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Fire destroys cashew nursery worth N200 million
A cashew nursery based in Kobape under Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun has been razed by fire, destroying 130,000 seedlings and eco-friendly nursery structure said to worth N200 million.
Fire destroys N200 million cashew nursery in Ogun
A cashew nursery based in Kobape under Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun has been raised down by fire destroying 130,000 seedlings and eco-friendly nursery structure said to worth N200 million.
Five die in Ogun as vehicle rams into truck
Five persons – three males and two females, have died on Sunday afternoon in Ogun State when a Primera car conveying them careened on a truck parked by the roadside, after it had somersaulted several times.
Ogun assembly majority leader dumps APM, returns to APC
Adeyinka Mafe, Majority Leader of the Ogun State House of Assembly, has defected from the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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.
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.
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.
Villagers flee as farmer kills Fulani herdsman in Ogun
Residents of Pakudi village, near Obada-Oko in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, have fled their homes over fear of reprisal attacks by Fulani herdsmen following the alleged killing of a Fulani man by a villager.
Ogun Assembly majority leader, 3 others defect to APM
Four members of the Ogun House of Assembly on Thursday resigned their membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and defected to the Allied Peoples Movement (APM).
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.
2019: INEC releases names of presidential, national assembly candidates
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday released its provincial list of candidates for presidential and national assembly elections.
Ogun: Rinsola Abiola emerges ADP House of Reps candidate
Rinsola Abiola, the Special Assistant to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and daughter of the late icon of democracy, Bashorun M.K.O. Abiola, has emerged as the candidate of the Action Democratic Party for Abeokuta North/Odeda/Obafemi Owode Federal Constituency in Ogun State.
NPopC seeks legislation on birth registration
The National Population Commission (NPC) has called on federal, state and local governments to evolve a plan and come up with a legislation that will make it compulsory for parents to register birth of their children within two months of such birth.
Governor Amosun emerges APC consensus candidate for Ogun Central senatorial race
Governor Ibikunle Amosun has emerged the candidate for Ogun central senate race, as the All Progressives Congress (APC) unveiled consensus candidates for the national assembly.
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Federal government, investors to capitalise DisCos with $4.7 billion
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Food seller electrocuted in Lagos
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Pakistani ex-president arrested over fake bank accounts
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Man in court for destroying electronic billboard, attempted theft
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Chelsea transfer ban appeal confirmed by CAS
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Super Eagles ready to face the Warriors Zimbabwe in Asaba
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14 suspected cultists docked In Ogun
The accused are: Babatunde Samson, 21; Wonsebolatan Mohammed, 21, Kola Adebayo, 42, Bamigbade Adekanbi, 21, Hammed Olamilekan, 21, Olaitan Olayinka, 21, Alphus Kojo, 19, Abiodun Moses, 23, Agbabu Wasiu, 21 and Gainyu Taiwo, 20.