Opinion: By Snr. Chief ‘Lekan Alabi IBADAN – Chief Commander of Juju music, Professor (Evangelist) Ebenezer Obey-Fabiyi, MFR, on Monday, April 3, 2023 clocks 81 years. May God continue to shower His blessings on the icon of music, philosopher, reformer, gentleman, etc. My path, 39 years ago, first crossed directly …

IFO – Magistrate Court in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State, presided over by Chief Magistrate A.S Shoneye have granted bail to the celebrated Zazu crooner – Portable. Okikiola was on Monday, April 3, 2023 arraigned before the court on a five count charge, related to assault and …

Opinion: By Adegbola Akande As an entertainment journalist, I was in Ijebu Ode recently to cover a social event. On getting to town, I became dehydrated, so I stopped to freshen up at a lounge near the Lagos Garage in Ijebu Ode. On entering the lounge, three gentlemen and a …

LAGOS – Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) has formally listed its N300 billion Series 1 and 2 bonds issued under the Dangote Industries Funding Plc during a grand listing ceremony at both the FMDQ and the Nigeria Exchange Limited (NGX) in Lagos. Olakunle Alake, Group Managing Director of Dangote Industries Limited …

LAGOS – First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier financial services institution, has announced a phased corporate name change of its subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and Sub-Saharan Africa. FBNBank UK, FBNBank Sierra Leone, FBNBank Gambia and FBNBank DRC are the first set of subsidiaries effecting the name alignment. They …

For the record: By Snr. Chief ‘Lekan Alabi The First is still the first. Chief ‘Folake Solanke, SAN, born on March 29,1932 at Oke Ejigbo Area, Abeokuta, Ogun State is the First Lady Chairman of the board of WNTV-WNBS, 1971. She’s also First Lady Commissioner in the now-defunct Western State …

A Nigerian veteran boxer, Bash Ali has sent a warming congratulatory birthday message to Nigeria President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his 71 birthday anniversary. Ali stated this in his congratulatory message to the President-elect, also tasks him to prioritise sports activities in his administration, noting that Nigeria’s sports activities …

LAGOS – The Premier Bank in West Africa and the leading financial inclusion services provider in Nigeria for over 128 years, First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank), has said that its attention has been drawn to a sponsored sensational report by some online publications on a charge brought against the …

IJEBU ODE – Following the declaration of All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Prince Dapo Abiodun MFR, as the winner in Ogun State, Egbe Bobagunte (Okunrin) Akile Ijebu has congratulated him on his victory. According to a release e-signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l magazine and online – www.startrendinternational.com …

LAGOS – The Catholic Church has warned that the ethnic profiling and violence that marred the just-concluded elections in Lagos State, if not promptly checked, could truncate the peaceful co-existence of residents in the state. Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins in a statement issued in Lagos condemned …