Oloye Lekan Alabi

Ibadan woke up on Saturday, August 1, 2026, to the painful news of the death of one of its most recognisable sons, Oloye AbdulRasheed Olalekan Alabi. He was 75.   …

Nigeria has lost one of its most accomplished journalists, public relations experts and cultural icons, Oloye Lekan Alabi, who reportedly passed away on Saturday morning in Lagos at the age …

Another history was recently made in Ibadan, the capital city of Oyo State. The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Mohood Olalekan Balogun Alli Okunmade 11, officially promoted fourteen traditional chiefs of …

 •Becomes OYO Postal Agency Ambassador According to the late popular Canadian author, Byron R. Pulsifer, “character is not something that you buy; it is not a commodity that can be …

In the public opinion survey conducted by me on Nigerian artistes and published in my column, “IT’S WHAT’S HAPPENING BY ‘LEKAN ALABI” in the Sunday Sketch newspaper issue on 29th …

•Published In The GUARIAN Newspaper Issue Of JULY 20, 2014 Nobel Laureate Professor ‘Wole Soyinka was 80 years old on Sunday July 13, this year (2014). We congratulate the literary …

At last, the 70th birthday celebrations of Oloye ‘Lekan Alabi, Ekefa Olubadan of Ibadanland and the first Culture Ambassador of the National Museum and Monument, Ile Ife, were held at …

From editorial assistant in a book publishing firm to Sketch newspapers where he was the first journalist in Nigeria to write for an English, Language Sunday Sketch and Gboungboun, a …

Having been born on Friday, 27th October 1950, in my beloved hometown, Ibadan, capital of the defunct Western Region of Nigeria, a week from today, on Tuesday,27th October, I shall …

The Ekefa-Olubadan, Oloye Lekan Alabi is a man of many parts. A journalist, a traditionalist, socialite, commentator and the sixth in line to the Olubadan throne.  He recollects history, matches …