He was a worthy ambassador of Yoruba culture – Atiku Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi 111, as a voice for Nigeria’s unity. While condoling Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, the family of Oba Adeyemi, and the entire people of Oyo on the transition, the former president […]
Continue Reading
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has described the passage of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi 111, as a huge loss to the state, Yoruba race and Nigeria as a whole. Besides, he said the incident is a personal loss to him, adding that the monarch was an ever-supportive royal father and […]
Continue Reading
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, has been buried in the ancient town of Oyo in south-west Nigeria. His remains were laid to rest on Saturday within the premises of the palace, barely a day after he was certified his passage in a hospital in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. Alaafin, popularly […]
Continue Reading
At least, 100 persons were feared dead as fire razed an illegal crude oil refining site at Abaezi forest, in Ohaji-Egbema council area of Imo State. This ugly incident, which happened in the early hours of Sunday, also had about 150 others sustained serious degrees of burns, it was gathered. During his visit to the […]
Continue Reading
Prince Akeem Adeyemi, one of the sons of the late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, said his father reconciled with almost everybody he had differences with before his death. Adeyemi, also a member of the House of Representatives, representing Afijio, Oyo East, Oyo West and Atiba Federal Constituency, said his father could have […]
Continue Reading
National Commissioner, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), May Agbamuche-Mbu (left); Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and National Commissioner, Festus Okoye at a special meeting with resident electoral commissioners in Abuja… yesterday The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has asked political parties to submit copies of their membership register to the commission before their primary elections. The […]
Continue Reading
What To Consider In Choosing Schools For Children ‘Parents Must Sit Up Or Someone Else Feed Their Kids With Lies’ Stakeholder Urges Overhaul Of School System It is becoming increasingly worrisome that more secondary schools contracted by parents and guardians to mold their children and wards into educated and responsible adults through teaching and learning […]
Continue Reading
Police Inspector General, Baba Usman Ondo State Police Command has foiled an attempted Kidnap of Nine Passengers on the Lagos/Ore expressway. A statement by the Police spokeswoman in the state, SP Funmilayo Odunlami, said that: “On Friday 22nd of April 2022, at about 6:30pm, the Police Rapid Respond Squad of the command who were on […]
Continue Reading
Photo by The Guardian A prominent Yoruba monarch and the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi 111, has ‘joined his ancestors’ at the age of 83, after almost 52 years on the throne – and as the longest-reigning Alaafin of all-time. Alaafin Adeyemi, the third from the Alowolodu Ruling House, died in the late hours […]
Continue Reading
The defunct popular TV show, The Village Headmaster, would return to the network service of the Nigerian Television Authority on Sunday, April 24, 2022 by 7 pm after 34 years, its Director-General, Yakubu Mohammed, has said. The programme which was Nigeria’s longest-running television soap opera showed on the NTA between 1968 to 1988. According to […]
Continue Reading
