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Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, has lashed out at Nigerians spreading the reports that Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), will deal with him. There have been talks on President Muhammadu Buhari banking on Amosun and some former loyalists of Tinubu...

Three All Progressives Congress, APC, governors in the South West and former Interim Chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande held a closed door meeting at government house, Isale-Igbein, Abeokuta, Ogun State. Chief Akande who was accompanied by governors of Oyo and Osun states, Senator Abiola...

There was tension between Governor Rauf Aregbesola and his Ogun state counterpart, Ibikunle Amosun almost engaged in fisticuffs at the recent Southwest governor's meeting at Ibadan, the capital city of Oyo state. It was gathered that as soon as the meeting started behind closed door at about...

Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun on Tuesday presented a total budget of N221.129 billion for the 2017 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly. The budget, titled, “Budget of Re-positioning”, represents an increase of 10.45 per cent compared to the 2016 budget. Mr. Amosun, while...

The Ogun state governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has signed into law a bill prohibiting forceful takeover of land, by persons or group of individuals, making it a criminal act for those who violate this existing law of the state. The ceremony which took place at the governor’s office in Abeokuta, the...

Organised labour in Ogun on Wednesday suspended its two-week strike, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The suspension of the strike was announced in Abeokuta by the state Chairman of the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council (JNC), Abiodun Olakanmi. Olakanmi, who addressed civil...

The national presidents of Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress and the National Joint Negotiating Council, Ayuba Wabba, Boboi Kaigama, and Kiri Shuaibu respectively are currently in a closed-door meeting with the Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun. The meeting is holding in...

Trouble is brewing in Ogun state following Governor Ibikunle Amosun's approval of the removal of the state Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Akeem Ambali, the NLC vice-chairman and the state Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Dare Ilekoya. This is coming eleven days after Ogun...

Striking Ogun State workers on Thursday alleged that thugs suspected to be loyal to Governor Ibikunle Amosun beat up public servants and labour union leaders as workers started their indefinite strike over unremitted cooperative union deductions and unfriendly labour practices. It was...

Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosu yesterday lashed out at aggrieved workers of the state civil service who have threatened to go on strike over unpaid allowances and wages. At a town hall meeting organised by the Ministry of Budget and Planning at June 12 Cultural Centre, Abeokuta...

The official pump price of kerosene is now N150 per litre, the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru, has said. The NNPC boss, who stated this during a courtesy visit to the Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun in Abeokuta, recently...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, on Friday evening paid a surprise visit to Governor Ibikunle Amosun, Abeokuta, Ogun State. Dogara who arrived the Ogun State Government House at Isale – Igbein, Abeokuta, the State capital, by 6:35pm alongside Minority leader and some...

Twenty four hours after Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun sworn-in the new permanent secretaries, one of them, Mrs. Olubunmi Odumusi has died. According to Vanguard, Odumusi was reported to have died in her sleep in the bedroom on midnight of Friday, at the age of 57, after a...

Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has approved the appointment of an Igbo man and 13 others as new Permanent Secretaries in the State. The Igbo Permanent Secretary is Mr Offor Emmanuel Ndimele. In a statement on Wednesday and signed by the State Head of Service, Elder Sola Adeyemi, the...

The Ogun State Government has commenced the demolition of shanties and illegal structures along the Lagos -Ibadan Expressway. The aim of the exercise is to actualize the plans and vision of the ‘Project Go-Green’ which includes beautification of roadsides around the Ogun road. Speaking during...

The African Leadership Magazine is conducting a poll to determine the top performing governors in Nigeria. These are the current top 5 most performing governors in the country according to the poll: 5. Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna) - 5% 4. Nyesom Wike (Rivers) - 7.9% 3. Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun) -...

Governor Ibikunle Amosun has adopted the nine-year-old boy, Korede Taiwo, who was chained by his father, Francis Taiwo, in Ogun.. Korede, who was brought to Zone 2 Area Command, Oke Ilewo, Abeokuta by the police team led by the state Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, was later handed...

Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state has stated that Nigerian governors can't pay their worker's salaries because they failed to think out of the box, Today.ng reports. According to him, governors depend too much on the monthly allocation from the federal government, which has made them...

Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has granted pardon to 17 prisoners serving various jail terms in the state. He equally commuted the death sentences on four other prisoners to life imprisonment. Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Governor, Mr. Adejuwon Soyinka, said this in...

Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, on Sunday said he apprehended a couple for dumping refuse on the Lagos-Ibadan Highway, and handed them over to the police for prosecution. Mr. Amosun made this known during the 2016 Democracy Day event organised by the Committee for the Defence of Human...