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5 unusual facts about Ogun State


Adebayo Ogunlesi

Mr. Ogunlesi was born to the family of Prof. & Mrs. T.O Ogunlesi of Makun, Sagamu Ogun State Nigeria.

Charles A. Adeogun-Phillips

He is a grandson of Phillip Bamgbose and Theresa Fatola Adeogun of Ajale Compound Igbajo, Osun State, Federal Republic of Nigeria, and of Henry Isaac Kobina-Badu Williams, of Cape Coast, Republic of Ghana and Joanna Olasumbo Williams of Itesi, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Osilesi

Osilesi is the surname of a family that originated from Ijebu-Remo or Shagamu in Ogun State, Nigeria.

Papalolo

Plays on Nigerian TV included the very successful comedy Owo Tabua (Plenty Money), which was syndicated on NTA, Ibadan, Lagos Television (LTV 8) and Ogun State Television, OGTV, Abeokuta.

Reuben Abati

Reuben Abati, born November 7, 1965 in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, is Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria.


Ebenezer Obey

Obey, whose full name is Ebenezer Remilekun Aremu Olasupo Obey-Fabiyi, was born in Idogo, Ogun State, Nigeria of EgbaYoruba ethnic background.

Federal Medical Center, Abeokuta

The Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Abeokuta came into existence on 21 April, 1983, when the state hospital, Idi-Aba, was handed over to the federal government by the then state Governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba for development into a federal tertiary health institution for the people of Ogun State and Nigerians in general.

Foreign relations of Nigeria

In 2006 the Governor Otunba Gbenga Daniel of the Nigerian state of Ogun announced that Barbadians would be given free land if they wished to move to Nigeria.

Nigerian Navy Secondary School, Abeokuta

The then Governor of Ogun State, a naval personnel himself, Navy Captain Mohammed Lawal, invited the Nigerian Navy to consider a location of the defunct St Leo's Teachers' Training College at Ibara Abeokuta (www.nnssab.net)on a hilly Onikolobo site.

The Nigerian Navy Secondary School Abeokuta, is a secondary school located in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria.


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Dimeji Bankole

In 2002, Bankole was elected to the House of Representatives on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) ticket to represent the Abeokuta South Federal Constituency of Ogun State.

Moshood

Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, tertiary learning institution in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria

Nigerian Navy Secondary School, Abeokuta

At the handing over ceremony on that day, the Ogun State Military Governor, Navy Captain Oladeinde Joseph, commended the Nigerian Navy for bringing a model secondary school to Abeokuta.

Sarafa Tunji Ishola

Isola was among Ogun State leaders who fell out with the state governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel.