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AIYETORO-YEWA – A member of the House of Representatives, representing Egbado North/Imeko Afon Federal Constituency at the National Assembly, Abuja, Hon. Olaifa Jimoh Aremu has felicitated with Muslims, especially from his constituency as they mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir, urging them to imbibe the lessons of sacrifice and love which the …

ABEOKUTA – Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has signed the Revised 2020 Appropriation Bill into Law, with a pledge to pay attention to health, education, infrastructure and other sectors that would boost the State’s economy. Signing the Budget, which was reduced from N449.97bn to N280bn in his office at …

By Abiola Rufai ILARO-YEWA – A member of the Ogun State House of Assembly, representing Yewa South State Constituency, Hon. (Mrs.) Bola Ajayi has called on Muslims not to relent at praying for the peace and progress of the state and Nigeria at large. Hon. Ajayi who made the call …

By AbuSatar Hamed ABUJA – Over the past week, there has been an unnecessary controversy about the Azura-Edo Independent Power Project (IPP) especially the concerns about who signed the transaction documents and who did not sign, thus ignoring the consequences of backing out of the agreements by the Federal Government. …

By Debby Olutayo ABEOKUTA – The State working committee of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ), Ogun State Council has approved the dissolution of Comrade Adewole Dosunmu leadership of the Ogun State Ministry of Information Chapel, following the expiration of their tenure since July 22, 2019 and failure of the …

By Raymond Osho ABEOKUTA – Ogun State government on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 announced the reopening of worship centres, effective from August 14, 2020. The State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun made the announcement in a Press conference at his Oke-Mosan office in Abeokuta, the state capital. The governor stressed that …

  By AbuSatar Hamed IBADAN – The Archbishop of Catholic Archdiocese of Ibadan, Most Rev. Gabriel ‘Leke Abegunrin has sent congratulatory messages to Muslim faithful in Oyo State on the occasion of 2020 Eid-el-Kabir celebration. According to a release e-signed by Most Rev. Gabriel ‘Leke Abegunrin and made available to …

Opinion By Adedoyin Giwa Realities of COVID-19 pandemic necessitated low key Easter and Eid-al-fitr celebrations, this Sallah celebrations will be no different. Globally, authorities are stressing the need for caution and protective measures in every human activity. The holy city of Mecca won’t witness troops of pilgrims like previous years, …

By Raymond Osho ABEOKUTA – The just-concluded election of the Federated Chapel of Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ogun State Council marked a new era of with the Publisher and Chief Executive Officer of StarTrend International Magazine Elhadj AbuSatar Idowu Hamed emerging as the Chairman. The Free, fair and credible …

By Raymond Osho ABEOKUTA – The National and State leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) have declared Elhadj AbuSatar Idowu Hamed as the new Chairman of Federated Chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ogun State Council. The exercise which was conducted by the Ogun state Caretaker Committee, led …