Ondo state elders called on President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint Delta State indigenes as the next Chairman and Managing Director of the Commission. The elders, who spoke spoke in Akure, said the position of the managing director was the privilege of the four leading oil producing states of Delta, Bayelsa, …
Read More »We’ll kick killer herdsmen out of S’West- Ooni
Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has decried the high rate of crimes linked to Fulani herdsmen in the South-West geopolitical zone and declared that criminal elements among the herders in Yorubaland would soon be kicked out. A statement by the spokesperson for the Ooni’s Palace, Moses Olafare, in Osogbo …
Read More »27,000 killed in northeast Nigeria attacks since 2009, says UN
More than 27,000 people have been killed in attacks in northeastern Nigeria since 2009, the United Nations said. “The humanitarian crisis in northeast Nigeria is one of the most severe in the world and is first and foremost a protection crisis,” Edward Kallon, the UN humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, said …
Read More »South-West monarchs vow to resist Fulani bandits as govs plan security summit
In response to the increasing cases of kidnapping and robbery by bandits and suspected Fulani herdsmen in the South-West, traditional rulers from the region have vowed to defend their people and flush the marauders out of the region. The monarchs made the declaration just as governors from the South-West announced …
Read More »Anti-graft agency recommends Sanusi’s suspension for misappropriation
The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission has recommended the suspension of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, from his throne over an alleged misappropriation of N3.4 billion. According to the commission, the crime was committed between 2014 and 2017. The recommendation was contained in a preliminary …
Read More »Gov. Okowa, asked to lift six month suspension on HRM Friday Abaja
Suspension on our king is a suspension on the entire Umukwata—Umukwata spokesman HRM Friday Abaja Suspension is an embarrassment on Ndokwa nation—PDP Youth Leader. The six months suspension of the king of Umukwata Kingdom, in Ukwani Local Government Area of Delta State, His Majesty, Friday Abaja, by the Delta state …
Read More »Sanusi and the broken palace gourd
By Leo Sobechi He has always found himself at cross-purposes with the establishment. His elevation to the traditional governance institution was enhanced by his romance with the progressives, whose causes are antithetical to the dictates of the feudal system. And so, in the clash of the contrasting ideals that failed …
Read More »I am sure if Igbo, their Yoruba brothers come together, Africa will unite – Onni
Sequel to the mixed reactions that trailed his declaration about the age-long relationship between the Yoruba natives and the Igbo people of South Eastern Nigeria, Ooni of Ife & Arole Oduduwa, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II has charged historians to deepen their research on African history. The Spiritual leader …
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