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Ogun police command this morning disrupted attempt by Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu, the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Rural Development to use the International market in Owode Yewa, Ogun State for the installation ceremony of the chieftaincy title of ‘Otunba Fiwagboye conferred on him by the Olu Of Owodeland, Oba Dr. Rev. Mathew Sunday Akindele,…
Adebisi Akinrin-mola man killed rival over girlfriend in Ijebu Igbo. The 43-year-old, Adebisi Akinrin-mola, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for killing one Ademola Asimiyu over a girlfriend. According to reports, the suspect reportedly claimed that the deceased accused him of snatching the woman from him and has been warning him to…
A young Nigeria man that drank insecticide in an attempt to take his own life over the problem of non-resumption of the Ponzi scheme, MMM has finally given up the ghost. The young man, simply known as Adakole, passed on Monday 20th February evening around Kubwa in Bwari Area Council of Abuja. The Nigerian government had constantly warned citizens…
Francis Mobolaji Odesanya, commissioner of police in the Rivers State Police Command is dead. He was aged 56. According to the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, Odesanya died after a brief illness. He was on admission at Sterling Hospital Ahmedabad-Gujarat in India. The Ikenne-Ogun state born police officer joined the Force on the 1st…
Mubashiru Abiola, younger brother of the acclaimed winner of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election, the Chief MKO Abiola, is dead. He was aged 73. He reportedly died on Friday after a three-month protracted illness and he has been buried in Abeokuta on Saturday. Tears flowed freely at the Gaa in Sabo area of…
Nigeria’s Independence Day 2015 today Thursday, October 1, which marks the 55th Independence Day of the country, has been denoted by Google Doodle on the homepage of Google. The search engine giant depicts an image of a white and green colour eagle flying over an image that depicts river Niger and river Benue and the…
Ojude Oba 2015 was glitz, glamour and grandeur all rolled into one event. Ojude Oba festival holds on the third day of every Eid-el-Kabir.
Ojude Oba 2015 was glitz, glamour and grandeur all roll into one event. Ojude Oba festival holds on the third day of every Eid-el-Kabir. The Festival which usually mark the end of Sallah festival in Ijebu land threw Ijebu Ode city agog on September 26, 2015 as dignitaries from all works of life, politicians, business giants,…
The matriarch of the Awolowo family, Chief Hannah Idowu Dideolu(HID) Awolowo, is dead. Mama, as she is fondly called by many, died early today. She was 99. She would have turned 100 on November 25 this year. Mama Awolowo died shortly after a meeting on Saturday with her family members. Yeye Oodua, as she is…
Nigera’s immediate former President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Dr Akinwumi Adesina and Ms Aruma Oteh on their appointments at the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank respectively. The duo were in the former president economic team. These appointments, Jonathan said, serve as a testimony to the fact that his administration had a good…
