Ogun

(əʊˈɡʊn)

(Placename) a state of SW Nigeria. Capital: Abeokuta. Pop: 3 728 098 (2006). Area: 16 762 sq km (6472 sq miles)

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Lewis's business manager, Adrian Ogun, may well claim his man would not follow Hasim Rahman by signing a deal, but I'm not so sure.

Boxing: Joining King is the only hope for Lennox

Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun Command, has seized 88 packs of Cannabis sativa also known as weeds and 42 compressed packs of books on Ihunbo-Okeodon, Idiroko road.

Customs impounds 88 packs of cannabis sativa in Ogun a Official

The 250MW would be broken into distant stages of 10MW, 20MW and 15MW and this would be deployed all over industrial clusters in place like Ogba, in Lagos state and parts of Ogun State.

Nigeria : BRESSON partners AGGREKO

Lewis's business manager Adrian Ogun made an official statement declaring that new world heavyweight champion Rahman's backing team had agreed to a return fight, probably in Las Vegas in August.

Boxing: Lennox return deal in the bag

A maritime expert and community leader in Ifo-Ewekoro area of Ogun State, Mr Bolaji Akinola, has commended Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, for bringing about an 'enduring transformation of the state'.

Amosun has brought 'enduring transformation' to Ogun aAkinola

THE Police in Ogun State has arrested a man suspected to be mentally sick, Lekan Adebisi, who killed two primary school pupils at Area J4 in Ijebu East Local Government Area of the State, on Wednesday morning.

Mentally ill man hacks two pupils to death, arrested

This is even as 1004 homes inside Harmony Estate, not far from Oke-Mosan, in Abeokuta, Ogun State, were already marked for demolition to pave the way for the standard gauge.

Nigeria : FG satisfied with Lagos-Ibadan railway work but says project behind schedule

com)-- Driven International will be working with EMC3 Nigeria, on behalf of Ogun State to design the new motorsport development.

EMC3 Chairman Baba Epega Announces $100 Million Project Bringing Motorsports to Nigeria

Kemi Adeosun, previously finance commissioner of Ogun State, takes over Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala's hot seat as Minister of Finance.

Buhari names new cabinet

Julius Berger Nigeria Plc is pleased to officially announce the release of the company's member of staff, who was abducted in Ogun State on 24 October 2014," a statement from the firm said.

Kidnapped German national freed in Nigeria

ABUJA (CyHAN)- A German construction worker was shot dead in southwest Nigeria's Ogun state by unknown gunmen, his employer Julius Berger said on Monday.

German worker shot dead in southwest Nigeria

Nigeria's Ogun State is a major industrial hub for the country and the West African sub-region.