…ATTENTION: From breaking news to viral moments. Follow Legit.ng on Instagram!Dr Abiola Arogundade, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on TVEE, told graduates that the government's goal is economic self-reliance rather than dependency on handouts. "Mr President believes that our young people do not simply nee…
…and our content will appear higher in your Google feed!A secondary school teacher from Ogun State has been named Nigeria's best teacher in 2026, taking home a brand-new car at a national awards ceremony held in Abuja.Dr Mary Oluwaseun Adebayo, who teaches at Nawair-Ud-Deen Grammar School (Senior) in Obantoko, Abeokuta,…
…to avert building collapse and combat the use of substandard building materials, the Ogun State Building Production Management Authority, OGBPMA, and the Building Collapse Prevention Guild, BCPG, have brought bricklayers, carpenters, welders, architects, engineers, builders, community leaders and other stakeholders tog…
Dr Mary Adebayo of Nawair-Ud-Deen Grammar School (Senior), Obantoko, Abeokuta, Ogun State, has emerged Nigeria’s Overall Best Teacher for 2026 at the Federal Government’s President’s Teachers’ and Schools’ Excellence Awards, which recognises teachers, school administrators and schools across different categories. Adeba…
…Praise the King of Kings, held at Bishop’s Court Multipurpose Hall, Onikolobo, Abeokuta, Ogun State. The event was linked to the Oba Karunwi III Evangelical Movement on Thursday. The Osile of Oke-Ona Egba, Oba Adedapo Adewale Tejuoso, removes his cap during a Christian worship event in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The develop…
…Speaking on the development, Managing Director of Boof Insurance Brokers, Mr. Olumide Fatogun stated that the figures also suggest that a larger proportion of premium income was absorbed by claims during the period. Although the increase in the claims-to-premium ratio appears marginal, it could become significant for i…
No fewer than nine transport unions in Ogun State, under the aegis of the Transport Unions Alliance for Yayi, have endorsed the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Solomon Adeola, popularly known as Yayi, ahead of the 2027 election. The unions announced their support on Thursday at a rally held at…
Governor Dapo Abiodun has warned transport unions in Ogun State against arbitrary increases in transport fares, saying they must not punish commuters. Abiodun gave the warning on Thursday at the Ake Palace Pavilion in Abeokuta during a rally at which nine transport unions endorsed the governorship candidate of the All…
…of Lagos, Abuja and Rivers are paying among the highest prices, while some locations in Ogun and Lagos have cheaper ratesThe price differences are largely influenced by several factors, making gas prices vary significantly from one location to another PAY ATTENTION: Find it fast with our new search feature at Legit.ng!…
…the rubble Six years before Akeredolu lost his children, 53-year-old Mrs Omawunmi Balogun experienced a different but equally devastating building collapse. On March 13, 2019, a school building on Massey Street, Ita-Faaji, Lagos Island, collapsed, killing several people, including Balogun’s eight-year-old daughter, Rad…
…to questions from journalists after a media tour of Coleman’s factories in Sagamu, Ogun State, recently. Onafowokan said the Standard Organisation of Nigeria needed to strengthen its enforcement efforts to protect genuine manufacturers and consumers from substandard products. He argued that confiscating and destroying…
….As 4th Vanguard summit opens Friday By Sola Ogundipe Nigeria’s youth mental health crisis will come under sharp scrutiny as leading psychiatrists, public health experts and advocates press for stronger action on substance use, suicide, social isolation and the growing mental health pressures linked to social media an…
…in Nigeria. Olajide, who is also the Chairman of the Mental Health Action Committee, Ogun State, stated this on Wednesday during a mental health awareness walk organised to commemorate the 2026 World Mental Health Day. The awareness walk was organised by the Association of Resident Doctors of the Neuro-Psychiatric Hosp…
By Enitan Abdultawab Nigerian born football administrator Lola Ogunbote has joined Chelsea Women as the club’s new Head of Football Operations and Player Services, marking another major step in her growing career in football management. Ogunbote joined the London club after spending almost five years at Burnley Women,…
…FCT, with below-normal rainfall expected in parts of Katsina, Zamfara, Kwara, Oyo and Ogun states. NiMet further warned of dry spells in parts of 14 states, including Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kano, Kebbi, Niger, Plateau, Sokoto, Yobe and Zamfara, raising concerns over possible disruptions to planting and crop deve…
…in the suit filed at Federal High Court, Abuja, by its lead counsel, Festus Ogun, on October 5, 2026 and made available to PUNCH Online on Tuesday, said the alleged restrictions amounted to violations of Nigerians’ constitutional rights to freedom of expression and freedom from discrimination. The suit, brought under t…
…man has been arrested for allegedly molesting six year old girl in Odo Pako Akeja, Ogun state on Sunday, October 4. The suspect, who is a Muslim, is said to have gone to the area to pray in a Mosque and after he finished praying, accosted the little girl and allegedly sexually assaulted the little girl before he was ap…
Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, also known as the So-Safe Corps, on Monday nabbed two suspects over alleged burglary and theft of pumping machines at Ajambata, Sokoto Road, Atan-Ota area of the state. The suspects, simply identified as Monday and Vovo, were arrested following a distress call…
A 21-year-old man, identified as Ayomide Adebayo, has been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, codenamed So-Safe Corps, over the alleged burglary and stealing of household items from a residence at Asore, Atan-Ota, Ogun State. DAILY POST learnt that the suspect had a…
…claimed nine lives, involving a Delta Line commercial bus and a Sino TruckThe FRSC Ogun Command spokesperson confirmed all nine occupants, three males and six females, died in the incidentPreliminary investigation pointed to speed violation on a wet road during rainfall as the likely cause of the crashPAY ATTENTION: Fi…
It was a Black Monday in Ogun State as nine passengers lost their lives in a fatal road crash along the JBD/Ore route in Ijebu-Ode. The accident, which occurred at about 4:55 p.m. in the Bethel area, involved a white Toyota Hiace bus belonging to Delta Line, with registration number 14B-299DT, and a white Sino truck co…
…son, Adedoyin Olabiwonnu, in a correctional centre over the alleged m8rder of one Sunday Ogunsakin. In a Form K brought by the police, prosecutor Akinwale Oriyomi told the court that the defendants committed the offence in Afao-Ekiti on September 14. He alleged that the father, a former chairman of the Road Transport E…
The Deputy Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State for the 2027 election, Hajia ’Yemi Sowunmi-Kolapo, and the wife of the party’s governorship candidate, Chief Adenike Adebutu, have announced a cash gift of N1m to recently retired Deputy Superintendent of Traffic, DST Anifat Bello, for her…
…gas (LPG) was sold at about N1,350 per kilogram in Lagos, N1,300 in Osun, N1,400 in Ogun, and N1,200 in Oyo.Cooking gas prices hit N1,600 per kg in Lagos as households face rising living costs. Photo: NurphotoImagesBy the time the product reaches retailers, those figures climb further.PAY ATTENTION: From breaking news…
A medical physicist and Imam, Farouk Alrem Al-Egbaawiy in Ogun State has shared some rules in polygyny. According to him, polygyny is one of the means of seeking nearness to Allah, provided it is practiced with piety. He further explained that if one wife contracts an infection, a doctor will prescribe treatment for al…