Tag: Ogun
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COVID-19 Lockdown: Army gives condition for mounting roadblocks in Lagos, Ogun States
There will be no military roadblocks in the cities or highways within Lagos and Ogun States except when it is absolutely necessary, the Nigerian Army said on Tuesday. General Officer Commanding (GOC) 81 Division Maj.-Gen. Olu Irefin, told our correspondent that the Army was on standby at the barracks and would only come out when…
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COVID-19 Lockdown: Oyedepo’s Living Faith Church Donates Ambulances, Test Kits, Food, Others To Lagos, Ogun States
Founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide (Winners’ Chapel International), Bishop David Oyedepo has made donations of ambulances, test kits, personal protective device (PPE) to the Lagos and Ogun State governments, to assist in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) scourge in Nigeria. The church also donated medical resources and food items as part of…
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BREAKING: Buhari imposes curfew on Lagos, Abuja, Ogun over Coronavirus
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday imposed 14-day curfew on Lagos and Ogun States, as well as the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, with effect from 11pm on Monday. The president, in a nationwide broadcast said the decision was taken based on the advice of the Federal Ministry of Health and the Nigerian Centre for Disease…
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Covid-19: Ogun confirms new case, 32 contacts
The Ogun Government has confirmed a new case of the coronavirus in the state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, made this known at a press briefing on Tuesday evening in Abeokuta. She said the case was a 62-year-old male domiciled at Sagamu area of the state who had returned from the United Kingdom…
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Coronavirus: MFM shuts churches in Lagos, Ogun, declares 30 days fasting
The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, MFM, has shut all its churches in Lagos and Ogun States in a bid to halt the spread of the deadly Coronavirus pandemic. The church also declared 30 days prayer and fasting to seek divine intervention against Coronavirus. A statement issued by the Assistant General Overseer (Administration), Pastor…
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BREAKING: 179 contacts on isolation for Coronavirus released in Lagos, Ogun
The Lagos State Government on Friday disclosed that all 179 people on isolation who had contact with the index case, an Italian who brought Coronavirus to Nigeria, have been released. Of the 179 people who had contact with the index case, 40 of them were quarantined in Ogun State while THE remaining were monitored in…
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Cultism remains greatest challenge in Ogun – CP
Ogun Police Commissioner, Kenneth Ebrimson, on Saturday said that cultism remained the greatest challenge facing the state police command. Ebrimson said this in Abeokuta when students body in the state led by Azeez Adeyemi, Special Adviser to Gov. Dapo Abiodun on Student Matters, paid him a courtesy call. He intimated the students’ representatives that it…
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EFCC arrests 42 suspected internet fraudsters in Ogun
The Ibadan Zonal Office of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 42 suspects for alleged involvement in internet-related fraud. Mr Tony Orilade, EFCC Acting Spokesperson said this in a statement on Friday in Ibadan. Orilade said that the suspects were arrested at different locations in Ilaro, following actionable intelligence earlier received on their…
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Photo: Baby factory uncovered in Ogun, 12 women rescued
A suspected baby-making home has been uncovered at Imedu Olori area of Mowe in Obafemi Owode Local government, Ogun State. The illegal baby factory was discovered when one of the inmates who escaped from the home reported at Mowe Police Station that she was lured into the home and held captive for sometime now. She…