Poverty has been defined as the lack of income (in cash or kind) necessary to ensure access to a set of basic needs. But in recent times, it is defined to include powerlessness (the inability to change circumstances for better) isolation, vulnerability (a fear of loosing the little that one has). In an assessment tour…

Located in the Southwest Zone of Nigeria with a total land area of 16,409.26 square kilometres. It is situated between Latitude 6.2°N and 7.8°N and Longitude 3.0 o E and 5.0°E.  Ogun State is bounded on the West by the Benin Republic, on the South by Lagos State and the Atlantic Ocean, on the East…

In February 1976, the territory now called Ogun State was carved out of the old Western State by the military administration of General Murtala Muhammed and General Olusegun Obasanjo. The new State was made up of the former Abeokuta and Ijebu provinces of the former Western State, which itself came into being when it was…

List of commissioners in Ogun State in 2004 OTUNBA JIMI TAIWO (COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION)Otunba Jimi Taiwo was born in ijesa jib Odogbolu Local Government on the 18th of June 1941.He attended st. Judes’ primary school, Ijesa-Ijebu and Wesley school,irolu Remo,for his primary education, and obtained his First School leaving certificate in 1953. Please click here…

THE PLACES OF TOURIST INTEREST IN OGUN STATE ARE: Ogun State has both natural and cultural features of antiquity, which could be of interest to tourists and for recreational purposes. The natural features include inselbergs, beaches, valleys, highlands, waterfalls and vegetation. Cultural features include shrines, tombs, arti-facts, sculpture, costume and others. Tourist attractions in the…

Ogun State has both natural and cultural features of antiquity, which could be of interest to tourists and for recreational purposes. The natural features include inselbergs, beaches, valleys, highlands, waterfalls and vegetation. Cultural features include shrines, tombs, arti-facts, sculpture, costume and others. Tourist attractions in the state include the Olumo rock, a huge rock outcrop…

This Local Government Area was formerly Egbado North Local Government. It has its headquarters at Ayetoro, and came into existence via Local Government edict no.9 of 1976. This area has a land size of about 200,213.5 hectares, shares boundaries with Imeko/Afon Local Government in the north, in the south by Yewa South Local Government, in…

This Local Government Area was formerly Egbado North Local Government. It has its headquarters at Ayetoro, and came into existence via Local Government edict no.9 of 1976. This area has a land size of about 200,213.5 hectares, shares boundaries with Imeko/Afon Local Government in the north, in the south by Yewa South Local Government, in…

This Local Government Area was carved out of old Remo Local Government, and came into being on 23rd September 1991. It has a land area of about 68.03 sq. km, its headquarters in Sagamu, and bounded by Odogbolu, Local Government, Lagos State, Ikenne Local Government and Obafemi Owode Local Government in the east, north and…

Remo North Local Government was carved out of Ikenne Local government on October 1, 1996. It occupies about 195 sq.km., and is bounded by Ijebu North, Ikenne, Obafemi/Owode Local Government and Oyo State to the east, south, west and north respectively. It has 10 electoral wards and its headquarters is in Isara. The wards are…