Abeokuta North
Herdsman kills farmer who catapulted him
A farmer in Ogun State has been killed after attacking a herdsman who was grazing cattle on his newly cleared land.
Cattle herder arrested for killing farmer in Abeokuta
A cattle rearer, Muhammad Garba, has been arrested by the Ogun State police command for allegedly killing a farmer, Segun Akinlade, in Imala community of Abeokuta North Local Government Area.
Cholera: Ogun government confirms five deaths
The state government said it has also commenced intense fumigation of the environment to contain the spread as the highly contagious disease hit four communities in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of the state.
We are paying attention to township roads – Ogun governor
Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun said that the development of infrastructure in the state was extremely important to his administration.
Ogun government to deworm over 800,000 school children
The Ogun State government says it has concluded plans to de-worm over 800,000 school children in the ongoing health awareness programme across 10 local government areas in the state.
Ogun Assembly passes motions against false evidence, others
Former Deputy Speaker of Ogun State House of Assembly Kunle Taiwo Oluomo has been elected the Speaker of the state’s All Progressives Congress (APC)-dominated Ninth Legislative Assembly.
Ogun elections: APC wins majority assembly seats
Four lawmakers would be returning to the Ogun Assembly as the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) won 15 out of 26 House of Assembly seats in the state.
Elections: APC, PDP, seven other parties to constitute 9th House of Reps
Going by the official list of members-elect for the 9th House of Representatives assembly, a total of nine political parties will have representatives in the chamber.
Nigeria 2019: Notes from the field
Whoever came up with the wise saying that Nigerian politics is dirty deserves an award for perspicacity. I have just returned from that dirtied, muddled up, confused, uncertain, unpredictable zone of Nigerian life and society with truck loads of stories in my head and enough impressions in my mind to last me another life-time.
Ogun elections: APC sweeps 11 local governments out of 15 in governorship poll
The All Progressives Congress has won 11 of the 15 results from the local government areas in the Ogun State governorship election.
APC leads in announced National Assembly results
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released results of 118 National Assembly seats out of the 469.
APC wins four federal constituencies seats in Ogun
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has clinched three more House of Representatives seats in Ogun, winning all four so far declared out of nine federal constituencies in the state.
Elections: Ex-President Obasanjo loses polling unit to President Buhari
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has lost his polling booth to President Muhammadu Buhari and other All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates.
Ogun election: 50 LG, LCDA chairmen declare support for Adekunle Akinlade
Fifty out of the 57 chairmen of local governments and local council development areas in Ogun State have declared their support for the governorship candidate of the Allied People’s Movement (APM) in the state, Abdul-Kabir Adekunle Akinlade.
In Pictures: Police intercept 34,000 live cartridges at Ogun border
The Ogun State Police Command has intercepted a mini truck conveying 34,865 live cartridges through Ilara border from the Republic of Togo to Onitsha in Anambra States.
Mikky Kazeem: APM has structure to defeat any party in Ogun
A House of Representatives candidate on the platform of the Allied People’s Movement (APM) in Ogun State, Mikky Kazeem, has declared that the party has the strongest structure to emerge winner in all the elective positions in the state during the general elections.
2019: APC candidate urges electorate to do critical appraisal of candidates
As the campaign for the elections into the National Assembly kicked off last Sunday, House of Representatives candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Abeokuta North/Odeda/Obafemi-Owode federal constituency, in Ogun State, Olumide Osoba, has urged the electorate to do critical appraisal of candidates based on their political antecedents.
2019: Ibikunle Amosun’s aides names appear on DPP legislative candidates list
The discovery of the governor’s aides’ names on the DPP lists at the Ogun State Office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abeokuta, however, confirmed the growing speculation.
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TCN begins maintenance, promises to restore power nationwide
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Teenager bags one year jail term over sexual encroachment on stepmother
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PDP urges Bode George to work with Lagos exco
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