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Ogun: Police arraign student 'leader' for impersonation, forgery, breach of public peace  The Ogun State Police Command have arraigned an acclaimed student leader in the state, Olanose James, before the State Magistrate Court over a three-count charge of impersonation, conduct likely to breach public peace and forgery. The defendant who was brought before the Magistrate Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, on Wednesday, was said to have committed the three offences on December 22, 2025, in the Abeokuta Magisterial District.  Reading the charges before the court presided over by O.T Odubanjo, the police prosecutor said that Olanose, 32 years, on December 22, 2025, in the Abeokuta Magisterial District, did impersonate to be a student of the Ogun State Cooperative College , Ijeja, Abeokuta, and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable Under Section 484 of the Criminal Code Vol. 1 Laws of Ogun State of Nigeria, 2006. The charge reads further: "That you Olanose Jame...

OGSG PARTNERS INDUSTRIALISTS TO FIX OPIC’S AGBARA ESTATE ROADS In what can be described as a strategic move, the Ogun State Government has announced plans to commence the comprehensive rehabilitation of roads and drainage systems within OPIC’s Agbara Industrial and residential Estates to further strengthen the ease of doing business in that locality. Special Adviser to the Governor on Housing and Managing Director of Ogun State Property and Investment Corporation, OPIC, Arc. Abiodun Fari-Arole, gave this hint in Abeokuta, during a stakeholders' meeting with Industrialists from OPIC’s Estate, Agbara. The OPIC Boss said the meeting was to discuss and address the state of some roads in the estate, saying, rehabilitation of such roads would maintain the recognition of Agbara as a beacon of industrial excellence and improve the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the State. "This is a hub that contributes immensely to employment, innovation and national development, a...

*Ogun School Health Teachers Trained to Boost HPV Vaccination Coverage*   Family Health Initiative (FAHIO), in collaboration with the Primary Health Care Board with the support of Pathfinder International, has commenced training of health teachers and counsellors across primary schools in Ogun state, to enhance their knowledge on the importance of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination. The training held at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, drew participants from Primary Schools in Odeda, Yewa North, and Ijebu North Local Government Areas (LGAs), was aimed to equip Health Teachers and Counsellors with skills to educate pupils and Parents Teachers Association (PTA) about HPV prevention and benefits of its vaccination. Speaking at the training, Chairperson of FAHIO, Mrs. Oluwakemi Balogun, emphasized the crucial role health teachers play in promoting HPV vaccination, saying their involvement would help the State meet national and the state target of vaccinated girls by 2030. ''...

Women in Ado-Odo/Ota, Odeda LGAs Get Free Cervical Cancer Screening As part of efforts to ensure early detection of issues that can possibly lead to cervical cancer, women in Ado-Odo/Ota and Odeda Local Government Areas of Ogun State benefited from a free cervical cancer screening. The screening outreaches, held to commemorate Cancer Awareness Month, was jointly organized by the Family Health Initiative (FAHIO), in collaboration with the Ogun State Primary Health Care Board alongside the Medical Women's Association of Nigeria, Ogun State Chapter, with support from Pathfinder International. Speaking at the outreach, Chairperson of FAHIO, Mrs. Oluwakemi Balogun, represented by the Human Paplilomavirus (HPV) Community Champions, Alhaji (Chief) Waheed Adeyinka and Mrs. Saheed Adesola, the duo emphasized the need for continuous awareness on prevention and early detection of cervical cancer among women. Mrs. Balogun noted that the HPV vaccine 1is freely available in governm...

Ogun, Edo, Others Trained On Data-Driven Forest Management The Chief Technical Advisor for the FAO GEF7 Biodiversity Project, Professor Segun Oladoye, has said that strengthening technical capacity and data use is central to addressing Nigeria’s forest and biodiversity challenges. Professor Oladoye made this known in Abeokuta at the opening of a training programme titled “Collect Earth and Mapathon Data Collection,” organized under the Food and Agriculture Organization–Global Environment Facility (FAO-GEF7) programme in collaboration with the Ogun State Government. He explained that the Global Environment Facility supports environmental and livelihood initiatives globally, with biodiversity conservation as a key focus. According to him, the FAO GEF7 Biodiversity Project is structured around four components, including capacity building, which informed the organization of the training. Professor Oladoye said the programme was designed to equip participants with practical s...

BE CALM ON SAGAMU EXPRESSWAY COMMUTERS ADVISED Motorists have been advised to be patient and drive with caution along the Sagamu—Ore-Benin Expressway, as the current reconstruction of the road has continued to cause traffic gridlock, thereby triggering major delays on the road. Vice Chairman, Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State, Hon. Isiaka Salami, gave the advice while speaking with Journalists in his office, saying government intention was to make life meaningful for the people which could be seen in the massive overhaul of the entire length of the road, advising road users to be patient, obey traffic regulations and remain calm as reconstruction works are ongoing.  ‘’As we are all aware of the reconstruction of the express road, I want to appeal to all road users to be calm, composed and not be covertly reactive. Though it can be frustrating, with patience, obedience to traffic rules and officers, the traffic jam will be minimal,’’ he said. He noted that the S...