Abeokuta

Several passengers have reportedly been feared dead after a bus conveying travelers from Abeokuta, Ogun State, to Lagos crashed in Abule Egba, Lagos. According to reports, the accident occurred early this morning, April 3, while…

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has declared the 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections in Ogun State smooth and credible. Obasanjo expressed his views while speaking with journalists after casting his vote in…

Palpable fear has enveloped residents and traders of Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, as irate youths staged violent protests in many parts of the state capital. The protest reportedly started at Asero, Abeokuta, on Tuesday, by some…

Some suspected hoodlums, in the early hours of Thursday, burnt an office of the Independent National Electoral Commission at Iyana Mortuary lll in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital . Our correspondent gathered that the hoodlums,…

The Ogun State Police Command has denied the allegation that its men shot a 25-year-old student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Bakare Samuel, saying, the shooters were unknown gunmen. The police said the victim…

Another gas explosion has on Friday, May 21 occurred in the premises of CSCC construction yard, at Onikoko area of Abeokuta, Ogun State. The development comes barely 24 hours after a similar incident happened within the premises of…

A gas explosion on Tuesday have killed a technician and another yet-to-be identified person at Conference Hotel on Presidential Boulevard, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The explosion, which occurred around noon time, left three…

Israel Oluyemi Akojede and his wife, Esther Abake, who were married for 72 years, have died on the same day in Gbonagun Obantoko area of Abeokuta, Ogun State capital. According to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mr. Akojede died around…

A 14-year-old girl who was reported missing on Wednesday, September 16, has reportedly been raped and murdered. The victim, Faith Ifeoluwa Ojewoye was sent to refill a cooking gas cylinder on the fateful day. She returned home with the…

An Abeokuta high court has sentenced one Ugochukwu Obiakor to 25 years in prison for raping an 11-year-old girl on Wednesday, August 12. Obiakor, 36, who had pleaded not guilty to a one-count charge, was convicted for forcefully having…

A father identified as Babajide Olayemi, has cried out for justice after his pregnant daughter, Josephine Olayemi Odufowora and her unborn set of twins, died at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Idi-Aba, Abeokuta in June 2020. In an…

At least five people have been reported dead and property worth millions of naira destroyed on Friday night, as flood wreaked havoc in some parts of Abeokuta, Ogun State. The downpour, which started around 4p.m. and stopped by 9p.m,…

The Ogun State Police Command have arrested a suspected indian hemp merchant, with 114 bags of cannabis. The Command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspect, Noah Olaore, was arrested on December 29, 2017 in front…