Tag: Ogun State

UNESCO launches training centre for creatives in Ogun state
News

UNESCO launches training centre for creatives in Ogun state

The UNESCO Institute for African Culture and International Understanding has launched the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Training for Young Creative Artists at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Ogun State, as announced in a statement on Monday. Prof. Peter Okebukola, the Director of the institute, stressed the importance of providing entrepreneurial skills to emerging […]

Ogun shuts firm over unhealthy practices
News

Ogun shuts firm over unhealthy practices

  By Wilson Adekumola Ogun State Government has closed down a company in Sango-Ota, identified as Solar Energy Ventures Industry Enterprise, over an alleged violation of sanitation regulations. According to The PUNCH, this was disclosed in a statement on Monday by the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Dapo Abiodun on Environment and the Chairman Special […]

Ogun shuts three firms for violating environmental laws
Business

Ogun shuts three firms for violating environmental laws

Three businesses have been closed by the Ogun State government due to various environmental violations. The businesses are Star Pipe Limited in Sagamu, Robust International PTE Limited in Mowe, and Ruili Recycling Limited in Mowe. The state announced on its X official handle on Saturday night that the action is consistent with its ongoing efforts to […]

Ogun pays 564 pensioners gratuities
News

Ogun pays 564 pensioners gratuities

The Chairman of the Local Government Pensioners Association of Nigeria, Ogun State, Benedict Ademoye, has stated that 564 local government pensioners have received gratuities from the state government. The Punch reported that the support the local government pensioners received from Governor Dapo Abiodun’s administration, according to Ademoye, wiped away their tears and decreased the rate at which the […]

Ogun cargo airport to employ 25000 youths on completion - Dapo Abiodun
Ports and Airports

Ogun cargo airport to employ 25000 youths on completion – Dapo Abiodun

The recently finished Gateway International Agro-Cargo Airport project will open up employment prospects for some 25,000 unemployed youths in the state according to Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun. According to Nairametrics, he claimed that in addition to the airport project, additional growth initiatives would be included, such as the Special Agro Processing Zone that is situated in the city. […]

Logo of the transmission company of Nigeria
Electricity

TCN blames vandals for Ogun power outage

By Wilson Adekumola   The General Manager Public Affairs of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, Ndidi Mbah has attributed the power outage in Abeokuta and its environs to the collapse of nine of its towers as a result of the activities of vandals.   Mbah made this known in a statement on Tuesday saying, “Tower […]

PHOTOS: Ogun market women protest naira scarcity
Business

PHOTOS: Ogun market women protest naira scarcity

Marcus Amudipe The current shortage of naira notes and the rejection of the old N1,000 and N500 notes has made market women in Ogun State on Friday morning storm the market to protest. AM Business on February 14 reported that the Central Bank of Nigeria has declared that the old naira notes had ceased to […]