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Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has put every necessary process in place to make the Ogun-Guangdong Free Trade Zone (OGFTZ), an impetus for foreign and local investors, the Coordinator OGFTZ, Dr. Abbey Onas has stated. Addressing stakeholders in Abeokuta on his recent visit to Poland for an investment/economic forum, Onas …

Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, has raised alarm over the alleged use of the police to intimidate and cover the documented allegations of financial misappropriation by the executive governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun. Recall that the impeached chairman of Ijebu East local government, Wale Adedayo, had accused …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) government led by Dapo Abiodun in Ogun State has been accused of prioritizing personal interests over the welfare of the people. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ogun State Chapter, has voiced its concerns through its publicity secretary, Asiwaju Akinloye Bankole, stating that the state resources …

A few days ago I wrote a piece “Dapo Abiodun: Guilty or Not Guilty” about the Ogun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal where I tried to situate some fundamental requirements for Justice and I tried to differentiate between “judgement and justice”. ALSO READ: GEPT and Dapo Abiodun: Guilty or not …

If there is anything that the Dapo Abiodun led government has been able to get away with in the past few weeks, it is about taking the attention of the citizens away from the impending judgement of the election tribunal. I must confess, it is a strategy that seems to …

Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, has come under fire from the leading opposition party in the state, People’s Democratic Party, PDP, for his questionable actions and disregard for the welfare of the state. According to the party’s publicity secretary, Asiwaju Akinloye Bankole, his recent boastful announcement of his return …

The embattled local government chairman of Ijebu East local government, Hon. Wale Adedayo, has once again expressed his views and urged the current governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, to learn from his predecessor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, about governance. Adedayo’s remarks came after his release from detention by the …

Ladi Adebutu’s counsel, Goddy Uche, SAN, has passionately argued for the removal of Dapo Abiodun from office as the privileged governor of Ogun State. With a resolute tone, he declared that heaven would not fall if the tribunal decided to act in favour of Adebutu. The counsel began by seeking …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has sought to invalidate its own certified results as evidence in its final argument in the ongoing election tribunal case between Ladi Adebutu and Dapo Abiodun. Adebutu, represented by his counsel, Goddy Uche, SAN, has requested the court to admit and dismiss the written …

I had almost gone to bed last week on the 22nd August, 2023 when a phone call filtered in from Abeokuta to engage me in an informal chat as usual. The caller, Adedunola Adele, who happened to be my old-time friend, actually called to express his bitterness over what he …

“Two truths are told, as happy prologues to the swelling act of the imperial theme. – I thank you, gentlemen – This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill, cannot be good. If ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth?” – Macbeth (Shakespeare) Ogun State is …

As the tribunal sitting in Ogun State heats up, there are speculations that the Ogun State government, under the leadership of Dapo Abiodun, might be going after those who worked for the Nigerian president, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, during the last presidential election in Ogun State. These assumptions couldn’t have …

At the ongoing governorship election petition tribunal in Ogun State, the request to re-examine a witness of the All Progressives Congress (APC) by Prince Dapo Abiodun’s lawyer, Taiwo Osipitan, was turned down. The witness, Olalekan Toyin Odesanya, who voted at Wesley Primary School polling unit in Ijebu North East, took …

It is no longer news that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the last governorship election in Ogun State, Hon. Ladi Adebutu, is fighting the legitimacy of the second term given to Price Dapo Abiodun at the election tribunal sitting in Abeokuta. Adebutu is insisting that what happened …

The Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, seemed to have lost the trust of the people he governs totally as most of his statements do not seem to resonate with them. Recall that the governor was in Benin Republic last Tuesday to attend the 63rd independence anniversary of the nation. …

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Professor Mike Ozekhome, has written a petition against Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, over the recent governorship election in Ogun State. In the petitions made available to Freelanews and submitted to Independent Corrupt Practices & Other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC), Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) …

Reactions have begun to trail the submission of only eight names as commissioner nominees by the governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun. Recall that Ogun State House of Assembly unveiled the names sent to it by Abiodun for confirmation and have since invited them for screening tomorrow, Wednesday, August 2, …

The DNA of the March 18, 2023 Governorship election in Ogun State is being tested at the Governorship Election Tribunal in Abeokuta, the state capital. Blood (Voters) samples have been drawn from polling units and forensic proofs suggest contamination in the electoral waters. A forensic audit of early samples is …

Barely three months into Dapo Abiodun’s administration in 2019, precisely on the 11th of August, the Secretary to the State Government, Tokubo Talabi, opened a Superflux International DSRA (Domiciliary account) with Access Bank, Victoria Island branch with the Account Number: xxxxxx 9704 from which a lot of transactions bothering on …

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ogun State has cried out over the state governor’s attempt to suppress the release and findings of the electoral malpractice’s investigation ordered by the former Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba. In a press statement signed by the chairman of the party in Ogun …