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1 week ago | 
channelstv.com | Donatus Anichukwueze |Bidemi Bello
The governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, on Wednesday, unveiled the logo, theme song and mascot for the 22nd edition of the National Sports Festival tagged ‘Gateway Games’ slated to commence in the second week of May 2025. Represented by his deputy, Noimot Oyedele, at the event held at the cinema hall of the June 12 Cultural Centre in the state capital Abeokuta, the governor called for understanding, cooperation of all Nigerians to make the event a success.
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1 month ago | 
channelstv.com | Donatus Anichukwueze |Bidemi Bello
The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, has declared an outbreak of Lassa Fever in the state with a casualty. The commissioner said that the hemorrhaging viral fever recently claimed the life of a 25-year-old female National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member who fell sick in Ondo and was brought to one of the state’s secondary health facilities at Ijebu North Local Government where she died.
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1 month ago | 
channelstv.com | Donatus Anichukwueze |Bidemi Bello
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has raised an alarm against water borehole drillings at homes, declaring that repercussions of such action could be devastating. He lamented that the incessant construction of boreholes particularly in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, was as a result of failure of subsequent administrations to sustain the Oyan Dam project embarked on by his military administration in 1977.
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1 month ago | 
channelstv.com | Káyòdé Oyèró |Bidemi Bello
The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the death of four passengers in a lone accident along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The police spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, confirmed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta, the state capital, adding that other passengers on the bus sustained injuries. She said the accident occurred on Sunday night in the Alapako area, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area.
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1 month ago | 
channelstv.com | Emmanuel Egobiambu |Bidemi Bello
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has described the passing of Doyin Okupe Okupe as a “profound personal loss”. Okupe died on Friday morning at the age of 72 after a battle with illness, an incident the Ogun governor described as painful.
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1 month ago | 
channelstv.com | Emmanuel Egobiambu |Bidemi Bello
The Ogun State Government has shut two industries, Quantum Steel Industry in Ogijo, Sagamu Local Government, and Xinfeng Plastics Limited along the Lagos – Ibadan Expressway for Industrial accidents that resulted in alleged fatalities. A statement by the Ogun State Ministry of Environment says Quantum Steels was shut down for an Industrial explosion which resulted in fatalities with some victims still hospitalized.
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2 months ago | 
channelstv.com | Donatus Anichukwueze |Bidemi Bello
The Ogun State Police Command says four suspected kidnappers have been neutralised in a foiled kidnap attempt on the long bridge along the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway while others escaped with gunshot injuries. This was disclosed in a statement issued in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital by the police public relations officer, Omolola Odutola. She said operational weapons were recovered from the suspects while their victims were rescued unharmed.
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2 months ago | 
channelstv.com | Emmanuel Egobiambu |Bidemi Bello
Controversial singer and Zaazoo ze crooner, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has been arraigned before a Magistrate Court sitting in Abeokuta, for alleged assault on government officials. Portable reported himself at the Criminal Investigations Department (SCID), Lagos Command, on Wednesday after he was declared wanted by the Ogun Command.
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2 months ago | 
channelstv.com | Donatus Anichukwueze |Bidemi Bello
The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed that Habeen Okikiola, also known as Portable, has turned himself in at the State Criminal Investigation Department at Eleweran in Abeokuta, the state capital. His arrival was communicated in a press statement issued by the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, in Abeokuta on Wednesday.
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2 months ago | 
channelstv.com | Donatus Anichukwueze |Bidemi Bello
The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed that Habeen Okikiola, also known as Portable, has turned himself in at the State Criminal Investigation Department at Eleweran in Abeokuta, the state capital. His arrival was communicated in a press statement issued by the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, in Abeokuta on Wednesday.
