Ota & Ogun State News, Nigeria & World Breaking News
Ogun State Government says it has scaled up its preparedness to contain the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, just as it opened an Oxygen Therapy Center to avoid scarcity of the life-saving consumable. Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker, said the Oxygen Therapy Center which sits within the Infectious Disease Hospital, Iberekodo, Abeokuta, consists […]
Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, a member of Standard Bank Group, has donated a vocational centre to one of its host communities. The finance department of the organisation recently built a fully equipped vocational centre at the Borstal Training Institute (BTI), Abeokuta, Ogun state, as part of its Corporate Social Investment (CSI) initiative. The BTI is […]
Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 45-year-old man, Akanji Oluwaseyi, for allegedly having carnal knowledge of his 13-year-old daughter. Oluwaseyi was reportedly arrested following a complaint by the victim, who reported at the Obantoko police divisional headquarters on December 30, 2020. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed […]
Three brothers, Okiki Mulero 23, Micheal Mulero 21, and Joseph Mulero 17, have been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for killing a security guard. The suspects reportedly committed the offense on Friday, December 25, 2020, by beating to death a So-Safe corps officer who was on guard duty at the OGD […]
Following several years of print distribution, 2021 will mark the year in which our newspaper makes the transition online.
Canadian national Husayn Nazarali caught after stealing an iPad from an AirBnB (private bed and breakfast lodgings) accommodation. Read more on AirBnB Hell. Husayn Nazarali described as an ‘AirBnB guest from hell’ is an employee of Fluent Home in Edmonton, home security camera systems and has also worked at Trebor Personnel Inc. (TPI). Uncensored Airbnb […]
Joy Bishara and Lydia Pogu, two former students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok in Borno state, Nigeria, who escaped from Boko Haram militants in 2014, have graduated from Southeastern University in the United States. Bishara and Pogu were among the 276 girls first kidnapped by the insurgent group on April 14, 2014. The duo […]
This life-like cyborg is the brain child of Chen Xiaoping and his colleagues at the University of Science and Technology of China, who unveiled the technology today in Hefei, capital of east China’s Anhui Province. During the unveiling, Xiaoping said hello to his robot goddess, which immediately responded, ‘Yes my lord, what can I do […]
Traditional Chiefs in Ota play a role in maintaining local cultures and traditions in Ota, Nigeria. Many also form the group of Kingmakers who select the traditional ruler, or Oba, of Ota: the Olota of Ota. Chiefly positions are hereditary. When a traditional chief dies, his or her family lineage performs rites and then meets to determine the new chief. […]
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