Tag: Ogun
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Ogun begins recruitment of Amotekun operatives as herdsmen crisis persists
The Ogun State Government has commenced the recruitment of Amotekun operatives to curb incessant attacks and killings by herdsmen in some parts of the state. In a notice on Thursday, the government asked qualified individuals interested in joining the State Security Network to submit their applications. It also called on local vigilantes, hunters, and ex-servicemen…
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Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill farmer in Ogun
Suspected herdsmen have killed a farmer identified as Dele Olowoniyi, on his farm on Sunday in Ogun State. According to reports Mr. Olowoniyi was killed in a farm settlement located at Oha village, Imeko, in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State. Meanwhile, Prince Gboyega Isiaka, three-time governorship candidate in the state has condemned this…
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Gov Abiodun orders investigation into herdsmen, farmers clash in Ogun
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun has ordered investigations into the recent clash between herdsmen and farmers in Eggua, Yewa-North Council Area of the state. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the clash led to the loss of one life and destruction of property. Mr Kunle Somorin, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, in a statement in…
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Sunday Igboho’s supporters set fire on another Fulani community in Ogun
Oduduwa Republic activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has allegedly razed another Fulani community in Igua area of Yewa North in Ogun State. The Chairman, Miyyati Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Ogun State branch, Alhaji Abubakar Ibrahim Dende, told newsmen that the house of Sarkin Fulani of Igua, Alhaji Adamu Oloru,…
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Police arrest 25 suspected cultists during initiation ceremony in Ogun
The Ogun police command, on Wednesday, paraded 25 suspected members of the dreaded buccaneer cult group, who they arrested during an alleged initiation ceremony in the state capital, Abeokuta. Parading the suspects at the Command’s Headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, the state Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, disclosed that the suspects were arrested along with three herbalists,…
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BREAKING: One feared dead cars burnt as tanker explodes in Ogun
One person was feared dead while a myriad of vehicles were burnt in a tanker explosion that occurred in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The case occurred around 8:15 am on Tuesday on the Presidential Boulevard Road around Guarantee Trust Bank opposite Lawson Group School, Kuto, Abeokuta. The explosion, which supposedly involved a 33,000-fuel laden…
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Sad! Truck crushes couple to death in Ogun
Two persons suspected to be husband and wife were on Tuesday crushed to death in an accident involving a Toyota Camry car, Sino truck and a motorcycle around Odogbara, few metres from NNPC on the Sagamu-Ogijo road. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, Spokesperson, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) in the state, confirmed the incident to the…
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Police arrest escaped Edo prisoner in Ogun
The police authorities in Ogun State have arrested a prisoner, Frank Ogbe, who allegedly escaped from the White House Prison Yard in Edo State during the #EndSARS protest. In a statement issued on Wednesday by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspected prisoner was arrested prisoner following a tip-off. According…
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Sad! 45 year old man defiles 13year old daughter in Ogun
A 45-year-old man, Akanji Oluwaseyi, has been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Police, for forcefully having carnal knowledge of his 13-year-old daughter. According to the PPRO of the command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspect had visited the victim at where she works and begged the victim’s boss to allow his…
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Three brothers arrested for murder in Ogun
Three brothers, Okiki Mulero 23, Micheal Mulero 21, and Joseph Mulero 17, have been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for killing a security guard on duty. The suspects reportedly committed the offense on Friday, December 25, 2020, by beating to death a So-Safe corps officer who was on guard duty at OGD…