Ota Gossip

The Chief of Staff to Gov Ibikunle Amosun, Tolu Odebiyi, has resigned his appointment. Odebiyi, who is the Senatorial Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Ogun West, resigned on Friday to pursue his senatorial ambition.

The Ifo Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, (FRSC) has advised sellers in Ogun to desist from selling goods on highways in order to avoid unnecessary loss of lives.

Preferred guber aspirant dumps APC in House of Reps The defection yesterday of four loyalists of Governor Ibikunle Amosun may have bode a leadership change in the Ogun State House of Assembly.

The Ogun State Police Command has taken the mother of one of the suspects, who allegedly raped a 13-year-old virgin while being unconscious, to court following a report on the incident by PUNCH Metro. PUNCH Metro had reported that the victim, who works as an apprentice nurse after school hours, was approached by one of the gang members while on the way to her workplace on November 16. It was learnt that the suspect blew an unknown substance into the victim’s eyes, which made her to lose consciousness after she had resisted his advances. It was gathered that the suspect carried the victim to an uncompleted building in the Baale area of Ajuwon, Ogun State, where his gang members were waiting for him. The victim, who spoke with PUNCH Metro, said she regained consciousness after the boys had taken their turns to rape her. The mother of the victim had told our correspondent that the Investigating Police Officer in charge of the case, whose name she gave as Inspector M...

The preferred governorship candidate of the Ogun State governor, Ibikunle Amosun, Adekunle Akinlade, has defected to the Allied People’s Movement (APM).

Five persons reportedly died while two others were injured when two cars collided at Orile Imo axis along the Siun-Sagamu-Abeokuta Road early on Tuesday morning.

A UPP governorship candidate in Ogun state, Olufemi Falana, has revealed why people of Ogun state should not vote for APC and PDP in 2019 

The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan on Monday granted a motion seeking for accelerated hearing in a suit challenging an order obtained by a faction of the Ogun State PDP chapter led by Sen. Buruji Kashamu.

An All Progressives Congress (APC) Chieftain in Ogun State, the Baagbile of Egbaland, Dr. Femi Majekodunmi, has appealed to Governor Ibikunle Amosun, to play the role of a statesman in resolving the controversy over the gubernatorial candidate of the party in the state.

A chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State and former member of the House of Representatives, Abiodun Abdul Balogun, spoke with ERNEST NWOKOLO on the post-primay crisis that has hit the All Progressives Congress (APC) and how it can be resolved.

This happened On Friday 23rd of Nov at iyana iyesi bus stop by 5pm ... A man was caught when packing a sand of someone foot step on the road side.

In democracy, politics is a game of numbers, you either lose or win. And this is not an exception to the rank and file of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ogun state chapter.

Numeric Global Exchange (nGE), a financial interest group promoting Cryptocurrency in Nigeria has reiterated the need for more Nigerians to be involved in the electronic currency trade like The Billion Dollar (TBC) and Bitcoin

Two women have been beaten to a pulp by the men of the Ogun State Police Command attached to the Lafenwa Division in Abeokuta, the state capital.

An Abeokuta High Court on Thursday, sentenced two men, Agbaraojo Abolore, 39, and Adeniyi Dada, 32, to death by hanging for armed robbery.

Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has questioned  Senator Buruji Kashamu as its governorship candidate for the 2019 general elections. Sen. 

A faction of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which conducted the primary election that produced Oladipupo Adebutu as the party’s governorship candidate for the 2019 polls, says Senator Buruji Kashamu will not fly the party’s flag in Ogun State next year.

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun,  has rejected  Governor Ibikunle Amosun’s loyalists’ conditions for peace in the party.

No fewer than  11 persons  lost their lives  as a boat conveying 29 passengers  capsized on Tafa River, Maun 2 in Ipokia Local Government  Area of Ogun State.

The Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Buruji Kashamu has replaced Adeleke Shittu as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of next year’s elections in the state.

The Sango-Ota Unit Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Friday, appealed to corporate organisations to partner with it to ensure the success of safety education campaign schools in the state.

The Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) has resolved not to contest in the 2019 governorship election in Ogun State. Instead, the party said it will support the candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Rotimi Paseda, in the election.

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State, Mr Dapo Abiodun, has called for unity of purpose among party members.

An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun on Wednesday sentenced a 29-year-old man, Dotun Akande, to one year in prison for N935.000 belonging to Orisun Microfinance Bank.

Laide Raheem, Abeokuta Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate in Ogun State, Rotimi Paseda, has assured traditional rulers in the state of his readiness to strengthen the traditional institution, if elected governor come 2019.

Labour Party (LP) in Ogun State on Monday said it may concede its gubernatorial ticket to Governor Ibikunle Amosun’s candidate, Adekunle Akinlade.

Two lecturers of Tai Solarin College of Education (TASCE), Omu-Ijebu, Ogun State can now heave a sigh of relief, just as National Industrial Court (NIC) sitting in Abeokuta, the state capital, has nullified their suspension by the institution’s authorities.

Prison inmates numbering 35 have registered in Ogun State for the 2018 National Examination Council (NECO).

The Ogun Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Tuesday said that no fewer than 237 persons died in road crashes within the last 10 months in the state.

Billionaire businessman and Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Buruji Kashamu, has many battle to fight – past and present.

HAPPY WEEKEND TO YOU ALL  OUR SUNDAY BEST IS MIKE ADEKUNLE. Mike Adekunle is a passionate gospel music minister and a song writer. He is the founder of a worship ministry “Preachers Of Goodnews – P.O.G”. Mike Adekunle is set to release a new song titled “ALL POWER” ft P.O.G & DAVID DESTINY

A suspected member of a five-man robbery gang known to have been terrorising residents of Ogun State, was shot dead by the police on Friday.

A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo,  has endorsed the Ogun State governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress,  Prince Gboyega Isiaka, describing him as “good, credible and worthy candidate” to govern the state in 2019.

Two men, Anoto Tunde and Sholedolu Sadiq, on Thursday appeared in an Ota Magistrates’Court in Ogun for allegedly smoking hemp publicly and disturbing public peace. They were, however, released on bail in the sum of N40, 000.

A group, Ogun Youth Assembly (OYA), has declared its support for the governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Ogun State, Gboyega Nasir Isiaka, describing him as the best man for the job.

The Olu of Ilaro, His Royal Majesty Oba Gbadewole Olugbenle has said the 25th Oronna Ilaro Festival billed for 10th to 18th will raise the bar in the tourism sector of Ogun state.

We all have been witnesses to the truncation of the country’s development, as successive governments disband, ignore and generally discontinue the development projects of their predecessors. Of all the sectors, the one most frequently truncated and abused is the one with the most potent and enduring effect in the lives of the people, because it is the production of visions and truth beyond the immediate legacies of hard lies and faulty infrastructural projects etc:

Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun Command has shot one person dead in an ambush with some suspected smugglers at Ebute along Ilaro-Ojodan, Yewa North Local Government Area of the state.

Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun has ordered immediate employment of 30 medical doctors and 100 nurses into the state civil service within the next two weeks.

Police in Ogun State have arrested nine members of a cross-border robbery gang, which included three siblings.

FEMI OYEWESO in this report writes that the bad blood generated following the outcome of the recently held primary elections of the Ogun State chapter of All Progressives Congress is threatening its prospect in the forthcoming general elections

Twenty-six aggrieved House of Assembly candidates picked by Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun to run under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have demanded for Justice from the National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, to respect the outcome of the legislative primaries and submit their names to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

A 31-year-old man, Nwosu Patrick, who allegedly damaged an uncompleted four-bedroom flat, was on Tuesday brought before an Ota Magistrates ‘ Court in Ogun.

Sango Ota – A 42-year-old man, Adebanji Adeniyi, was on Monday brought before an Ota Senior Magistrates’ Court in Ogun for allegedly collecting N380, 000 under false pretences. Adeniyi, who lives at No. 18, Ogunrinde St., Iyana-Iyesi, Ota, is facing a count charge of fraud.

Sango-Otta     The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved more Postgraduate programmes for The Bells University of Technology in Ota, Ogun State.

THE Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to ignore the party’s National Chairman, Uche Secondus.

The Presiding Bishop of Rhema Christian Church & Towers (RCC&T), Taiwo Akinola has called on government to work out mechanisms to absorb the high inflation rate the new minimum wage canvassed by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) would usher in when implemented.

The Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun, has again attacked the National Chairman of his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.

A former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has appreciated his nomination to stand for election as the Peoples Democratic Party candidate for Ogun East Senatorial District.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Ogun State, yesterday, disclosed that no fewer than  567,637 Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, were yet to be collected  by residents of the state ahead of 2019 general elections.