Tag: Ogun
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UPDATED: Lagos, Ondo pass Amotekun Corps Bill
The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed the Amotekun Corps Bill into law by amending the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corps Agency Bill. The bill was passed on Tuesday. The lawmakers amended the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corps Law to include the Amotekun corps. The Committee on Information, Strategy and Security, led by the…
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Just In: Nigeria’s first coronavirus patient visited Ogun State
The Italian confirmed to have been infected with Coronavirus had also visited Ewekoro in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State this week. But residents and visitors to the state have no reason to panic, the Commissioner for Health, Tomi Coker said on Friday morning. Coker disclosed that the Italian visited a giant manufacturing company(name…
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Kaka’s death: Police disband Zonal Intervention Squad in Ogun
Following the death of a Remo Stars FC footballer, Kazeem Tiyamiu, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has disbanded the Zonal Intervention Squad in Ogun. Represented by a Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), Peter Ogunyonwo, the IGP disclosed this when he accompanied Gov. Dapo Abiodun on a visit to the parents of the deceased on…
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Mother, daughter, three others burnt as tanker explodes in Ogun
A woman, her daughter and a vulcaniser suffered varying degrees of burns after a petrol-laden tanker fell and exploded at Atatun, Ijaiye-Tutun, in Abeokuta on Friday evening. According to an eyewitness, the victims were immediately rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta. No fewer than five houses and several shops were burnt in the…
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59 perish in Lagos, Ogun ghastly accidents
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Zone RS2 Command, comprising Ogun and Lagos States, says it has recorded 59 deaths from road traffic accidents in the states. The Zonal Commanding Officer, Mr Samuel Obayemi, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday in Lagos. Obayemi said that the…
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BREAKING: Ogun takes lead, approves Amotekun bill
The Ogun State Government has approved the proposal for the creation of the Western Nigeria Security Network, Amotekun, in the state. The approval for the region’s security outfit codenamed ‘Operation Amotekun’ was given at the State Executive Council meeting held at the Executive Chamber of the Governor’s office, Oke Mosan, Abeokuta. The state governor’s Chief…
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Road accidents claim 31 lives in Ogun
The Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) in Ogun, said that no fewer than 31 persons died in various road accidents across the state during the Christmas and New year period. Mr Babatunde Ajayi, Director, Traffic Planning, Research and Statistics, TRACE, made this known in a statement in Abeokuta on Saturday. Ajayi noted that the…
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Two vehicles burn as petrol tanker explodes in Ogun
A tanker loaded with 33,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit leaked some of the inflammable product it was conveying around Ajileti, on Idiroko road, Ogun State, causing a fire that burnt two vehicles beyond recognition. The Idiroko unit Command of Federal Road Safety Corps, on Saturday, told News Agency of Nigeria in Ota, Ogun, that…
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BREAKING: Ogun council chairman-nominee dies hours to screening
Saibu Adeosun Mulero, the chairman-nominee for the caretaker committee in Ipokia local government area of Ogun State is dead. He died hours to his screening by the House of Assembly. He was one of the chairman-nominees for the 20 local government transition committees in Ogun State appointed by Governor Dapo Abiodun last week. The Ogun…
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Lone accident kills 3 on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
The Ogun Command of Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC) on Saturday said that three persons died while three others sustained injuries in an accident that involved a vehicle around Lufuape,near AP Turning Point,on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Mr Clement Oladele,Ogun Sector Commander of FRSC,told News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in Ota,Ogun,that the lone accident happened at about 3.47 p.m.…