc in Ogun community
An early Wednesday morning fire incident along the Ibafo axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, triggered by a petrol tanker fire, has destroyed vehicles worth millions of naira, as well as houses and animals, leaving residents in a state of panic. Several individuals also sustained varying degrees of injuries. Newsmen visited the scene, gathered that the […]