By JKNewsMedia A FIRE outbreak triggered by a diesel tanker explosion near Alake Sports Complex was swiftly contained on Tuesday, as the Ogun State government moved to reassure participants and residents of their safety amid the ongoing National Sports Festival. The incident, which occurred close to one of the festival venues in Abeokuta, did...
By JKNewsMedia TENANTS GRAPPLING with high living costs in Lagos have received a lifeline as the State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu reinforced a planned crackdown on illegal tenancy charges, urging residents to report landlords or agents demanding more than the legal limit. At the 2025 Ministerial Press Briefing held at the Bagauda Kaltho Pres...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE FEDERAL Government has cleared two transformative energy projects for Oyo State, signalling a renewed commitment to overhauling critical power infrastructure. At the Federal Executive Council meeting on Monday, authorities greenlit the revival and concessioning of the Ikere Gorge Hydropower Plant alo...
By Biola ‘Nubi, JKNewsMedia Intern TO RESHAPE Ogun State’s manufacturing sector, a $50 million commitment is set as Mamuda Group Nigeria Limited channels the funding through its subsidiary, Mamuda Beverages. The development follows a high-level meeting between the company’s leadership and Governor Dapo Abiodun at his Oke-Mosan office in...
By Dola Adelola, JKNewsMedia Intern STANDING ON the cusp of national spotlight as the National Sports Commission (NSC), Ogun government has declared the state fully ready to host the 22nd National Sports Festival. This follows a meticulous inspection of sports venues, accommodation centres, and logistics facilities by the Commission’s top lea...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter JULIUS BERGER has announced it is entering the final stage of its ambitious Lagos-Opebi-Mende Roads and Bridges project, with completion firmly in sight and the handover deadline of May 2025 standing intact. In a press statement by the company, “with every structural milestone achieved, the contra...
By JKNewsMedia Nigeria’s biomedical sector gained fresh momentum as CODIX BIO Limited unveiled the country’s first large-scale rapid diagnostic test production facility, strategically located along the Sagamu Expressway in Ogun State. The landmark project, the second of its kind in Sub-Saharan Africa, is set to produce up to 147 million...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNewsMedia Reporter NINETEEN PASSENGERS, including two boat operators, were kidnapped by sea pirates during a brazen daylight assault on the Isaka River in Okrika, Rivers State, prompting swift response efforts from the police and a strike threat from the maritime union. Police launch rescue efforts for 19 kidnapped in Ri...
By JKNewsMedia CABINET STRUCTURE in Oyo State government has undergone a major reshuffle as Governor Seyi Makinde reassigned five commissioners across pivotal ministries. The reorganisation, announced in an official letter signed by Chief of Staff Otunba Segun Ogunwuyi on Monday, took effect immediately. Under the new arrangement, the Commiss...
By Rosheedat Akinkunle, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIA’s AMBITION to revive its textile industry has gained renewed momentum as Ogun State prepares to host the world’s largest cotton and polyester processing factory under the federal government’s Renewed Hope Cotton Resurgent Initiative. A transformative textile industrial complex will so...
