Tag: Ogun
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Two dead, four injured in road accident in Ogun
The Ogun Command of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Friday said that two persons died while four others sustained injuries in an accident at Nasfat Area, Atan-Idiroko Road. The Ogun Sector Commander of FRSC, Mr Clement Oladele, said that the accident which involved a Toyota Camry car and a motorcycle happened at about 12.20…
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Tragedy as hit-and-run driver crushes two to death in Ogun
A hit-and-run motorist has crushed two persons to death at the Ijagun junction on the Sagamu-Ore Expressway in the Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area of Ogun State. The Route Commander, Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun State, Florence Okpe, revealed this in a statement on Thursday. Okpe stated that the accident happened around 4.30pm.…
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Ogun blessed with people shaping Nigeria for good – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that God had been kind to Ogun State by blessing her with men and women of honour; who have helped to make the state and Nigeria great in many ways. Obasanjo, himself a two-time leader of the country, said it was not for fun that his home state was…
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Trouble in Ogun APC as Osoba group rejects Abiodun’s commissioner-nominees’ list
Crisis is brewing in the Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as members of the Aremo Segun Osoba political camp on Sunday rejected the commissioner-nominees’ list sent to the state House of Assembly by Governor Dapo Abiodun. Osoba’s loyalists said they were not only dismayed that the commissioner-nominees’ list negated the promise…
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Gov. Abiodun appoints Chokor Head of Service
Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun has appointed Mrs Ajibola Chokor as the new Head of Service in the state. This is contained in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Saturday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Kunle Somorin. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the former Head of Service, Lanre Bisiriyu,…
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Fake doctor kills woman during illegal abortion in Ogun state
The Police in Ogun State have arrested a 56-year-old fake doctor for allegedly conducting an illegal abortion that killed one Kehinde Olakitan. The suspect identified as Salahudeen Jamiu was October 24 at his hospital, Mojisola Maternity Clinic, after the woman’s husband filed a complaint at Onipanu Division in Ogun State. It was gathered that the…
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Photo: Police raid, arrest operators of teenage ‘baby factory’ in Ogun
A brothel where underage girls are camped and sexually exploited has been uncovered by detectives attached to the Federal Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (FCIID) Alagbon in Ikoyi. The place known as Dafog Hotel in Shimawa, a Lagos-Ogun border community, was discovered on Wednesday and 14 women, two men were arrested. According to a report…
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Truck kills woman on commercial motorcycle
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Sunday, confirmed the killing of a woman in an accident on Toll Gate-Sango Ota in Ogun. Mr Akeem Ganiyu, the Sango-Ota Unit Commander of FRSC, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota that the accident happened at about 12.45 am. on Sunday. Ganiyu explained that a…
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4 deaths, 14 auto crashes recorded in Ogun – TRACE Corps
The Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) in Ogun has said that four deaths were recorded from 14 auto crashes within the state between Oct. 6 and Oct. 12. This was contained in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Saturday by Mr Babatunde Ajayi, the Director, Planning, Research and Statistics, TRACE, who said that 36…
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280 die in 569 road crashes in Ogun – FRSC
The Ogun Command of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Friday said that 280 people died in 569 Road Traffic Crashes in the state from January till date. Mr Clement Oladele, Ogun Sector Commander of FRSC, made this known at the 2019 Annual Public Enlightenment Campaign of Sango-Ota FRSC Unit at Iju Garage,Ogun. The Theme…