Ogun

President Muhammadu Buhari has relaxed the COVID-19 induced lockdown in Lagos, Ogun, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with effect from May 4. He revealed this during a nationwide broadcast on the COVID-19 situation in the country, while announcing a 14-day total lockdown of Kano State. According to him, the ...

A man identified as Keji Osunjirin, in Abeokuta, Ogun State, has been arrested after he set his wife alight by pouring petrol he brought home in a jerry can on her because she attends a family party he warned her not to attend. His wife died in the hospital from ...

Sympathisers wept profusely in Arepo area of Ogun State yesterday as no fewer than 110 suspected petroleum pipeline vandals were roasted to death. The incident occurred along the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline. According to LEADERSHIP ,the vandals were scooping fuel when it ignited the fire, which raged for ...

47-year-old suspected child kidnapper Nurudeen Badmus has been apprehended after he tried to kidnap four girls between 9-16 years, from their village in Abudu community, Iyana Ilogbo, Ado-Odo Ota in Ogun State on Monday April 13th. According to PM News, Badmus was apprehended after an acquaintance of one of the ...

A 24-year-old commercial motorcyclist who confessed to being a member of a kidnap syndicate that specialised in abducting their victims from Ogun and Lagos states, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Special Anti Robbery Squad. The suspect, Taiwo Akilo, was arrested at the weekend while on the ...

The arrival of a baby in every home heralds joy. But this was not the case for Mr. Mudashiru Sheriffdeen of Bosun Street, Ifo in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State. The wife, Taiwo, was on Tuesday delivered of a baby boy who had no arms. The baby ...

A 13-year-old bar attendant, Ezekiel Emmanuel, who was allegedly set ablaze by his boss for stealing N1,500 in the Akoka, Ibafo area of Ogun State, has died in the hospital. Read story here . The Ogun State Police Command was searching for the bar manager, Mr. Bidemi Shittu, who allegedly ...

The Ogun State Police Command is presently searching for a bar manager, Mr. Bidemi Shittu, who allegedly poured petrol on his 13-year-old attendant, Ezekiel Emmanuel, and set him ablaze. It was gathered that the manager took the action because the teenager reportedly stole N1,500 from him. PUNCH Metro learnt that ...

The fate of a lady, identified simply as Ifeoma, who is believed to be between 16 and 17 years old, has been giving residents of Ilaro, in the Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State, a cause for concern. It was said that she had been beaten and impregnated ...

A Female Police Officer, Funmilayo Balogun, has been arrested for stealing a Honda Accord car worth N5 million​,​ which�she sold to unsuspecting client. The 35-year-old suspect was on Wednesday paraded by the Ogun State Police Command. She was wearing a police uniform with the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police. ...

Tragedy struck at the Onikolobo area of Abeokuta, Ogun State on Saturday when a 33-year-old man, Oluwatosin Otaiku, stabbed himself to death after his fiancee, Olaogun Oluwatoyin, discontinued the relationship.According to Punch ,after the girlfriend made a U-turn, the deceased was said to have become worried, and this made neighbours, ...