The management of Gateway (ICT) Polytechnic Saapade has called for stronger collaboration among security agencies, traditional rulers, youth leaders, landlords and residents to tackle rising insecurity affecting students and host communities around the institution. The call was made during a security summit 3rd in its series held at the Academic…
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The Ogun State Police Command has foiled a truck hijacking operation in Ijebu Imushin area of the state and recovered a stolen DAF truck alongside a wooden-fabricated rifle allegedly used by the suspects. According to the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, the incident occurred in…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has announced plans to conduct a comprehensive power audit to determine the state’s actual electricity consumption and improve supply efficiency. The governor made this known during an unscheduled visit to the 4-megawatt gas-fired Independent Power Plant in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, on Wednesday. Speaking during the…
The Ogun State Police Command has dismissed as misleading a publication titled “Ogun Police, Tenants and the Peril of Criminalising Civil Disputes,” insisting that the matter in question was investigated strictly as a criminal complaint bordering on assault and conduct likely to cause breach of peace. In a statement issued…
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, Ogun state branch has congratulated the Honourable Chief Judge of Ogun State, Hon. Justice Mosunmola Arinola Dipeolu, FICMC, FHNR, on the occasion of her birthday. In a congratulatory message signed by the chairman, JUSUN Ogun State Branch, Comrade Lion Ajiboye Olanrewaju Tunji, the union,…
The Nigeria Immigration Service has dismissed claims of irregularities in its passport application and payment process, describing them as false and misleading. In a statement, the Service Public Relations Officer, Akinsola Akinlabi, says all passport applications and payments are processed exclusively through the official portal. The Service stresses that it…
ABEOKUTA – In what political analysts are calling a definitive shift in Ogun State’s 2027 power dynamics, APC chieftain Rev. Olusola Salau has issued a glowing commendation of Armstrong Tope Akintunde following the thunderous official inauguration of the Yayi Progressive Movement (YPM). The event, which took place on Sunday, May…
The Coordinator of the Yayi Progressives Movement (YPM), Hon. Olusegun Kaka, has dismissed widespread rumours alleging that casualties were recorded during Sunday’s inauguration of the group held at Ake Palace in Abeokuta, describing the claims as false and misleading. In a statement issued by the State Media Director of the…
The first batch of Muslim pilgrims from Ogun State has safely arrived in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the 2026 Hajj exercise, marking a historic milestone for the state’s aviation and pilgrimage operations. The pilgrims touched down at King Abdulaziz International Airport at about 4:15 a.m. (Nigerian time), following…
…vows to mobilise highest votes for Tinubu’s re-election An Ogun State-based political group, Yayi Progressives Movement (YPM), has announced a N1billion donation and unveiled 27 branded buses to support the 2027 governorship ambition of the All Progressives Congress (APC) consensus governorship candidate, Senator Solomon Adeola, in the state. The twin…