Tag: Ogun
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APC planning to rig election with thugs in Ogun – Adebutu
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ogun, Ladi Adebutu, has accused All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state of planning to rig Saturday’s governorship and house of assembly elections with thugs. Adebutu made the allegation while addressing hundreds of PDP supporters at a mega rally in Abeokuta on Wednesday.
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Police rescue kidnapped Ogun journalist after 45-minute gun battle
The police in Ogun rescued a journalist, Oluseun Oduneye, from his kidnappers after a gun battle which lasted for 45 minutes. Oduneye, who’s the publisher of Issues Magazine, was kidnapped at Mobalufon area of Ijebu Ode on Thursday.
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PDP’s Adebutu remains our governorship candidate, says Ogun Accord Party
Accord Party in Ogun says there is no going back in the adoption of Mr Ladi Adebutu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as its candidate for the March 18 governorship election. Alhaji Tajudeen Olayokun, the state Chairman of Accord Party, said this
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BVAS failed to recognise, accredit ex-Ogun gov, Osoba
A former Governor of Ogun, Chief Olusegun Osoba, has expressed disappointment over his inability to vote on Saturday during the 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections in the state. Osoba’s inability to vote followed the repeated failures of the BVAS machine to recognise and accredit him for voting.
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Suicide victim in Ogun state was not our customer – LAPO MfB
Contrary to the allegation in a trending video on social media and reported in some newspapers, the woman in Ogun State who reportedly took her life over her inability to pay back a loan was not a customer of LAPO Microfinance Bank Limited (LAPO MFB). From our preliminary findings, which we are confident will be…
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2023: I‘ll unseat Abiodun with Amosun’s support, says Otegbeye
Mr. Biyi Otegbeye, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Governorship candidate in Ogun, says with the support of former Gov. Ibikunle Amosun, he will defeat incumbent Gov. Dapo Abiodun in the forthcoming governorship election. Otegbeye, who claimed that he was enjoying the backing of Amosun for his candidacy, made the assertions on Tuesday while addressing newsmen…
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Go after killers of Ogun couple, Gov. Abiodun directs police
Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun has given a marching order to Ogun Police Command to go after the killers of a couple, Kehinde and Bukola Fatinoye. Abiodun stated this in a statement issued in Abeokuta
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3 arrested over alleged attempt to kill policeman in Ogun
The Police Command in Ogun says it has arrested three suspects over an alleged attempt to kill a police officer, Akinpelu Sunday, while carrying out his duties at Orile Imo in Obafemi- Owode Local Government Area of the state. SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO)
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49-year-old man caught while bathing with blood
Ogun state Police Command arrested a 49-year-old man identified as Ganiyu Shina on Thursday for bathing with blood at a community river in Kotopo area of Odeda local government in Ogun State. The suspect was
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ADC has no pact with any political party – National Chairman
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has dismissed the report that it has opted to work with another political party for the 2023 general elections because it no longer has candidates. National Chairman of the party, Chief Ralph Nwosu, made this known at a news conference on Monday in Abeokuta. He described the report as “false in…