Let’s develop Ogun together, Dapo Abiodun tells opponents

Gradually, Nigeria is going on a total lockdown as more states close their borders as a measure to curb the spread of COVID-19. When The Guardian visited the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway toll gate end bordering the two states, there was little or no activities in the Ogun State end. All shops were locked in the border area of Lagos and many commuters stranded.⁣

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At least one hundred and fifty suspects have been paraded in Ogun for alleged robbery and cultism.

Residents of border communities in Ogun and Lagos are living in fear following rising cases of armed robbery attacks.

For days, groups of anxious residents - young and old, and mostly male - kept night vigils on streets, armed with machetes, bottles and other household items. Braced for an attack that emanated from rumours that a group of up to 200 armed robbers was on the rampage. Even though hundreds were later arrested in Lagos to Ogun State, the situations seem to be under control by the Nigerian Police Force who seems to be overwhelmed at first.

In this report, Bukola Samuel-Wemimo engages the commissioner of health in Ogun state, Tomi Coker, on the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state.

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In this interview, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu speaks more on why the president reviewed lockdown order on Lagos, Ogun and FCT.

Omo-Agege: Lockdown shouldn’t be only about Lagos, Abuja, and Ogun

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A newborn baby was found abandoned in a pit on Saturday, August 8 in Olori Adiyan, a suburb of Ogun State.⁣ ⁣ Residents claimed the baby must have been dumped by the mother who didn't want the child but nobody saw when the dastardly act happened.⁣ ⁣

Ogun state governor, Dapo Abiodun said the state government will rely more on the Internally Generated Revenue to finance capital projects in the 2021 budget.