Tag Archives: Ogun State

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 ...

Ikorodu town – initially a massive forest lying a few kilometers north of the Lagos Lagoon, and less than 10 kilometers north of the Atlantic Ocean, was once a walled City. This article is the second and concluding part of “ What you should know about Ikorodu”. It bridges the gap between the old and the new. Read part one ...

Ikorodu Town is the second most populous Local Government Area in Lagos state with a population estimated at about 2 million people and an annual growth rate of about 10%. This article gives us useful insight to the latest addition of sprawling cities in Lagos state and probably what you never knew about Ikorodu. Ikorodu Town: ‘Ilu kekere oko ilu ...

The Ogun State Government, through the Ministry of Rural Development, has provided water schemes for 23 communities to ensure uninterrupted flow of potable water. The Director of Rural Electrification in the ministry, Mr. AbdulRasaq Ojetola, said in a statement that the schemes comprised 7.5KVA power generator, tanks, pipes and fetching platforms, among others. “Government has deemed it fit to provide ...

The special adviser/Director-General, Bureau of Lands and Survey, Ogun state, Mr. Adewale Oshinowo has stated clearly that Homeowner’s charter is not for revenue generation rather a form of support by the government to the people of Ogun state. In an interview with a punchng correspondent, Samuel Awoyinfa, Oshinowo, talks about the Homeowners’ Charter scheme and other sundry issues “The scheme ...

In order to bring succor to users of the Atan-Agbara road, Ogun State government has promised to construct the road which is situated in Ado –Odo / Ota Local Government Area of the state in order to reduce hardship faced by motorists and residents of the area. The Special Adviser / Managing Director, OPIC, Mr. Babajide Odusolu who made this ...

Whilst making effort to combat fraudulent acts trailing the housing scheme over allegation of imposters pretending to be officials of the Ogun state government, saddled with the responsibility of regularising property documents under its Homeowners’ Charter Scheme, the state has called on all property owners to be wary of such fraudsters. The announcement of caution, which came last week at ...

The Ogun State Ministry of Works and Infrastructure has proposed to spend over N22bn as capital expenditure and about N339m as recurrent expenditure for the year 2015. This was contained in a statement issued by the ministry on Wednesday in Abeokuta. The state Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr. Olamilekan Adegbite, said this while presenting the ministry’s budget before members ...

Ogun State government has distributed 5,000 Certificates of Occupancy (C-of-O) and other land title documents to property owners across the state, under its Homeowners’ Charter programme which is aimed at deepening the property market in the state. Governor Ibikunle Amosun said that government initiated the scheme to assist property owners in the state through the regularisation of title document and ...

In a bid to rebuild the landscape of the state under its urban development programme, the Ogun State Government has finally sealed a deal with a concessionaire for the development of a new settlement that would be known as a Mitros city. Mitros, an acronym for Mission To Rebuild Ogun State, is a new housing estate, to be sited by ...