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News Nigeria » Ogun » Culture: Ogun set to host National Sports Festival, invites nation to Gateway Games experience

News channel or source: https://www.pulse.ng/story/ogun-set-to-host-national-sports-festival-invites-nation-to-gateway-games-experience-2025050916301920430

Published on: Friday 09 May 2025

This prestigious event, long regarded as Nigeria’s own Olympics, will bring together athletes, coaches, officials, fans, and dignitaries from across the federation for a grand celebration of ...

News Nigeria » Ogun » Culture: Ogun 2027: The mutual payoff of royal blessing for Yayi, Abiodun

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/politics/government/ogun-2027-the-mutual-payoff-of-royal-blessing-for-yayi-abiodun/ar-AA28mBeA

Published on: Monday 20 July 2026

Femi OgbonnikanOgun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, penultimate Friday achieved a significant political breakthrough in his succession plan as he secured the endorsement of the Ijebu Council of ...

News Nigeria » Ogun » Culture: Ogun commissioner harps on culture as pathway forunity, development

News channel or source: https://thenationonlineng.net/ogun-commissioner-harps-on-culture-as-pathway-forunity-development/

Published on: Saturday 30 May 2026

The Ogun state Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Sesan Fagbayi, has described cultural festivals such as the “Ojude Oba” as an avenue that provides a pathway for indigenes to reconnect with ...

News Nigeria » Ogun » Culture: Jidex in Ijebu 2.0 highlights growing entertainment culture in Ogun

News channel or source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/06/jidex-in-ijebu-2-0-highlights-growing-entertainment-culture-in-ogun/

Published on: Thursday 18 June 2026

Days after the globally celebrated Ojude Oba Festival brought colour, culture and thousands of visitors to Ijebu-Ode, fashion entrepreneur and entertainer Jidex sustained the momentum with the second ...

News Nigeria » Ogun » Culture: Nigeria’s Lekan Babalola on ‘Lakaaye’ his Afrofuturist version of Ogun, the Yoruba God

News channel or source: https://www.theafricareport.com/135150/nigerias-lekan-babalola-on-lakaaye-his-afrofuturist-version-of-ogun-the-yoruba-god/

Published on: Friday 22 October 2021

Lakaaye, an 11-track-long album, is an acoustic journey that gives Yoruba worship a contemporary spin. Steeped in the idioms of praise-singing, it fuses musical styles, myth and diverse cultural ...

News Nigeria » Ogun » Culture: Ogun emerges Nigeria’s second best performing state in pSPI 2025 ranking

News channel or source: https://dailypost.ng/2026/06/01/ogun-emerges-nigerias-second-best-performing-state-in-pspi-2025-ranking/

Published on: Monday 01 June 2026

Ogun State has been ranked as the second best-performing state in Nigeria in the 2025 State Performance Index (pSPI) released by Phillips Consulting, a development that further underscores the impact ...