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LAGOS: Primero Transport Services Ltd., operator of the Lagos Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) which is being managed by Mr Fola Tinubu, has announced plans to withdraw its services on May 25, 2020. The transport services cited logistics problems and other issues as one of its reasons, a source told the …

By Raymond  Osho  ABEOKUTA: A couple In Ogun State, Muyideen Tiamiyu and  Shola Tiamiyu has clamored for justice after being allegedly beaten up by operatives of  the So-Safe Corps during the lockdown. Crying profusely while narrating their ordeal to Journalists at Iwe-Irohin, Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital on Friday, May …

ABUJA: The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) on Friday, May 22, 2020 chaired the Presidential Working Group on Power Sector Reforms. Photos: Tolani Alli

ABUJA: With the Eid-el-Fitr celebrations around the corner and the month-long Ramadan fast coming to an end, President Muhammadu Buhari will be conducting his Eid prayers with his family at home. According to a press release e-signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l magazine & www.startrendinternational.com by Garba Shehu, Senior Special …

Opinion: No doubt, Jumia has become a household name in Nigeria and indeed Africa. But the e-commerce firm has in recent times come under unwholesome criticism, borne not out of failure to deliver services, but of envy and failure of others to mark up the market.        In this analysis, DAVID …

By AbuSatar Hamed ABEOKUTA: Due to low-level compliance of the government directive against the spread of coronavirus in the state the Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun has extended the lockdown period in the state. According to a press release e-signed by Governor Dapo Abiodun and made available to StarTrend Int’l …

IJEBU-ODE: As part of efforts at cushioning the effect of lockdown in the State, due to COVID-19 pandemic, the Senior Special Assistant on Agriculture to Ogun State Governor, Dr. Angel Adelaja Kuye has distributed palliatives to the old and needy in Ijebu-Ode. The palliatives consist 5Kg of rice, 25kg of …

OWODE-YEWA: Alhaji Jimoh Bello, who was declared missing on Monday, May 18, 2020 has been found dead in his car trunk. Alhaji Bello is the owner of Uncle J. Bee Hotel, located at 168, Lagos-Idiroko Road, Owode, Yewa South Local Government area of Ogun State. The man was reported to …

RWANDA: Despite having just 308 cases and in its concerted effort against novel coronavirus, Rwanda has acquired five humanoid robots aimed at reducing contact between medics and patients. It was scooped the high-tech robots were launched at the Kanyinya Covid-19 Treatment Centre by the country’s Ministry of Health on Tuesday, …

ISARA-REMO: The Community Based Targeting Team, (CBTT), of Remo North Local Government, Isara, Ogun State, met with the Chairman, Hon. Abiodun Somoye and members of the LG Transition Committee, for the purpose of sensitization, moral and logistic support, towards the capturing exercise of the Social Register for the poor and …