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Ifasoji Ayangbesan, a suspected ritualist recently arrested by the police for his alleged involvement in the killing of a 26-year-old woman, Oyindamola Adeyemi in Ogun State, has confessed that he only bought the victim’s legs at N20,000. The 35-year-old Ayangbesan had been on the run since January when his other …

Four hoodlums have been arrested with a pistol and a knife while on their way to polling units in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The hoodlums were arrested at Sapon in Abeokuta-South Local Government Area as the governorship and state house of assembly elections were commencing on Saturday morning. A soldier …

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two brothers, Ayomide Babatunde and Gbenga Babatunde, for allegedly kidnapping a woman and her nine-year-old son for ritual purpose.   The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this on Friday in a statement.   Oyeyemi said the …

Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has signed the 2023 budget into law. Signing the N472,250,694,447.57b Appropriations Bill as passed earlier by the State House of Assembly, on Thursday, Abiodun said he would ensure full implementation of all the items on the bill to sustain the momentum of Building Our Future …

The Ogun State House of Assembly on Thursday passed the 2023 appropriation bill. The lawmakers passed a total of N472,250,694,447.57 as the 2023 budget, as presented by Governor Dapo Abiodun almost one month ago. However, the Assembly made some adjustments in the recurrent and capital estimates as well as the …

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has approved the appointment of five new permanent secretaries in the state civil service.   This is contained in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Kunle Somorin, on Friday in Abeokuta.   Somorin said the new appointees would fill the …

  A 49 years old man, Ganiyu Shina of No 4, Oguji street, Obantoko Abeokuta, was on Thursday, 15th of December 2022, arrested by men of Ogun state Police Command for bathing with blood at a community river in kotopo area of Odeda local government .   The suspect was …

Family members of a woman, Rosemary Obidinma, who reside in Ibafo, in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, have cried out after she did not return home from her shop on Tuesday. Newsextra24 gathered that the mother of five spoke to her first child, Daniel, that evening on her …

A shop assistant, Nojeem Ogundele, who lost N350,000 to a fraudster at Wema Bank, Aiyetoro branch, Ogun State, has accused the bank of nonchalance in helping him to retrieve the money. Newsextra24 learnt that the incident happened around 1pm on October 12 when Ogundele’s boss, Obi Emmanuel, sent him to deposit …

Two yet-to-be-identified persons have been burnt to death, and others severely injured after a petrol laden tanker exploded in the early hours of Thursday at the toll gate area of Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, Ogun state. Some vehicles and properties were also destroyed by the fire. Emergency responders are currently at the …