Watch the video of how men of Federal Roads safety corps, Ogun State Traffic and Roads compliance enforcement agency (TRACE), Nigerian Security and civil Defence corps (NSCDC) and Samaritans saved a baby and 4 other occupiers of a car in a road accident in Ogun State.
Thursday 28 December 2017
Tuesday 26 December 2017
I will negotiate factions in APC, instead of primaries in 2019 Ogun polls - Amosun
Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has said that he would meet all the factions in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on the 2019 general elections.
Amosun said this at a meeting of the state’s APC leaders in Abeokuta, that his party, All Progressives Congress (APC), is considering consensus candidates for all elective posts in the 2019 general polls.
Amosun promised to meet with all aspirants for elective posts on the platform of APC in the state, to agree on the consensus candidates for the 2019 polls.
The governor, who spoke on the issue at the APC secretariat, said those he will meet, include serving members of the National Assembly and state House of Assembly, who are interested in running for another term.
He explained that APC will resort to holding of primaries to elect its candidates, if the meetings fail to agree on consensus candidates, including those of governorship, for the 2019 polls.
The governor promised that all factions in the state’s APC, will be carried along in the said primaries, while promising to accept the outcome of the primaries.
Thursday 21 December 2017
We have paid 13th month salaries to Civil servants - Ogun Commissioner
The commissioner for finance, Mr. Wale Osinowo has said that the Ogun State government has paid the December and the 13th-month salary to its workers since last Wednesday ahead of the festive period.
Osinowo also explained that the state government used the first tranche of the Paris Club Refund to pay the salary of its workers.
“On the Paris Club Refund, guidelines were set by the Federal government and the state government has been following it to the letter.
“When we got the second tranche, we used 75 per cent for settlement of salaries and deductions of workers while the remaining 25 per cent was used to execute projects.
“We are yet to receive the third tranche of the refund,” the commissioner said.
We will pay severance allowances of past local government functionaries before April 2018 - Ogun govt.
Ogun State government has announced that it would pay the severance allowances of the past local government political functionaries in the first quarter in 2018.
The Commissioner for Finance, Mr Wale Osinowo, disclosed this while defending the ministry’s 2018 budget estimate before the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation, in Abeokuta.
“The amount to be paid between 2007-2011 is N540m while the amount between 2011 and 2015 stands at N560m which makes it just over N1.1bn to be paid as severance to the local government political office holders.
“Before the first quarter of 2018, we will ensure we settle the severance allowance." Osinowo said.
The commissioner said the State is yet to receive the third tranche of the Paris refunds which was already paid to 27 States.
Wednesday 20 December 2017
Court rejects attempted murder charges against arrested MAPOLY Students
The 'attempted murder' charges against arrested 20 students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta had been reportedly to have rejected by the Magistrate of the Ogun State Magistrates’ Court I sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, when the case came up on Wednesday.
The students were arrested during the protest they tagged 'black week' which started on Monday over their inability of their to sit for their second semester examination initially scheduled for September 18, because of the disagreement between their lecturers of the institution and the state government.
It was gathered that magistrate presiding over the case rejected the attempted murder charges against the arrested students, as the suit was not properly instituted.
It was also gathered that only 5 among the 20 people arrested were students. Some were civil servants who were coming back from work and a serving Youth corps member.
The arrested students might be eventually arraigned on Thursday.
Monday 18 December 2017
The Students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic who their Campus was converted to Moshood Abiola University of Science and Technology, Abeokuta are currently protesting in the city of Abeokuta on Monday morning.
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