News from States
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VIDEO: Gov. Abiodun bags Silverbird Man of the Year 2023 Award
Video: Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun received the prestigious Silverbird Man of the Year 2023 Award at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos State. March 2024.
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VIDEO: Lagos gives 4-day relocation notice to squatters on Lagos Coastal road, Lekki
Following the indiscriminate springing up of shanties and illegal structures, the Lagos State Government on Sunday issued a four-day relocation notice to all squatters occupying illegal shanties around the Lagos coastal road in the Mayegun, Lekki area of Lagos. Speaking with newsmen after an inspection tour to Jakande, Elegushi itedo, System 156 and 44 on Orchid Road, HC MOE&WR, Tokunbo…
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2000 persons register for free hearing kits in Ogun
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta No fewer than 2000 persons have been registered for the 2024 Free World Hearing Day exercise at the weekend in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The Special Assistant on Media to the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. The exercise under the aegis of Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation was done to commemorate the…
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How Osoba facilitated my emergence as Alake – Oba Gbadebo
Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta The Alake and Paramount Ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo at the weekend disclosed that the former Governor of Ogun State and National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Olusegun Osoba, contributed to his emergence as the traditional ruler of the town. Oba Gbadebo disclosed this while speaking at the special award and luncheon as…
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How Ewekoro LGA made Ogun first in non-oil revenue generation, Gov. Abiodun
Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta The presence of limestone in large quantities in Ewekoro Local Government is responsible for Ogun State contributing 36 out of the 38 per cent of revenue generated into the non-oil sector coffers of the Federal Government, Governor Dapo Abiodun has said. The governor made this known at the palace of the Olu of Itoriland, Oba Abdul-Fatai Akorede…
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Obasanjo, Obi, others visit Egbaland Chief Imam
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has described the Chief Imam of Egbaland, Sheikh Alh. Muhammed Sa’ad Alade Bamgbola has one whose life continues to be a testimony to the possibility of living as an adherent of one religion. He acknowledged the need for religious tolerance and harmony in a multi-religious nation like Nigeria. The former Nigerian…
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Shettima to declare open expanded national MSMEs business clinic in Ogun
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta The Vice President, Kashim Shettima will on Tuesday declare open the Expanded National Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Business Clinics in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Shettima will embark on a one-day visit to Ogun State on Tuesday. The event will be held at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta. The Expanded National MSMEs Business Clinic…
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PDP’s ghost worker cartel fighting NIN requirement for Kwara workers – YDC
The Youth for Democracy and Change (YDC) has accused the Kwara PDP of resisting the state government’s efforts to fish out ghost workers because it (the PDP) is operating a ghost worker cartel. In a statement by its Director of Media and Publicity, Abdulbaki Kure, on Saturday, the pro-democracy group, YDC lambasted a PDP self-styled pro-democracy group, Kwara Sustainable Development…
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Beware of impostors, Atiba ruling house reaffirms claim to Alaafin’s throne
Following what they described as the antics of people posing as members of their lineage, descendants of the Atiba Ruling House in Oyo town of Oyo State have reaffirmed their claim to the vacant stool of the Alaafin. The Atiba ruling house, therefore, urged the government to be wary of those it called impostors as the struggle to enthrone a…
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