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By AbuSatar Hamed ABUJA: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, would be participating in the 2019 African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) in Accra, Ghana, themed: “Grow Digital: Leveraging Digital Transformation to Drive Sustainable Food Systems in Africa”. According to a release signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l & www.startrendinternational.com by …

By AbuSatar Hamed KANO: Solar power projects being commissioned under the Energizing Education Programme of the Buhari administration is a testament to the fulfilment of its Next Level agenda, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. According to a release signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l & www.startrendinternational.com by …

By Raymond Osho ABEOKUTA: The Ogun State Police Community Relation Committee (PCRC) has thrown its backing for the So Safe Corps, insisting that the corps should not be held responsible for the murder of a 400-level student of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun state. It would be recalled that the …

Cornell Entertainment Consult (CMC), the organisers of the celebrated yearly CMC Africa Awards, an award dedicated primarily to celebrate men and women who had excelled in their respective callings has expressed their gratitude to those who stood by it towards the success of the event. According to release signed and …

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Diaspora, Non-Governmental Organisations and Civil Society Organisations, Senator (Dr.) Surajudeen Ajibola Basiru has cautioned Nigerians against reprisal attacks on South Africans and their investments in Nigeria. Basiru who is representing Osun Central Senatorial District at the Senate warned that reprisal attack on South Africans and …

By Raymond Osho The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun on Monday September, 2, 2019 identified Cassava, Maize and Rice as produce of interest under the State’s Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP). The Governor assured that some farmers would be issued their certificates of occupancy this week. A statement issued by …

By AbuSatar Hamed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, answering questions from reporters in Kano, on Tuesday September 3, 2019, on the xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in South Africa said: “Let me say first that these recent attacks are condemnable. According to a release signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l …

By AbuSatar Hamed Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) has called on entrepreneurs to build the profiles of their companies in order to facilitate their access to capital. This call was made by a panel of notable business leaders at the annual reception organised in Lagos by MIPAD for …

By AbuSatar Hamed   LAGOS: Despite the country’s challenging and fiercely competitive business environment, Fidelity Bank Plc delivered a solid financial performance in the first half of 2019, recording double-digit growth in key revenue lines whilst achieving significant traction in digital banking uptake. According to a release signed and made …

Zenith Bank PLC., Nigeria’s major sponsor of women basketball, delighted the victorious women’s national team, D’Tigress with cash awards during a brief reception at its corporate headquarters in Lagos. In his address at the reception, the Group Managing Director/CEO of Zenith Bank, Ebenezer Onyeagwu, expressed his excitement on the feat …