Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has instituted a N500m soft loan scheme for artisans and traders across the state. The governor, who announced this at the 2023 International Community Day and World Trade Day celebration held at the M.K.O. Abiola Stadium, Kuto, Abeokuta, said the soft loan, which would…
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Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Wednesday visited the Ogun State office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to commiserate with staff members over the death of the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Barrister Niyi Ijalaye. Governor Abiodun, while addressing the staff, noted that Barrister Ijalaye will…
Succour is on the way for motorists plying the Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta Expressway as the contracting firm, Craneburg, has moved to the site to begin the reconstruction of the ever-busy road. The flag-off/turning of the sod for the reconstruction will take place on Friday, 23 August. It will be performed by the…
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Ogun State, Barrister ‘Niyi Ijalaye is dead. It was reliably gathered that the Ogun REC slumped and died in Abuja on Monday evening after a meeting of RECs at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. A source at the…
Ogun State has joined the league of rice-producing states in the country with the flagging off of the harvest of 200 hectares of farmland at Magboro Rice Farm in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state. The farm is the brainchild of the Ogun State Economic Transformation Project, supported by…
Ogun State Government has declared Tuesday, August 20th, as public holiday to celebrate this year’s Isese day, in line with Dapo Abiodun-led administration’s firm belief in religious inclusivity. According to a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Strategy, Hon. Kayode Akinmade, the work-free day…
The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) Abeokuta Branch has strongly advocated for the inclusion of local content in the recently announced $500 million investment by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which aims to enhance power infrastructure along the Ogun-Lagos industrial corridor. In a statement signed by the Chairman of…
The Aspirant vying to occupy the number one seat in Abeokuta North Local Government, Honourable Olumuyiwa Famiji has promised to change the narrative for the people of the local government area in terms of poverty alleviation and bring onboard all round infrastructural and social amenities development if elected as chairman.…
…says Olokola Deep Sea Port, LNG Project Coming Soon Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday said the location of the proposed Zonal Office and Training School of the Nigeria Customs Service at the Gateway Agro-Cargo International Airport would serve as an avenue to improve the status of the…
On 14 August 2024, the attention of the Ogun State Government was drawn to the provisional attachment of three Nigerian government owned aircrafts in France by the Chinese company, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Ltd. (“Zhongshan”). Ogun State also learned of two orders of the Judicial Court of Paris dated…