OPINION

NBC’s Latest Ranking Of Ogun and Reaffirmation Of Abiodun’s Savvy On Digital Economy

Opinion: By Olaniyi Ajibola The latest ranking of Ogun State alongside Lagos State as the top states in Nigeria with mobile Internet subscriptions in the year 2023 by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBC, has undoubtedly confirmed the speedy trajectory of digital economy by the administration of Governor Dapo Abiodun, …

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NIDMECORP Urges Nigerian Government To Positioned More Career Diplomats For Posting As Ambassadors

Opinion: BY AMBASSADOR ALISTAIR The NIDMECORP Organisation UK, has called on the Nigerian government to positioned more career Diplomats for posting as Ambassadors especially those that can play important roles on the investments generated and attracted lately.  In a release e-signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l magazine and online …

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Impact Of Telecom Infrastructure On Economic Development

Opinion: BY CHARLES AYODELE Telecommunication is an essential service in every country. It aids quicker connectivity and transmission of information from person to person, company to company. As a key contributor to economic growth, acting as an enabler of multiple sectors including financial institutions, military and security services, the importance …

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Truth From Inside Michael Omolayole Hall, UI

….Fall-outs from the 8th NBC/Yemi Sonde Broadcast Stakeholders Forum              BY OLOYE ‘LEKAN ALABI The above-named annual ceremony took place on Thursday, November 23, 2023 inside the  University Of Ibadan Alumni International Michael Omolayole Hall.  The hosts, since 2015, were the Nigerian Broadcast Commission (NBC) …

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24 Years Ago     

BY OLOYE ‘LEKAN ALABI On November 26, 1999, I hosted Ambassador Ibironke Vaughan-Adefope, a former Nigerian High Commissioner to Zambia and Malawi and King Sunny Ade, MFR, to a luncheon at our home, “ODUNOLA HOUSE”, Akobo, Ibadan, Oyo State, on the appointment of  Ambassador Adefope as Nigeria’s High Commissioner to …

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Today’s Information For Tomorrow’s Use

BY OLOYE ‘LEKAN ALABI Above was the theme of the launch of my book, “100 DAYS AGO”, on Thursday, 3rd November, 1988, by the then old Oyo State Commissioner for Information and Culture, the late Alhaji Adegboyega Arulogun, inside the THEATRE of the OYS Ministry of  Information and Culture, Secretariat, …

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“RENEWED HOPE” THE MARITIME JOURNALIST AS A SHEEP WITHOUT A SHEPHERD!

Opinion BY INNOCENT OROK It is no longer news that the Nigerian Maritime industry is a huge potential for both economic and human resources development. In the twenty-first century, countries, organisations and individuals are gearing up towards an indept exploitation of the potential resources of the sea, now known as …

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Expanding Public Primary and Secondary Education in Ilaro-Yewa

Opinion: BY SELE AKINBOBOYE I wish to use this platform as a means to implore the Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, and, by extension, all leaders in Nigeria, to allocate resources towards the construction of additional public schools catering to the educational needs of underprivileged children at the …

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Expanding Public Primary and Secondary Education in Ilaro-Yewa

Opinion: BY SELE AKINBOBOYE I wish to use this platform as a means to implore the Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, and, by extension, all leaders in Nigeria, to allocate resources towards the construction of additional public schools catering to the educational needs of underprivileged children at the …

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Obasanjo, Alaafin Adeyemi Epic – Lessons Therein!

Opinion: History, has a unique way of repeating itself, thereby lending a historic credence to the ongoing hullabaloo, over former President Olusegun Obasanjo controversial statement/order by fiat, on some Yoruba Obas to stand up, at the Oyo state road inauguration, in Iseyin town, recently. History, has it that, the then …

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