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Asa is an agrarian community in the Yewa region of Ogun state. It is one of the many villages that share boundaries with the Republic of Benin in the local government. While its proximity to the francophone country through one of the porous borders is less than five kilometres, its distance to Ilaro, the adjudged capital of Yewaland is about 40 kilometres. Apart from the fact that a few people in the community own motorbikes, which some of them use for commercial purposes, there is little or no sign of modernism in Asa, Ibeku, Agbon-Ojodu, Iselu and other surrounding c...

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has warned the people of the State that they should never allow misunderstanding to descend into violence as recently witnessed in some communities in the State. Governor Abiodun, who gave the warning when the Committee on Farmer/Herders Conflict, submitted its report to him in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, noted that the recent farmers/ herders conflict in some parts of the State negatively affected the peaceful nature which the state was noted for. While saying urgent steps needed to be taken to address the menace, ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 2:54 am  Residents of Igbokofin and Asaga in the Yewa-North Local Government Area of Ogun State have kicked against alleged encroachment into the communities by government of Benin Republic . The residents said the encroachment by Benin Republic into communities in Nigeria was wrong. They said the neighbouring country had been making the attempt for a while without any serious response from Nigerian government. Our correspondent, who watched a video clip, gathered that Benin Republic graded a road from that country to Nigeria. A man, who later identified h...

10 min read Bose Esho, an 18-year-old mother of two, is yet to come to terms with the sad reality. On this year’s Valentine’s Day, armed men suspected to be herders killed her 40-year-old husband, Sanya Esho. A commercial motorcyclist and an indigene of Eggua in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State, Mr Esho and another young man were waylaid and murdered on February 14 while riding on their motorcycles. The other victim, identified simply as Olawale, hailed from Agbon village but ran a motorcycle spare parts shop in Eggua. “We were preparing to formalise their ...

9 min read Bose Esho, an 18-year-old mother of two, is yet to come to terms with the sad reality. On this year’s Valentine’s Day, armed men suspected to be herders killed her 40-year-old husband, Sanya Esho. A commercial motorcyclist and an indigene of Eggua in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State, Mr Esho and another young man were waylaid and murdered on February 14 while riding on their motorcycles. The other victim, identified simply as Olawale, hailed from Agbon village but ran a motorcycle spare parts shop in Eggua. “We were preparing to formalise their r...