Tag: Abeokuta
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Priestess of Olumo Rock Deity dies At 137
The Custodian of the deity of the popular Olumo Rock in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, Chief Mrs. Sinatu Aduke Sanni, popularly known as ‘Iya Olumo’ is dead. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports Sanni, who was also known as ‘The Mother goddess’ of the tourist centre, reportedly died on Wednesday, at the age of 137 years.
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Cultism: Police nabs two alleged rival cultists in Abeokuta
Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have apprehended two members of rival cult group Eiye and Aiye confraternities, following a supremacy battle in Abeokuta, the state capital. The two rival cult group clashed on Sunday at the Elega-Iberekodo area of the town and it claimed the live of one person.
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Streets deserted as cultists Kill popular Area Boy Tommy in Abeokuta
A gory picture of the deceased has been circulating online and it shows that he was stabbed in the head and face with machete. Many shops and offices have been under lock and key as everyone has deserted the street for fear of a reprisal attack.
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Why Atiku met Obasanjo in Abeokuta
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has said that he would soon officially declare his intention to contest the 2023 presidential race. Atiku stated this on Saturday, after a closed-door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo at his (Obasanjo) residence, in Abeokuta, Ogun. Recall that Atiku was Obasanjo’s vice between 1999 and 2007, and also a Presidential…
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Wife who killed husband with hot water arrested by Ogun state police
A housewife, Ramota Bello, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command over the death of her husband, Bello Saliu. The suspect was arrested on Monday, nine days after she allegedly bathed her husband with hot water which led to his death the following day. A younger brother of the deceased was…
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6 die, 12 injured in Lagos-Abeokuta expressway accident
6 die, 12 injured in Lagos-Abeokuta expressway accident
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Mother, child burnt as tanker explodes in Abeokuta
Mother, child burnt as tanker explodes in Abeokuta
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Senate approves establishment of Federal University of Medicine, Abeokuta
The Senate, on Wednesday at plenary, passed a bill to establish the Federal University of Medicine and Medical Sciences in Abeokuta in Ogun. The Senate also passed a bill to establish the Federal College of Education, Gwoza in Borno. The passage of the bills was sequel to the consideration of two reports by the Committee…
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Panic as Yoruba nation agitators take over Abeokuta; shops, markets shut
Yoruba nation agitators took to the roads in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, calling for the emergence of a separate country of their own out of present Nigeria. The agitators armed with assorted charms rode in motorcades and motorcycles across the major roads – traversing through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Ibara Divisional Police…