Tag: Ogun
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Pandemonium as mob burns Dangote truck after killing pupil
Pandemonium broke out in Ilaro Yewa-South Local Government Area of Ogun State as aggrieved mob set ablaze a truck laden with cement belonging to the Dangote Cement Company after crushing a secondary school pupil to death. The Spokesman for the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident to our correspondent. Akinbiyi…
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Gunmen kill cop, kidnap four railway workers in Ogun
Gunmen have kidnapped four workers of a Chinese company handling the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge railway project and killed a policeman in Ogun State. The gunmen numbering about eight stormed Adeaga/Alaagba village in Odeda local government on Wednesday. It was gathered that the kidnappers were dressed in black caftan. The gunmen who invaded the site of…
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Five burn to death as fuel tanker explodes in Ogun
Five persons have been burnt to death as a fuel-laden tanker exploded at Owode-Idiroko Road, Ogun, Southwest Nigeria. It was gathered that the truck, conveying 33,000 litres of fuel was descending a slope when the tanker detached from the truck and fell to the ground, leading to a loud explosion. Five persons were said to…
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Police arrest nine suspected cultists during supremacy battle in Ogun
Nine suspected cultists have been arrested during what the police say was a supremacy battle in the Ajegunle area of Ibogun, Ogun State. The clash was between members of the Eiye and Alaro confraternities, according to the Spokesperson of the Ogun State Police Command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi. “While the clash was going on, a distress…
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Explosions: Ogun Govt bans industrial gas sale to retailers, seals two plants
The Ogun State government on Friday, placed an indefinite ban on sale of industrial gas to retailers as well as technicians who specialised in repairing of air conditioners as well as refrigerators across the state. This is just as the state’s Taskforce also sealed off two gas factories and a sale outlet in Abeokuta metropolis…
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UPDATED: Two die, three injured as gas explosion rocks Gbenga Daniel’s hotel in Ogun
A technician and a yet-to-be-identified person have been confirmed dead as gas explosion rocked Conference Hotel in Abeokuta on Tuesday. The hotel, owned by former Ogun State Governor, Gbenga Daniel is located at the Water Corporation headquarters junction, in Ogun capital, is owned by a former governor of the state, Gbenga Daniel. The News Agency…
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“We are battle-ready”: Ogun Police warn hoodlums
The Police Command in Ogun has warned hoodlums planning to attack stations in the state to shun such intentions in order not to face the wrath of the law. ASP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), made this known on Sunday in an interview with the newsmen in Ota, Ogun. Oyeyemi said that…
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Yoruba nation : 11 arrested as agitators for Oduduwa Republic storm Ogun police headquarters
The police in Ogun State on Saturday arrested 11 Yoruba nation agitators protesting in Abeokuta. They were said to have been arrested at the Alake’s palace and taken to the state police headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta. According to reports, the Yoruba nation agitators staged a mass rally in the state capital, defying an order by the…
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Police arrest suspected kidnappers of Ogun monarch, OOU Students
The police authorities have arrested some suspected kidnappers of a community leader, Chief Tajudeen Omotayo and some students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ayetoro in Ogun State. While the two female OOU students were abducted on March 14 at their hostel, the monarch was kidnapped on March 20 on his way from a meeting in…
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Ogun gov gives best 2020 LASU graduating student bungalow, N2m
Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun has donated a two-bedroom bungalow and N2 million to the 2020 overall best graduating student of Lagos State University (LASU) Oladimeji Shotunde, an indigene of the state. The governor made the announcement during a celebration of Ogun academic laureates 2021, held at the Obas Complex, Abeokuta, on Thursday. The News…