Prince Utieyinoritsetsola Emiko, popularly called Tsola Emiko, will ascend the throne of his forefathers on Saturday, August 21, barely 24 hours away, as the 21st Olu of Warri Kingdom of the famous Itshekiri people in Delta State. He was born on 2nd April 1984 to the late Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse II and Olori […]
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Olu designate, Prince Itieyinoritsetsola [Tsola] Emiko As the coronation of Prince Itieyinoritsetsola [Tsola] Emiko as the 21st Olu of Warri is less than 24 hours away, this piece examines the living history of the Warri Kingdom dating back to 1480. Historical background The Olu of Warri is the principal officer of the Warri Kingdom and […]
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Information and Culture Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says terrorism is a global issue and no part of the world is safe if it is allowed to pervade any corner of the world. He stated this in Washington DC during his on-going engagement with various global media outlets, global think tanks and influencers. The engagement is […]
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The city of Warri, the commercial city of Delta State, is agog ahead of the Saturday coronation of the Olu of Warri Designate, Omoba Tsola Emiko. At the Olu of Warri’s Palace ground, preparations are in top gear as various activities are being finalised for the coronation ceremony. It was jubilation galore on Friday in […]
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The police said their operatives have arrested a suspect who allegedly shot a final-year student of the Rivers State University dead on Thursday morning. The student was said to be having a meal on the third floor of a restaurant near the Faculty of Management Sciences about 9:10 am when the assailants trailed and shot […]
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Wike’s group kicks as Secondus plans Oct national convention shift There were strong indications on Thursday that power blocs in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party had sidestepped some of the agreements reached at the party’s expanded National Executive Committee meeting held on Tuesday, August 10. It was gathered that though it was agreed at the […]
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Ahead the installation on Saturday of Prince Tsola Emiko as the new Olu of Warri, President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, congratulated all the Itsekiri people over the event. His congratulatory message was contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, titled, ‘President Buhari rejoices with Itsekiris on coronation of […]
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The Education Rights Campaign has lamented the death of a student activist, Nurudeen Alawonle, popularly known as Omomeewa, some hours after he was invited to face a disciplinary panel set up by the Lagos State University. Alowonle was shot dead on Wednesday, according to a statement by the LASU Students’ Union on Thursday. It was […]
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Obasanjo (second right) with others at a peace meeting in Afghanistan on July 5, 2021. Photo: @ambmansoorkhan/Twitter Islamic militant group known as the Taliban retook Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital city, on Sunday, but the fall of the landlocked Asian country had been seen by many observers when US President Joe Biden started the withdrawal of American […]
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Taliban fighters on a pick-up truck move around a market area, flocked with local Afghan people at the Kote Sangi area of Kabul on August 17, 2021, after Taliban seized control of the capital following the collapse of the Afghan government. (Photo by Hoshang Hashimi / AFP) By Etim Etim The invasion of Kabul, capital […]
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