Towns and villages in South West Nigeria used to celebrate the Oro Festival. The Yoruba-inhabited states in the country’s south-west have recently grown quite contentious about the event. The celebration had been met in many of the area’s towns with Read more…
The Port Harcourt-based Islamic organization congratulates its former secretary general, Dr. Saka Matemilola, on his appointment as the new Olowu of Owu Kingdom in Ogun State by the executive governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, in a message jointly Read more…
The duo of Sisters Talabi Aisha from department of Industrial Chemistry and Oyedele Rofiat from Accounting department graduate with 1st Class honour in the 30th and 31st convocation ceremony of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State that took place on Monday, Read more…
Abeokuta (Refuge Among Rocks), town, capital of Ogun state, southwestern Nigeria. The town was founded about 1830 by Sodeke (Shodeke), a hunter and leader of the Egba refugees who fled from the disintegrating Oyo empire. The Great Mosque of Abeokuta Read more…
An Islamic human rights group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has commended the Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, for signing the Ogun State Chieftaincy Bill into law. The new law curbs fetish practices in the installation and burial of Ogun Read more…
His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR, President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria various developmental projects during his one-day working visit to Ogun State. The administration of Prince Dapo Abiodun, MFR successfully reconstructed the 41-kilometre Interchange-Siun-Abeokuta Read more…
The Obas, Chiefs, Council of Obas and Traditional Council law of Ogun State, Bill 2021, provide for an approved method for the selection, appointment and recognition of Obas and Chiefs. It also aimed at curbing fetish practices in the process Read more…
A faith-based secondary school, Vanguards Academy has compliment Hajarat Abiodun Alli, an alumnus of school who recently won the 2021 Bolaji Abdullahi Prize For Literature. Her story would be awarded a cash prize of ₦300,000. The competition was organised by Read more…
