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The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has said that it was now possible for residents of Abeokuta in Ogun State, and Ibadan in Oyo State to work in Lagos with the new standard gauge rail line. The Lagos Railway District Manager, Mr. Jerry Oche, made the assertion in an interview on Tuesday in Lagos. Oche said that the nearly completed Lagos-Ibadan ...

The Ogun State Government says to a large extent, it has resolved the issue of unemployment in the state by creating over 500,000 jobs within the past seven years. The Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, stated this during the state’s Investors Forum in Abeokuta, the capital on Tuesday while listing his administration’s achievements so far. “I am sure since we have been ...

The Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta, says it has acquired 170 hectares of land for the construction of proposed University of Medicine and School of Preliminary Studies. Its Medical Director, Prof. Adewale Musa-Olomu, made this known at a news conference on Wednesday in Abeokuta to mark his 100 days in office. He said that the land worth N2.6 billion was ...

“The Ogun State Housing Corporation (OGSHC) has begun the re-development of a 3,130 square metre (sqm) site on Ibara GRA-Onikolobo link road in Abeokuta, the state capital.”- The Nation Its General Manager and Special Adviser to the Governor on Housing Development, Olajumoke Akinwunmi, spoke yesterday in Abeokuta. Akinwunmi said the project is among initiatives of the Ibikunle Amosun administration to ...

“The Ogun State government has begun the construction of a six-lane 12-kilometre (KM) road and a 600 metre bridge in Atan/Agbara, Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of the state. The project is part of measures to  end the hardship being experienced by motorists and other road users due to the bad state of the road. The construction work, according to ...

There are some cities in Nigeria that are quite fabulous with grandeur but you don’t usually get to hear so much about these cities because they are in a class of their own only known to few. These cities may not stand the competition prominent Nigerian cities of Abuja, Lagos, Calabar and Port Harcourt pose but they still stand out ...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in Ogun State, Mr Clement Oladele has made it known that Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, will temporarily close a section of the Ibadan/Lagos corridor by Sagamu Interchange to effect repair. Vanguard reports that Oladele disclosed this on Thursday in Abeokuta. Oladele said that Julius Berger Nigeria Plc had informed the FRSC that ...

No fewer than seven nursing mothers and their new born babies, yesterday, escaped death, as flood ravaged the maternity ward of the hospital they were admitted in, in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The victims were admitted at Christ Apostolic Church Maternity Home, Isale-Ake, in the town, and had gone to bed when flood from a downpour, Monday evening, took over their ...

In as much as there are many tourist sites in Nigeria, not all of them are historical tourist sites. There are historical tourist sites in Nigeria that you don’t even know exist. This article highlights the top 5 historical tourist sites in Nigeria. Nigeria is a land blessed with interesting historical tourist sites which were founded on tales, myths and ...

AN alliance struck between the federal authorities and a private developer, Messrs Sparklight Property Development Company Limited has brought succor to contributors to the National Housing Fund (NHF) scheme and increased the housing stock by 196 housing units in Ogun State capital, Abeokuta The scheme known as Rockview Housing Estate, close to Obasanjo Hilltop, adds to the total of about ...