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Police inspector allegedly shoots self in Ogun

16 March 2025

A police inspector identified as Ajele Oloyede, has reportedly died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at a ceramics company in Igbesa, Ogun State, where he was stationed as part of the security detail. The state police spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, confirmed that an officer from Force Headquarters Annex in Lagos, Tolorunloju Stephen, uncovered the incident when […]

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Afenifere leader Ayo Adebanjo for burial May 3

24 February 2025

Foremost nationalist and elder statesman, Ayodele Adebanjo, will be buried in his hometown, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, on May 3, 2025.

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Cattle herders set N27m cassava farm on fire in Ogun 

21 February 2025

The Ogun State Police Command said it has launched a probe into a case of arson involving some cattle herders who allegedly set ablaze a vast cassava farm in Adao Village, via Alabata, Abeokuta, the state capital.

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Amotekun kills one, arrests two in Ogun robbery shootout

16 February 2025

The Ogun State Security Network, otherwise known as the Amotekun Corps, engaged a gang of robbers in a gun duel near Southwestern University along the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode Expressway, killing one suspect and arresting two others.

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Transformer vandal electrocuted in Ogun

25 January 2025

An unidentified man has been electrocuted while attempting to vandalise a transformer in the Akute area of Ogun State.

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S’West Governors team up against ISWAP elements, bandits

15 January 2025

States in the South-West region are strategising in response to the reported influx of bandits and fighters from the Islamic State’s West Africa Province into some of the region’s forests.

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Gunmen Invade Hotel, Kill Lodger In Ogun

4 December 2024

The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a lodger, Gideon Ebukwe by yet-to-be-identified gunmen at Ok Winners Hotel, Igbosoro, Igode in the Sagamu Local Government area of the state. 

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Suspected herdsmen kill Ogun chief on farmland

29 November 2024

The Ogun State Police Command, confirming the incident, disclosed that the 49-year-old man was shot dead by suspected herdsmen. The Baale was said to have been attacked by the gunmen while he was working on his farm. A source, involved in the investigation, who pleaded to remain anonymous, disclosed that the Baale was shot multiple […]

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Man found dead in Ogun hotel room

21 November 2024

Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the death of one Sunday Abidoye, whose lifeless body was discovered in a hotel in the Sagamu area of the state.

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Amotekun arrests gambler who faked kidnapping to escape debt

14 November 2024

The suspect, a resident of Irolu-Remo in Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State, was arrested on Wednesday. This is contained in a statement signed by the Corps Commander Alade Adedigba in Abeokuta.Adedigba stated that Awoyemi’s wife, Tope Awoyemi, reported the alleged kidnapping of the suspect on November 10 at the Amotekun Irolu outpost. Adedigba […]

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