Senator Kashim Shettima, a former Governor of Borno State, has said that one of the leading presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, stood firmly with President Muhammadu Buhari even when his own people denied him prior to the 2015 elections. Shettima made this revelation during an interview on Channels…
Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the party, may not go unpunished over his comment “against” President Muhammadu Buhari. The Informant247 had reported that Tinubu during his visit to Ogun state, has told delegates of the party in the…
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 400-level student of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago Iwoye, Olabisi Oluwatimilehin, for allegedly knocking down a police Inspector, Idowu Moses, with his car. Oluwatimilehin was arrested on Wednesday “for making an attempt to kill the policeman on duty” along Ijebu-Ode/Ibadan road. Ogun police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi,…
Custodian of the deity inside the popular Olumo Rock in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, Chief Mrs. Sinatu Aduke Sanni, popularly known as ‘Iya Olumo’ is dead. Sanni, also known as the mother goddess of the tourist centre, died on Wednesday, reportedly at the age of 137 years. Her son, Solomon Adio, who confirmed her…
Some suspected cultists on Tuesday, engaged men of the Ogun State Police Command in Abeokuta during a supremacy battle between two rival cults. Seven suspected members of the cults, Eiye and Aiye, were reportedly arrested after the clash with the police. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement on Tuesday,…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has met three serving governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) behind closed doors in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Governors Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Seyi Makinde of Oyo and Samuel Ortom of Benue were all at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta on Monday. They had visited the Balogun Owu…
A 25-year-old class teacher at a primary school in Ago Iwoye area of Ogun State, Ayobami Oluwatobiloba Runsewe, has allegedly defiled a 13-year-old girl in his class. Runsewe was arrested Thursday following a report lodged at the Ago Iwoye police division by the minor’s mother. The mother had gone to the station with the victim…
The Ogun State Police have arrested a teacher, Ayobami Oluwatobiloba Runsewe, 25, for allegedly raping his 13-year-old pupil (identity withheld). The class teacher of nursery and primary school in Ago Iwoye, Ijebu North Local Government area of the state was caught on Thursday, May 19. The spokesperson of the state police command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi…
The police in Ogun State have arrested one Christian Peter, described as “a notorious wanted cultist and an armed robbery suspect.” Peter was arrested on Tuesday, having been on the wanted list of the command for some time. According to reports, the suspect was arrested while the DPO of Mowe division, CSP Folashade Tanaruno, was…
The Ogun State Police Command, Monday, arrested Ebenezer Adeshina, 25, for allegedly drugging and raping a 16-year-old girl in the state. It was gathered Adesina also took her nude picture for blackmail of N50,000 and threatened to expose her on social media. It was learnt the suspect met the unnamed young girl in 2021 as…
Three persons were on Saturday, arrested by the police for allegedly attacking and robbing a company in Ogijo, Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State. The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, identified the suspects as Shadrach Blessing (25 years), Edibo Peter (25 years) and Osuawgu Oyebuchi (27 years). Oyeyemi said their arrest…
The police in Ogun State have arrested “a notorious and murderous cultist,” who was accused of terrorising Abeokuta and Ifo environs. The suspect, who was identified by the State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, as Rotimi Adebiyi (a.k.a Paracetamol), was nabbed on Saturday. Oyeyemi said on Sunday that Adebiyi had been on the command’s…
A jealous lover has killed another man for allegedly dating his girlfriend in Ogun State. The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, who identified the lover as Alamu Aperin confirmed that he is a resident of Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of the State. While addressing newsmen on Thursday, Bankole said the incident occurred on…
Four persons were reportedly burnt beyond recognition when a commercial bus caught fire at the Fidiwo axis of the Lagos-Ibadan highway, Ogun State. It was gathered that the bus had a tyre burst, lost control, somersaulted and eventually went up in flames. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), while confirming the incident, said the crash…
A man said to be a mortuary attendant has been arrested in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, for cutting off the head of a deceased boy. The man, who was identified as Kushimo Lukman, was arrested by men of the Ogun State Government-owned security outfit, the So-Safe Corps on Tuesday morning. The So-Safe Corps said…
No fewer than nine suspected members of a kidnap syndicate terrorising the Abeokuta-Ayetoro road in the Abeokuta-North Local Government area of Ogun State were arrested by the State Police Command. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said this in a statement on Monday. Oyeyemi said the suspects were arrested in…
The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed that at least, nine men suspected to be kidnappers, have been apprehended in the state. The Informant247 gathered that the suspects were “members of a notorious kidnap syndicate terrorizing residents of Ogun State.” The command’s spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the syndicate used to operate along the Abeokuta-Ayetoro road,…
One person was on Friday burnt to death when a petrol-laden tanker crashed, spilled its content and went up in flames. The Informant247 Naija News gathered that the incident happened in the early hours of Friday, around Sango-Ota toll gate, a border between Lagos and Ogun States. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed that…
Students of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State, have called on the Ogun state command of the Police, as well as the Ogun State government to secure them from ceaseless invasion by gunmen who are suspected to be armed robbers. The students, most of whom live outside the school campus said their lives are at…
A middle-aged man, Sakiru Famuyiwa, has been accused of stealing two children during the Good Friday service at the Celestial Church of Christ Ijeja area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. According to reports, the suspect was nabbed on Friday following a distress call received by policemen at the Ibara police division. Ogun police spokesman,…
