The Federal Government has announced that schools under its control will not be reopening for the forthcoming West African Examination Council (WAEC) exams. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, however said that WAEC should suspend examinations. According to Tolu Ogunlesi the aide to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, in …

LAGOS: The Group Managing Director of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), Mr. Segun Agbaje, has been appointed as an independent member of the board of PepsiCo. According to a notice published on the Nasdaq website, the PepsiCo said Agbaje will join its board and audit company from July 15. Ramon Laguarta, …

ABUJA: The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), has described the news making the grounds online claiming the embattled Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, gave him N4billion as false and baseless fabrications. According to a release e-signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l …

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 …

IBADAN: The final burial of a veteran Journalist – Mr. Joe Abiola, fondly called Atuma starts with Tributes by the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Oyo State Branch on Thursday, July 16, 2020 at the NUJ Press Centre, Iyaganku GRA, Ibadan, Oyo State. According to Mr. Jide Abiola, Principal, Ilesa …

Opinion By Babatunde Odubanwo Like a number of people, I found the story about the misinformation on ‘Nimie’, a 200-level Physics undergraduate of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) very depressing. Reading a couple of tweets about her the penultimate week, I was almost entrapped in the cauldron of social media …

ABEOKUTA: Disturbed by the alarming rate of rape and other sexual and gender-based crimes in the country, a foundation and Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Oyenola Oluwole Foundation (OOF), in partnership with some stakeholders, has intensified its efforts through outdoor exercise and awareness campaign against rape and other gender crimes. The outdoor …

By AbuSatar Hamed LAGOS: The management of Fidelity Bank Plc, on Tuesday, July 7, 2020 presented Personal Protect Equipment (PPE) to Ondo State government. According to a release e-signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l magazine & www.startrendinternational.com by Ejike Ndiulo, Head, Corporate Communications, Fidelity Bank Plc., the items which …

LAGOS: The Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has expressed his gratitude and that of Lagosians to the management of NNPC and SHELL for donating some security cars to the government of Lagos State. Gov. Sanwo-Olu stated this through his tweeter handle – @jidesanwoolu on Wednesday, July 8 2020, saying, “We …

By Raymond Osho ABEOKUTA: A 44-year-old Pastor of CAC Ogo Oluwa Parish – Oluwafemi Oyebola have been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command for raping his daughter (name withheld). Oyebola’s arrest followed a complaint by the victim who reported at Owode-Egbado Divisional Headquarters that her father has …