Ogun

/ əʊˈɡʊn /

noun

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

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In the footage, female staff at Olabisi Onabanjo University in south-western Ogun State are seen touching some students' chests as they queue to enter an examination hall.

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The university was founded in 1982 as Ogun State University when Olabisi Onabanjo was state governor.

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As the emergency services were responding to the Majia explosion, another fuel tanker overturned in Ibafo in south-western Ogun state.

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As the clear-up operation was under way in Jigawa, there was another fuel tanker accident in south-western Ogun state in the town of Ibafo.

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The victim, a 35-year-old man, worked at the Presidential Library Wildlife Park, owned by former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, in Abeokuta, capital of Ogun state.

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