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By Raymond Osho IBORO: The ancient town of Iboro in Yewa North Local Government of Ogun State will be in festive mood as this yearly Eyinni Festival holds with a week-long activity. According to the Aboro of Iboroland, Oba Daniel Abayomi Adeloye Salako, sons and daughters, including well-wishers of the …

LAGOS: The Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said on Tuesday, October 15, 2019 that the State is ready to pay more than the N30,000 benchmark for the National Minimum Wage. Sanwo-Olu said the implementation of the new minimum wage payment would take off when the Federal Government and labour …

By Raymond Osho IMEKO: A 30-year-old man, Solomon Ogundetu has been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command for defiling his 12-year-old daughter (name undisclosed). One Alhaji Obamuyiwa Semiu had reported at Imeko Divisional headquarters of Ogun State Police Command that the victim who is primary school pupil …

By AbuSatar Hamed AKURE: The place of judiciary as the third and very important branch of government has become indisputable. Globally, vibrant judiciary is recognised as the last hope of the common man. Without a well-organised and an independent judiciary, a nation cannot be said to be practicing a democratic …

By AbuSatar Hamed ABUJA: Nigeria is fully cooperating with the International Criminal Court (ICC) preliminary examination into issues related to insurgency in the North East to ensure the process is forthrightly concluded, says Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. According to a release signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l magazine …

By AbuSatar Hamed AKOKO: It has become an admitted fact that the level of economic development in any society directly depends on the development of its infrastructure. Because of its relevance for the development of other sectors of the economy, robust infrastructure though does not directly produce goods and services, …

By AbuSatar Hamed ABUJA: The Nigeria’s Afro hip-hop star – Tuface Idibia, fondly called 2Baba on Friday October 11, 2019 paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Youths and Sport, Mr. Sunday Dare in his Abuja office. The purpose of 2Baba’s visit, it was scooped was to invite the …

By AbuSatar Hamed AKURE: The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. The world body also conceives health as the ability of a biological system to acquire, convert, allocate, distribute and utilise …

By Lekan Ajibogun As part of its quest to empower Nigeria youth and students towards achieving greater heights, Prospect76Events, an event management outfit and a luxury lifestyle brand has announced its intention to give out N50,000 Grant to Students. According to a release e-signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l …

By Raymond Osho ABEOKUTA: Ogun state Governor, Dapo Abiodun on Thursday, October 10, 2019 said the current 2019 Budget prepared by the immediate past Administration was not in tandem with his administration’s vision for the state. Abiodun who spoke during a Town Hall Meeting on the 2020 budget for Ogun …