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  The deposed Deji of the Akure Kingdom in Ondo State, Oba Adesina Oluwadare Adepoju, is dead. The spokesman for the Adesina Royal Family of the Osupa Ruling House, Dapo Adepoju, in a statement released on Thursday disclosed that the deposed monarch gave up the ghost in the early hours ...

Adeniran-Ogunsanya: Lagos has lost a great woman, Speaker Obasa mourns The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has described the death of former Secretary to the Lagos State Government, Princess Adenrele Adeniran-Ogunsanya, as a major loss to the State. Adeniran-Ogunsanya, who served the State ...

  The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has condemned officers of the Nigeria Customs Service for breaching the security system at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The authority made this known in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Henrietta Yakubu, adding that such security breaches were becoming recurrent and ...

  Fuji king Wasiu Ayinde Omogbolahan Marshall aka K1 has revealed plans to hold a colloquium in honour of his late mentor and Fuji legend, Sikiru Ayinde Agbajelola aka Barrister. The Maiyegun of Yoruba land made this known in a recent post shared on his official Instagram page. While K1 ...

  The ripples effect of the recent listing of BUA Foods PLC on the Nigerian exchange has continued to be felt internationally as it has reflected in Forbes placement of Nigerian billionaires in its Aftican listing. Generally, Africa’s billionaires are richer than they have been in years, despite the global ...

  Abdulmalik Tanko, Proprietor of Noble Kids School in Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano, has been arraigned before a magistrate Court in the state. Tanko was arraigned before Senior magistrate, Muhammad Jibril, over the murder of Hanifa Abubakar, a five-year-old pupil. Tanko had confessed killing Hanifa with rat poison ...

  Uber Technologies, an American service provider, has launched a two-wheeler alternative and smart mobility option in Ibadan. According to the company, UberMoto will help residents navigate traffic quicker and move from one place to another. In an announcement on Monday, Tope Akinwumi, Uber country manager for Nigeria, said the ...

  First lady, Aisha Buhari has approved calls for the public execution of Abdulmalik Tanko, proprietor of Noble Kids Academy in Kawaji, Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano state. Tanko, proprietor of the school, had confessed killing five-year-old Hanifa with rat poison. He had dismembered and buried her secretly at one ...

  Seriki Fulani in Ibarapaland, Alhaji Saliu Abdulkadir, who was evicted from his Igangan residence this day last year says the daring nature of Sunday Adeyemo, a Yoruba youth leader better known as Sunday Igboho, is why he is opposed to his release. The evicted Sarkin Fulani who has relocated ...

  Fighting raged for a third day Saturday between the Islamic State group and Kurdish forces in Syria after IS attacked a prison housing jihadists, in violence that has claimed over 70 lives, a monitor said. The assault on the Ghwayran prison in the northern city of Hasakeh is one ...