Tag: Abeokuta
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JUST IN: Another gas explosion rocks Chinese Company in Abeokuta
Another explosion has rocked a Chinese Construction Company at Onikoko area of Abeokuta South, Ogun State, which affected a nearby school where the straplet tore off a teacher’s left breast. This is happening barely 24 hours after a gas explosion killed one person at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta. Two people were rushed…
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2 nurses die, 10 injured in Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway accident
Two nurses were confirmed dead on Sunday while 10 others sustained injuries in a lone accident involving a Toyota Hiace bus around Akinale Village on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, Spokesperson, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta. He explained that the accident,…
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Obasanjo hosts Gumi in Abeokuta, propose solutions to banditry, other security challenges
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, met on Sunday to discuss and propose possible solutions to the security challenges in Nigeria. The meeting, which held at the residence of the former president in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, was part of efforts to find solutions to the menace of banditry,…
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Serving Federal High Court judge dies of undisclosed ailment in Abeokuta
A judge of the Federal High Court, serving in the court’s Abeokuta (Ogun State) division, Justice Ibrahim Watila, is died. According to a statement on Tuesday by the court’s Chief Information Officer, Catherine Oby Nwandu, Justice Watila died on January 24 “after a brief illness.” The court was silent on the cause of death. Part…
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Couple married for 72 years buried same day in Abeokuta
Pa Israel Akojede and his wife, Mama Esther, who were married for 72 years and died few hours apart were buried on Friday at the Apostolic Faith Church Cemetery, Ijeja in Abeokuta, Ogun. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the couple died on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020 at Gbonagun in Obantoko area of…
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COVID-19: Nurse, admin officer test positive at FMC Abeokuta after death of policeman
The Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta, Ogun, has confirmed the death of a policeman who tested positive for coronavirus in the facility. This was contained in a statement issued by the Head, Public Relations and Information of the hospital, Segun Orisajo, on Sunday in Abeokuta. He also confirmed that two other members of staff of…
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Car crushes man to death while making video call
An unidentified man was on Wednesday crushed to death by an Honda Odyssey car marked AAA 589 FV at Adedero village on the Abeokuta -Sagamu expressway in Ogun. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer of Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta. Akinbiyi said that the accident occurred…
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Truck driver bags 9-years imprisonment for crushing man to death
An Abeokuta High Court on Thursday sentenced a truck driver, Oyelami Adewale, to nine years imprisonment for driving dangerously and killing one Tunde Abdul. Delivering judgment, Justice Patricia Oduniyi convicted Adewale on a two-count charge of dangerous driving and murder Oduniyi held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubts. She held that the…
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[Video] Pandemonium in Ogun as SARS officers mistakenly shoot two Hausa traders while chasing Yahoo Boy
There was pandemonium on Thursday in the Olomore axis of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, when operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force allegedly shot two Hausa traders. The SARS operatives were reported to have stormed Olomore Pepper Market while chasing an internet fraudster also known as Yahoo boy, who ran…
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Alake endorses Abeokuta 10km marathon race
The Alake of Egbaland in Ogun, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, has expressed support for the JAC Abeokuta 10 Kilometres Marathon Race scheduled to hold on Nov. 2. Gbadebo gave his royal blessings to the event on Wednesday when the organisers of the race, Niilayo Sports Management Limited (NSML), presented a pioneer medal to the monarch at…