Oloye Lekan Alabi

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…

Today, Wednesday,12th August 2020, is the 42nd anniversary of our wedding that took place on Saturday, 12th August 1978, at the Saint John’s Wood Anglican Church, Lords Roundabout, Hampstead, London…

•By Oloye LEKAN ALABI, YEMI FAROHUNBI & Co. On Saturday 25th July, 2020, veteran broadcasters, as well as other dignitaries, gathered at the prestigious Omo Ajorosun Club, Agodi, Ibadan, to…