BY OLOYE ‘LEKAN ALABI Alhaji (Chief) Dauda Soroye Adegbenro, a late Balogun Owu and Ekerin Egba, was a politician and Minister in the cabinets of the late first Premier of the now-defunct Western Nigeria, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, SAN, GCFR, and that of Awolowo’s successor, the late Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola, …

ISEYIN, OYO STATE – Nigerian governors have refuted claims made by Senate President Godswill Akpabio that the Federal Government disbursed N1.08tn to states to alleviate hardship experienced across various states. Addressing a gathering in Iseyin on Thursday, February 22, 2024, Governor Makinde of Oyo State, also the Vice-Chairman of the …

ABUJA – The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) voices concern over the nation’s vulnerability to terrorists, bandits, and criminal groups, labeling the escalating insecurity as reaching “alarming proportions”. In a letter dated February 14, 2024, titled “State of the Nation” and signed by NBA President Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, addressed to President …

BY ABU-SATAR HAMED OWO, ONDO STATE – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, led a chorus of praises for the late former Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu (SAN), commending his courageous service to humanity during the funeral service held at the Saint Andrews …

OWO, ONDO STATE – Most Rev’d (Dr.) Blessing Enyindah, the Dean of the Church of Nigeria and Anglican Communion Anglican Bishop of Ikwerre, has  appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to promptly address the prevailing hardship faced by Nigerians. Enyindah stated this during his sermon at the funeral service for …

LAGOS, Nigeria – February 22, 2024 – After days of intense collaboration, innovation, and problem-solving, three teams – Team Within, Team X, and Team Storepoint emerged winners in the inaugural Take-on-Squad Hackathon 1.0 coding event held  at the state-of-the-art GTCO Training Complex, Tayo’s Plaza, Abeokuta, Ogun State, from January 18th …

BY OLOYE ‘LEKAN ALABI Monday, February 19,2024, it will be exactly 35 years that my article of the above title was published in the Sunday Tribune newspaper.    The appreciation piece, as it were, was spurred by the unprecedented, at state or Federal levels, send-forth party held by the Military …

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LAGOS – FirstBank has launched the second season of its Cash Out promo designed to reward users of FirstMobile, its industry-leading mobile banking solution. The FirstBank Cash Out Promo 2.0 which began on Monday, January 15, 2024 and ends on Friday, March 15, 2024, and is open to new and …

LAGOS – Despite the outcry of the people and government intervention, the residents of Ajasa-Command area in Ipaja, Lagos State endured a weekend of terror as land grabbers, led by Chief Mutairu Owoeye, a notorious land speculator from Sango-Ota, Ogun State, invaded the community. The invasion, which occurred on Friday, …