Opinion By Elijah Udofia Saturday, July 4, 2020, is a day the people of Abeokuta, particularly those living very close to the city’s waterways, would not forget in a hurry. Like in the days of Noah, the floodgates were opened and the showers came down heavily, causing floods of havoc …

Opinion By: Ademola Orunbon It is no longer news that the Nigerian girl-child has suddenly become an endangered species. No thanks to the daily assault and all forms of abuse directed against her especially rape, violence, child labour, ignorance, disease, malnutrition, maltreatment, you name it. The media is replete with …

Opinion By: Momodu Kazeem International Youth Day is an awareness day designated by the United Nations. The purpose of the day is to draw attention to a given set of cultural and legal issues surrounding youth. The first IYD was observed on 12 August, 2000. It is an annual celebration …

By Akinyera Busola ISARA-REMO: In preparation for the 3rd phase of applications, for the Federal government of Nigeria job creation programme, tagged N-Power Batch (C), which has been one of the Federal Government Social Intervention Programmes, Remo North Local Government, Isara, has embarked on the, 3-Rs of; Resuscitation, Renovation & …

By Sodeinde Kolawole ABEOKUTA: Ogun State First Lady,  Mrs.Bamidele Abiodun has supported the widows at Abeokuta South Local Government (ASLG) with food items, household materials and the Chairman, Transition Committee ASLG, Hon. Ayodeji Michael Shomide celebrated with them According to a release e-signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l magazine …

ABEOKUTA– The Nigerian Breweries Plc, on Tuesdayday, July 7, 2020 donated some relief materials to members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ogun State Council at the Iwe Iroyin Secretariat, Oke Ilewo, Abeokuta, to further cushion the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Delivering the items, the Corporate Affairs Manager (South …

AYETORO-YEWA: The member, House of Representatives for Egbado North/Imeko Afon Federal Constituency at the National Assembly, Hon. Olaifa Jimoh Aremu (OJA), has commiserated and identify with the entire indigenes of Afon, Busari family and friends on the departure of Oba Busari Adelere Adetona (Orimadegun III), the Obaladi of Afonland in …

By Raymond Osho ABEOKUTA: The alarming increase in the number of beggars in Ogun state, especially Abeokuta, the capital city is becoming worrisome as the embarrasment is gradually gaining normalcy. Even though the Senate has described street begging as a menace to the country, it is still prevalent in some …

ABEOKUTA: The Ogun State Government, under the leadership of Prince Dapo Abiodun, is looking at the possibility of providing durable drainage by extending the ongoing construction work on the Panseke-Adigbe Road in Abeokuta, to reach the popular Opako Bridge along Obada Road. This is in order to put a permanent …

ABUJA: The embattled suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibarahim Magu, has denied ever giving Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, N4 billion as being rumoured. Magu stated this on Thursday, July 9, 2020, when he appeared before the presidential panel investigating him over allegations of fraud. …