The Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has vowed that the state government will shut down any commercial bank rejecting old naira notes. This followed reports of rejection of old naira notes as legal tender by some banks, individuals and business operators in the state following the expiration of the February 10 deadline announced by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The governor spoke on Tuesday while addressing market men and women at Itoku Kampala market in Abeokuta, as part of his re-election campaign.
Commercial activities were on Tuesday paralysed as angry residents trooped out to protest the lingering scarcity of the new naira notes of N200, N500, and
As the rainy season draws closer, the state governments of Ogun, Kwara and Oyo have expressed their readiness to come up with policies and actions intended to prevent flood in their respective states.
Operatives of the So-Safe Corps in Ogun State have arrested a 25-year-old man, Abdulrasheed Yinusa for allegedly stealing a motorcycle, otherwise known as
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Faruk Yahaya, has ordered soldiers to kill anyone who attempt to snatch their weapons while on duty. In an internal memo exclusively obtained by SaharaReporters, the order followed an attack on soldiers by suspected Yoruba Nation agitators in Ogun. The signal dated November 08, 2022 was signed by one Colonel MA Abba. SaharaReporters had reported how some persons suspected to be Yoruba Nation agitators attacked a team of soldiers around the Oju-Ore area of Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government, Ogun State.