Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, on Thursday, signed into law, the Bill creating 37 new Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs in the state. The ceremony was witnessed in Abeokuta, the state capital, by members of his cabinet. In his speech shortly after signing the Bill into law, Amosun noted that the creation of the…
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has commended President Muhammadu Buhari and security agencies for the rescue of former Minister, Iyabo Anisulowo. Amosun received Anisulowo on Tuesday night at the Government House in Ibara, Abeokuta, shortly after she was rescued from her abductors. The governor thanked the President for his support and also appreciated security…
Former governor of Ogun State, Olusegun Osoba, on Sunday made a return to the party he left almost two years ago. Osoba left the APC for the Social Democratic Party, SDP, when the state governor, Ibikunle Amosun failed to handover the party’s structure to him. The loggerheads between the two leaders of the ruling party…
Ogun State governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has reiterated his administration’s commitment to diversify the economy of the state and create wealth for its people. Amosun made this known while receiving Atsuko Toda, Country Programme Manager of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Value Chain Programme in his office on Friday at Oke Mosan, Abeokuta. According…
Three Senators and seven out of the nine members of the House of Representatives from Ogun State have submitted their letters of defection to the National Assembly, NASS. Addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja, Senator Gbenga Kaka, who is the Chairman of Ogun State lawmakers in NASS, explained that the federal lawmakers from the state…
The distribution of the Permanent Voters Cards, PVC, in Ogun State has been extended by one day by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. This was announced on Sunday by the Commission following the several flops recorded during the earlier three days slated for the exercise. A statement issued on Sunday by the state Resident…
Ilese News Extra reports that the Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun is desperate to commission a model school project in the state capital, Abeokuta, despite warnings by builders that the school building may collapse if some precautionary measures are not taken. The medium claims it has some documents in its possession. Here is the report.…
The Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, has been shut by the state government. A statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Taiwo Adeoluwa, disclosed that the action was taken to forestall any possible breakdown of law and order in the state by the students, who recently protested against the reduction…