Two candidates sitting for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), who were abducted by gunmen along the Makurdi–Otukpo highway in Benue State, have successfully escaped from captivity. Global Mirror News gathered that the incident occurred on Wednesday night when armed attackers ambushed a commercial vehicle conveying passengers in Otukpo Local Government Area. Confirming the development…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the release of results for candidates who sat the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Thursday, April 16. In a statement issued on Friday by its spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, the Board confirmed that a total of 632,788 results are now available for candidates to access….
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Lagos State Command, have dismantled an illegal baby trafficking operation in the Badagry axis of the State, rescuing vulnerable women and children while arresting key suspects. The covert operation, carried out late Wednesday into the early hours of Thursday, targeted a residential property in Okuju,…
The entertainment scene in Ogun State is set for a major boost as Big Rave Entertainment ramps up preparations for its flagship event, “Big Rave.” Spearheaded by its Chief Executive Officer, Amufua Osaume Osas, popularly known as MC OSSY, the concert is already generating strong anticipation across the State’s creative space. The much-anticipated show is…
Ayetoro, Ogun State — The Bishop of Yewa Diocese, Methodist Church Nigeria, Rt. Revd. Ayo Adeniyi, has commended Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, for his role in fostering unity within the All Progressives Congress (APC), leading to the emergence of Solomon Olamilekan Adeola as the party’s consensus candidate for the 2027 gubernatorial election. The Bishop…
The Ogun League of Veteran Journalists has inaugurated an electoral committee to conduct elections into its executive positions within the next three weeks. The decision was taken at a congress held at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Secretariat, Iwe Iroyin, in Abeokuta on Thursday. At the congress, Mr Dare Folarin was elected Chairman of…
The Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Oludaisi Elemide has cautioned residents especially those living along Idi-Aba road, Abeokuta and other parts of the State to desist from the causing air pollution through indiscriminate dumping of refuse on road median as offenders will be arrested and prosecuted. The Speaker, who gave…
A bill seeking to establish the Ogun State Education and Skills Trust Fund, aimed at providing a structured funding framework for sustainable educational advancement in the State has scaled second reading on the floor of the State House of Assembly. The bill titled: “H.B. No. 034/OG/2026 – A Bill for a Law to Establish the…
Members of the Ogun State House of Assembly today joined their fourth Legislature counterparts in holding a special plenary session in honour of the late Hon. Julius Oladehinde Kuyoro, who represented Odeda State Constituency, following Nigeria’s return to democratic rule in 1999. Presiding over the session, the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Oludaisi Elemide, described the late…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has commissioned the 5.5-kilometre Elega–Miliki–Saje–Bode-Olude–Alhaji Sugar Road and announced plans to commence the reconstruction of the Ago-Odo–Lafenwa Road in Abeokuta. The governor disclosed this during the commissioning ceremony of the road, which traverses Abeokuta North and Abeokuta South Local Government Areas, noting that the project is part of his…
