Guaranty Trust Bank plc, GTBank, a foremost financial institution in Africa, has extended its annual One-on-One consultation for children with Autism and other developmental difficulties to Ogun State. The five day programme, which is free and open to the general public, began on Monday, April, 25, 2016 at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Kuto, in…
Ogun State coordinator of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, Coordinator, OPC, Alhaji Adesina Musedik Jimoh, has stressed that Otunba Gani Adams remains the “only authentic leader” of the Yoruba interest group. In a statement signed by him and obtained by Aproko247 further reiterated that there is “no vacancy in OPC.” Jimoh, reacting to a news…
Founder of City of Knowledge Academy, CKA, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Mrs Mosun Belo-Olusoga has asked government to direct the police to constitute patrol teams that would be going around schools and their environs nationwide. She gave the advice in her address of welcome at the official launch of CKA in Ijebu-Ode, saying such approach as…
Police in Ogun State have apprehended a fleeing member of the dreadful Boko Haram group from the northeast Nigeria. The suspect was said to have been nabbed by security forces in Mowe area of the state, a town very close to Lagos. Parading the suspect on Monday at the headquarters of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery…
In the spirit of love, sultry actress, Tonto Dikeh, has concluded plans to spend her Valentine’s Day with children of an orphanage home through her foundation. The Tonto Dikeh Foundation has over the years been involved in putting smiles on the faces of the less privileged in the society. On February 14, 2016, the Tonto…
Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Police has vowed to invite Fuji maestro, Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, better known as KWAM 1 or K1 De Ultimate, over the shooting of a female student of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU, Ago Iwoye in the wee hours of Sunday, October 11, 2015. The musician was in Ago Iwoye…
Former president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, on Wednesday, September 23, 2015, visited the Awolowo family house in Ikenne, Ogun State. Jonathan arrived the sleepy town alongside his wife, Dame Patience, to pay his condolence to the family over the loss of HID Awolowo, wife of the late Obafemi Awolowo, who died earlier this week. The former…
No fewer than two persons were feared dead on Monday in a clash between two rival cult groups in Ogun State. Our reporter gathered that the fight was between members of the Aiye and Eiye confraternities in Ago Odo and Elega area of Abeokuta, the state capital. It was further gathered that not less than…
ipeline According to a report by The Cable, scores of persons have lost their lives in a pipeline explosion that occurred in the early hours of Wednesday in Arepo, Ogun State. The reputable platform relied on information given to it by a source for its report. “Well over 100 people” involved in vandalisation pipelines and…
Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has embarked on a project aimed at alleviating poverty among youths of the state. The party carried out this programme under the Ward2Ward Initiative. The project tagged ‘Jonathan Ogun State Youth Empowerment Program’ is expected to have at least 3,000 beneficiaries to begin with. Several youths…