Ota Gossip

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has assured the people of Ogun of its commitment to ensure safer roads to reduce carnage to the barest minimum.  Mr Clement Oladele, the Sector Commander in the state, gave the assurance while speaking in Ota on Thursday.

ABEOKUTA—Two men have been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command after one of them ruptured the other’s rectum in an act of sodomy with a promise of N20,000.

A former Speaker, Ogun House of Assembly, Mrs. Titilayo Oseni-Gomez, has defected from the People’s Democratic Party to the African Democratic Congress. Oseni-Gomez made this known at a news conference in Abeokuta on Thursday.

Buhari set to commission the $250m international breweries, the largest brewery in west Africa in Ogun State  The Shagamu brewery of International breweries which cost $250 million is "one of the company’s biggest in Africa",

A 42-year-old self-professed prophet, Olusola Akindele of Lion of Judah Church of Christ, Robiyan community in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State, has been arrested for allegedly beheading his mistress for money rituals.

THE problem of remittance of pension deductions from workers’ salaries and payment of pensions to retired civil servants by state governments across the country, has reached a boiling point.

Paul George A suspected notorious cult leader and an armed robber, Paul George, have been arrested by the operatives of the Ogun State Police Command. George, who had been on the wanted list of the command for alleged cult killings and banditry was arrested in Ijoko.

Samson Folarin A generator repairer, Ayodeji Adesegun, aka Solution, has been allegedly killed by a local security guard in the Ijebu Igbo area of Ogun State. The 24-year-old had gone to seek payment for a debt owed him by a woman who produced ponmo (cow hide) at the Odose Badejo area.

The Ogun State Government has appointed Mosunmola Dipeolu as the acting chief judge of the state, following the retirement of Justice Olatokunbo Olopade on Tuesday The Secretary to the state government, Taiwo Adeoluwa, who announced the appointment

His Royal Majesty Oba (Prof.) Adeyemi Abdukabir Obalanlege (Lanlege Ekun II) the Olota of Ota celebrates 1st birthday on throne. The celebration of his majesty on this august occasion cannot be overstated.  Indeed,

A former Governor of Oyo State, High Chief Rashidi Ladoja; and Governor Abiola Ajimobi, during the 90th birthday reception for the Olubadan of Ibadanland, at the International Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, Ibadan… on Sunday. Photo: Governor’s Office.

A drunk policeman identified simply as Ola SARS, who turned up for a party organised on Thursday to mark Sallah celebration at Transformer Bus Stop, Adiyan, in Ogun State, reportedly shot his friend to death. 

An All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant, Engr Temitope Kuyebi, has called on the people of Yewa-Awori(Ogun West) to keep praying for Governor Ibikunle Amosun

CHEx has a growing events portfolio including trade and consumer exhibitions, conferences and meetings, across varied sectors – from tourism to real estate, to electronics,

Just  some few days after the Oyo State Government demolished his radio station at Music House in Ibadan, popular Nigerian musician, Yinka Ayefele, has relocated the Fresh FM to Abeokuta, Ogun State. Yinka Ayefele, has relocated the Fresh FM to Abeokuta, Ogun State.

Former deputy governor to Governor Ibikunle Amosun,  Segun Adesegun,  on Friday, officially declared his intention to vie for the governorship of the state, under the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019.

The Olota of Ota, Oba (Prof.) Adeyemi Abdulkabir Obalanlege has advised the Staff Union of CWAY Food and Beverages Limited, He said this in a thank you visit he made to the company. The General Manager of Cheers Department, Mr. Moses, while addressing the delegation of Olota

A man carries a ram bought to celebrate Eid al-Adha at the market in Kara, in the state of Ogun, on September 23, 2015. Nigeria imposed tight

Amosun, Buhari, Lalong in Daura on Wednesday Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun, Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau and the former governor of Abia, Mr Orji Kalu on Wednesday paid Sallah homage to President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State.

The Ogun State Police Command said it shot dead a member of a robbery gang on Wednesday on the Sagamu-Benin Expressway.

The Federal Road Safety Commission in Ogun State has confirmed that two persons died on Tuesday when a commercial bus somersaulted on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

The police men have arrested three men for vandalising the mast of the telecommunication giant, MTN Nigeria, in Atan area of Ado odo Ota local government Ogun state.

ABEOKUTA- President Muhammadu Buhari is expected in Ogun State next week Tuesday to perform the commissioning of the $250 million state-of-the-art brewery by foremost brewer, International Breweries Plc, situated at km3 Flowergate Industrial Scheme, Sagamu-Abeokuta Expressway, Ogun State.

The Olota of Otta, Alayeluwa Oba Professor Adeyemi Abdukabir Obalanlege P.hD, MCIPR MPRII FHEA (Lanlege EkunII, Arole Iganmode-Ogunfunminire) felicitates with the entire members of all Traditional Groups in Otta, Awori Kingdom as they celebrate the Isese Day 2018. 

As Muslims in the country join their counterparts across  the world to celebrate Eld-Kabir, the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly,  Suraju Ishola Adekunbi, has enjoined the Muslim community in the state to be closer to God by emulating the virtues of righteousness,

(Graphic Photos) Viewers Discretion is Advised Please 18+ A 29 year old yahoo boy, Taiwo Akinola, has been arrested for trying to kill his mother, Alice Akinola to further his cyber fraud business from Yahoo to the bloody or ritual level (Yahoo plus).

In this piece, STEPHEN UBIMAGO writes on the perennial darkness to which residents of the Ijoko-Ota area of Ogun State are plunged due to the inefficiencies of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC)

Mr Adekunle Oguntoyinbo, the Sango-Ota Unit Commander of FRSC, told the Ota Gossip News Agency in Ota on Sunday that the measure was necessary in order to ensure a hitch-free celebration. Ahead of the Eid-el-Kabir, the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Sango-Ota says it has deployed 79 personnel to check the excesses of motorists and ease vehicular movement.

The participants of the ongoing Olota Free Skill Acquisition and Empowerment Training led by the director of the project, Olota of Otta Help Initiatives (OOHI), Mr. Ogundaini Damilola popularly known as Angel Dammy, accompanied by the Project Coordinator, Chief Akinola Bello, Tosin Akanbi (MD Toxyno Creative Concept, Lion Igwe (President Ota Silva Lions Club)

ABEOKUTA— CHAIRMAN, Ogun State All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Derin Adebiyi, has said the party was not going back on its decision to cede its  governorship ticket in the coming election in the state to Ogun West.

The Ogun State House of Assembly on Friday reconstituted its twenty-two standing Committees. The constitution of the committees followed the presentation of the report of the ad-hoc committee by the deputy Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo, who also moved the motion for its adoption.

Ogun State government says nothing could be farther from the truth like the insinuation that the relationship with its workforce is fractured. According to the state Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Basorun Muyiwa Oladipo, there is no truth in the allegation of unsavoury relationship between both parties.

A motorcyclist was confirmed dead in an accident involving an Iveco truck and a Volkswagen Golf car at Onikoko – Adigbe area of Abeokuta, Ogun State.

 Dapo Abiodun Oil magnate, Dapo Abiodun, has said he will be the next governor of Ogun State as he expressed his intention to contest in 2019. He made the declaration in his house in Iperu-Remo on Friday during a press briefing.

A 28-year-old man, Kelvin Michael, has been arrested following the death of his lover, Monsurat Idowu, 40, after a sex romp in Ogun State . Michael was arrested on Wednesday at Ota, after he reportedly took Idowu, a mother of five, to the State Hospital and could not explain what happened to her.

The Nigeria Police Force said Samuel Ogundipe of Premium Times online publication was being investigated and prosecuted for theft and unlawful possession of restricted and classified documents. Ogundipe was arrested on Aug. 14 for alleged publication of the Inspector-General of police interim report on the investigation on the former Director-General of DSS, Lawal Daura.

National Assembly, Ogun Five members of the Ogun House of Assembly on Thursday defected to three different parties. The Speaker of the House, Mr Suraj Adekunbi, read the separate letters of defection by the lawmakers during the plenary session in Abeokuta.

In Ota, Ogun State OTA - This morning a student of allover central polytechnic Ota, Ogun State shared with Ota Gossip a sad story of how they lost one of their school mate and said to us that the student died in front of the school on 14th Tuesday.

In Ogun, Ibafo Gloom enveloped Majekolagbe Street, Ibafo, Ogun State on Wednesday after the remains of the street founder, Adewale Majekolagbe, were found dangling from a rope in his house. Our correspondent, who visited the area, saw residents and landlords at the late Majekolagbe’s bungalow as the news of the tragedy spread.

In Ogun ABEOKUTA — Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 40-year-old landlord, Adegbite Taoheed, for leading a gang of robbers to rob his fellow landlords in Soyoye, Abeokuta North council of the state. Taoheed, a member of the landlords’ association in Oke-Odo, was reported to have recruited other persons to rob the residents of valuables. 

In Ogun A 40-foot container truck caused pandemonium on Wednesday when it fell and crushed two unidentified men in Mowe close to a car park of the Redeemed Christian Church of God ( RCCG ) on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Eye-witnesses said the crash, which occurred around 1.30pm, was caused by over speeding and loss of control on the part of the truck driver.

The Olota of Otta, Alayeluwa Oba Professor Adeyemi Abdukabir Obalanlege P.hD, MCIPR, MPRII, FHEA(Lanlege EkunII, Arole Iganmode Ogunfunminire) was decorated as the Life Ambassador of Covenant University by the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. A.A.A Ateyero during Otta Farmers Day Workshop today at the University.

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has directed the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to immediately overhaul the management and activities of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).

A governorship aspirant in Ogun State on the platform of African Democratic Congress, Gboyega Isiaka, says he will open up the rural areas in the state by constructing the neglected roads if he wins the election in 2019.

The Ogun State government has given an update on injured members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), who were involved in auto mishap on Monday.

Skill & Talent Academy finally kicked off in Ota on the 13th of August, 2018. The unusual Academy commenced with about 100 participants in attendance.  SKATA is a brain child of Asiwaju Abayomi Oke,

ABEOKUTA — Two men lost their lives while 23 others also sustained various degrees of injury on Monday when two commercial buses collided with each other along Abeokuta – Kobape  – Siun road, Ogun State .

GNI - Gboyega Nasir Isiaka THE African Democratic Congress, ADC, in Ogun State has assured that if given the mandate in the 2019 general elections, it will operate with sincerity, integrity and binding social contract.

Thirty-seven members of the National Youth Service Corps, (NYSC,) who completed their service on Monday in Ogun State, were involved in an accident shortly after leaving the orientation camp in Sagamu.

The Olota of Otta, Alayeluwa Oba Professor Adeyemi Abdukabir Obalanlege P.hD, MCIPR, MPRII, FHEA (Lanlege EkunII, Arole Iganmode - Ogunfunminire) was at this year's International Youth Day celebration organized by National Youth Council of Nigeria(Ogun State Chapter) in his capacity as the Royal Father of the occasion ON Sunday at the Cultural Center, Kuto Abeokuta, Ogun State.