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Obasanjo commends Abiodun on OGWAMA, cleaner environment On By James Ogunnaike Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday commended the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, for establishing the Ogun State Waste Management Authority (OGWAMA) for proper sanitation of the state, saying that itwould lead to a cleaner environment. Chief Obasanjo gave the commendation when he played host to OGWAMA management team who were on a working visit to the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in Abeokuta. He said, by this singular act, Governor Abiodun has shown his determination to bequ...

Ogun to commission four new fire stations in May ― Gov Abiodun On By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has disclosed that his administration would by the middle of May 2021, commission four brand new Fire and Emergency Stations in Ifo, Ado-Odo-Ota, and Isheri parts of the state. Prince Abiodun who made this known while on an inspection tour of the Isheri Fire and Emergency Station, said the fire station which is almost 95 to 96 per cent completed is in fulfilment of his promise during the electioneering campaign to ensure that the state does not have to rel...

…How annulment of June 12, 1993 election affected Ogun State By James Ogunnaike Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, lamented the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, presumably won by late philanthropist, Moshood Kashimawo Abiola, blaming the annulment on ‘bad belle’, adding that ‘bad blood’ denied Abiola the top seat. Obasanjo said the annulment robbed Egbaland and Ogun State the rare privilege of having three of its prominent sons occupying the No. 1 leadership position in the country at different times till date, since Independence. Obasanjo spoke at ...

Our council chairmen will be elected, not selected ― Abiodun On By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has assured the people of the state that the forthcoming local government election will be free and fair. He added that the next council chairmen would not be appointed, but elected by the people. Prince Abiodun who made this known in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital while welcoming new members into the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), urged the new members to continue to work hard towards the continued development of the party and the state. “Very...

By Dayo Johnson, Ola Ajayi, Shina Abubakar Ojo, Rotimi Ojomoyela and James Ogunnaike Some Yoruba leaders, at the weekend, reacted with cautious optimism to the news that a coalition of northern groups was supporting the demand for the restructuring of the country but rejected zoning. “We keep our fingers crossed because this type of grandiloquent declarations are not new from the leadership   of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) which are the only known groups among those which issued the communiqué”, a chieftain of Afenifere and a member of the 201...