By Kayode Akinmade When the results of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ogun East Senatorial District primary election were announced on May 18, 2026, the outcome was emphatic and politically instructive. Prince Dapo Abiodun, outgoing Governor of Ogun State, secured 75,550 votes out of 99,503 ballots cast, winning across all nine local government areas of…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has officially been declared the winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ogun East Senatorial District primary election held on Monday. According to figures announced by the Chief Returning Officer for Ogun East, Dr. Wale Bello, Abiodun scored 75,550 votes out of a total of 99,503 votes cast to…
The Ogun State Government has disclosed that all persons admitted at the State Hospital, Ijebu-Ode, following the recent chemical inhalation incident in some schools within the town, have been discharged after receiving medical attention and being certified fit by health personnel. The Commissioner for Health, Tomi Coker, made this known during an engagement with parents,…
The Ogun State Government has described Senator Gbenga Daniel’s recent allegations against Governor Dapo Abiodun as the “rantings of a drowning politician,” accusing the former governor of shamelessly demonising and turning against the same consensus political arrangement that facilitated his emergence as the Ogun East senatorial candidate in 2023. The Government said it was ironic…
The Ogun State Government has joined dignitaries and admirers across Nigeria in celebrating elder statesman and Afenifere leader, Reuben Famuyide Fasoranti, on the occasion of his 100th birthday. In a tribute personally signed by Governor Dapo Abiodun, the centenarian was described as a symbol of patriotism, democratic ideals and principled leadership whose contributions to Nigeria’s…
The Ogun State Government has dismissed as false a media report alleging that Saudi airline, Flynas, rejected the Gateway International Airport, Iperu, for the transportation of Ogun pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for the 2026 Hajj exercise. In a statement signed by the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Hon. Kayode Akinmade, the government described the…
The Coordinator of the Yayi Progressives Movement (YPM), Hon. Olusegun Kaka, has dismissed widespread rumours alleging that casualties were recorded during Sunday’s inauguration of the group held at Ake Palace in Abeokuta, describing the claims as false and misleading. In a statement issued on Monday, Hon. Kaka clarified that the event was conducted peacefully and…
By Kayode Akinmade Ogun State etched its name in Nigeria’s aviation history on Sunday May 3, 2026 night as the newly commissioned Gateway International Airport handled its first International flight, airlifting Muslim pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for the 2026 Hajj exercise. The milestone not only marked the commencement of Hajj operations in the state but…
…vows to mobilise highest votes for Tinubu’s re-election An Ogun State-based political group, Yayi Progressives Movement (YPM), has announced a N1billion donation and unveiled 27 branded buses to support the 2027 governorship ambition of the All Progressives Congress (APC) consensus Governorship candidate, Senator Solomon Adeola, in the state. The twin donations were made at the…
The leader of the Centre for the Advocacy of Human Rights and Social Justice (CAHRSC), Olufemi Akindele, has come out strongly against what he described as a desperate and malicious smear campaign targeting Prince Dapo Abiodun, warning that no amount of blackmail will derail the governor’s senatorial ambition. In a statement issued in Abeokuta on…
