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Views: Visits 12 Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday declared his support to the quest the first Nigerian gold medalist at the 1996 Olympics Games at the Atlanta, USA, Chioma Ajunwa to float a Sporting Foundation. Ajunwa, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, is the founder of Chioma Ajunwa Foundation, which seeks to encourage youth participation in sports as a way of discouraging crime....

Vanguard News Kidnapping: Obasanjo cautions FG on payment of ransom On James Ogunnaike, ABEOKUTA Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday cautioned the federal government to stop paying ransom to kidnappers and banditry, saying that payment of ransom will encourage the criminals that engage in the dastardly act. Obasanjo, who spoke while receiving members of Tiv Professionals Group (TPG) led by Prof Zacharys Anger Gundu at his Penthouse residence at Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Librar...

Views: Visits 8 Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo …says 2023 must birth a new federation James Ogunnaike, ABEOKUTA Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday cautioned the federal government to stop paying ransom to kidnappers and banditry, saying that payment of ransom will encourage the criminals that engage in the dastardly act. Obasanjo, who spoke while receiving members of Tiv Professionals Group (TPG) led by Prof Zacharys Anger Gundu at his Penthouse reside...

Views: Visits 6 By Dapo Akinrefon and James Ogunnaike THE Police, yesterday, clashed with members of Ilana Omo Oodua in Abeokuta, Ogun State during a rally organised to drum-up support for the actualisation of Yoruba nation. The group, under the leadership of Professor Banji Akintoye, is the leading organisation agitating for the emergence of Yoruba nation. Ogun Police Command, in a statement by its spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, had banned the rally, alleging that it was...

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun at the weekend allayed the fears of the state civil servants over the rumour making the rounds that the government was planning to stop the minimum wage

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has disclosed that, some of the yet to be occupied housing estates built by his predecessor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun have become den of miscreants. Abiodun attributed this to the high price tag placed on the houses by the past administration and condemned the previous government for wasting the state resources on projects that had no meaningful impact of the lives of the people. The governor spoke at the third Session of the ...

Vanguard News OGSIEC releases local government election timetable On By James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta The Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) in its released timetable for the elections into the offices of Chairmen and Councillors in the twenty local government areas of the state, stated it will hold on Saturday 24 July, 2021. A press release signed by the Chairman, OGSIEC, Mr Babatunde Osibodu, stated that as part of the commission’s efforts to ensure a free and fair elector...

Views: Visits 10 By James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta The Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) in its released timetable for the elections into the offices of Chairmen and Councillors in the twenty local government areas of the state, stated it will hold on Saturday 24 July, 2021. A press release signed by the Chairman, OGSIEC, Mr Babatunde Osibodu, stated that as part of the commission’s efforts to ensure a free and fair electoral process, a press briefing has been sl...

We will continue to put necessary infrastructure to fight insecurity ― Abiodun On By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has restated the commitment of his administration to continue to put in place necessary security infrastructure for a more robust economy and better future for the people of the state. Abiodun said this when he received the new Brigade Commander, 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala Barracks, Abeokuta, Brigadier General Adewale Abiodun Adekoya, in h...

By James Ogunnaike ABEOKUTA – Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has commiserated with the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, over the demise of his brother, Ciroman Sokoto, Buhari Abubakar III Abubakar died last Thursday at the age of 67. He is survived by two wives and many children. In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Abiodun, Kunle Somorin, on Sunday, the governor described the late Ciroman Sokoto as an astute administrator, erudite academic and religious leade...