Ogun State

July 23, (THEWILL) - Like Lagos State, Ogun State has announced a statewide restriction of movement on Saturday, July 24, 2021, to enhance the smooth and peaceful conduct of the local government elections scheduled to take place this weekend. A...

July 20, (THEWILL) - Ogun State was created from the old Western State on February 3, 1976. It has Abeokuta as its capital and largest city.  Located in South Western Nigeria, Ogun State covers 16,762 square kilometres.  It borders Lagos State...

July 06, (THEWILL) - The Senate has condemned what it described as the “unlawful” encroachment and arrest of Nigerians by the authorities of the Republic of Benin. The Upper Chamber, however, directed its Committees on Foreign Affairs, Judiciary, Human Rights...

June 30, (THEWILL) - The Ogun State Government has asked the residents of five local government areas already identified as flood-prone zones to relocate to a safer place to avert imminent disaster. The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted heavy rainfall...

June 20, (THEWILL)- A serving officer of a law enforcement agency, Popoola Abayomi, and his agent, a commercial motorcycle “Okada” operator, have been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for selling assorted illicit drugs to students...

June 13, (THEWILL)- Police operatives from  Ogun State Command, have arrested a 35-year-old housewife, Blessing Agoro, for allegedly selling her two daughters. Mrs. Agoro is alleged to have sold her two daughters, Semilore Agoro (four), and Deborah Agoro (two), for...

June 11, (THEWILL)- Ogun State’s Governor Dapo Abiodun has donated 55 patrol vehicles and equipment to the police. The Governor presented the vehicles and other equipment to the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, on Friday in Abeokuta. Abiodun described...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 25, (THEWILL) – A cross-section of rights activists, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and residents along the Lagos/Ogun borders has praised Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Ogun Governor Dapo Abiodun for their thoughtfulness in the Memoranda of Understanding (MoU)...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 24, (THEWILL) – Lagos and Ogun states on Monday signed an agreement to set up a joint development commission. The agreement for the commission was signed in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital by Lagos State's Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 23, (THEWILL) – gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have stormed Ogun State, abducting four persons in separate operations between Wednesday and Saturday. The first victim of the abduction, Mrs. B.L. Abimbola, the Deputy Director, Information Communication Technology,...