Tag: Ogun
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Photo: Couple arrested for using their seven-year-old son for ritual
A herbalist, Lajuwon Ogunleye, and his wife Adetutu Apalaya have been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command on charges of conspiring and killing their seven-year-old son, Pelumi Apalaya. The couple were arrested alongside one Fatai Sefiu, following their neighbours’ suspicion of the little boy being used for ritual, as he reportedly slumped and died…
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Photo: Buhari signs COVID-19 lockdown extension in Lagos, Ogun, Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the extension of the lockdown of Lagos, Ogun and the FCT, using the Quarantine Act of 2004. It is called COVID-19 Lockdown extension. The effective date is now 14 April, meaning the second phase of the lockdown will end on 27-28 April. He announced the extension earlier in…
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BREAKING: Buhari extends lockdown order in Abuja, Lagos, Ogun for 14 days
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the lockdown order in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun State in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus in Nigeria. He announced the extension during a nationwide broadcast on Monday. He extended the lockdown by 14 days. Buhari said the initial lockdown helped Nigeria in its fight against the coronavirus.…
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COVID-19 lockdown robberies: IGP deploys Special Forces to Lagos, Ogun
The Inspector General of Police (IG) Mohammed Adamu has deployed detachments of special forces to quell unrest in Lagos and Ogun communities occasioned by robberies and cult related violence. The Special Forces comprising Police Mobile Force (PMF) Units, Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and the Special Tactical Squad (STS) are to…
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Trouble looms in Lagos as hoodlums rob residents, loot shops
Residents of the Alimosho and Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Areas of Lagos have been lamenting over how hoodlums robbed them on Saturday afternoon. The hoodlums took to the heavily residential areas to rob citizens and loot shops in the local markets. The Jankara market in the Ifako Ijaiye Local Government was also burgled by the hoodlums.…
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COVID-19: FG reacts to Oyakhilome’s claims on 5G, lockdown of Lagos, Ogun, Abuja
The Federal Government has described comment made by founder of Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome that the lockdown of Lagos and Abuja was to allow government secretly install 5G and not for Coronavirus, as disheartening. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Oyakhilome had in a TV interview said “5G is the reason the Federal Government has to lockdown…
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NSCDC penetrates Ogun riverine areas to enforce lockdown order
The Ogun Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said on Saturday that it had penetrated the riverine areas of the state, to ensure full compliance with the lockdown order to check the spread of Coronavirus. The Public Relations Officer of the Command, Dyke Ogbonnaya, said this in a statement he issued…
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Lockdown: Ogun to open markets every 48hrs
The Ogun Government says it will only open markets every two days during the lockdown. Gov Dapo Abiodun made this known while addressing newsmen on Friday night at his residence in Iperu Remo,Ogun. The governor also declared that all markets in the state would only open between 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday as…
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COVID-19: FG speaks on likelihood of extending lockdown in Lagos, Ogun, Abuja
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has warned that the lockdown order issued by President Buhari on Sunday March 29, might be extended if Nigerians refused to comply with the stay at home orders. “If we don’t behave ourselves, there is a likelihood that the lockdown will be extended,” the Minister said at a…