Tag: ife
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Broke off my engagement two months to my wedding – Ife
Ifedayo Agoro, a.k.a Ife, Founder, Diary of a Naija Girl (DANG), has revealed that she broke off her engagement two months to her wedding because she did not want to get married for the wrong reason. DANG is an online community that strategically inspires engagement
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Without knowing Ife history, we are nobody – Ooni
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, says Ile-Ife remains the nucleus and nexus that cannot be discountenanced by any Yoruba either at home or in the diaspora.
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Ife indigenes invades OAU campus with charms, fetish objects
Some indigenes of Ile-Ife in Osun, on Monday allegedly invaded the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) campus, armed with charms and other fetish objects, protesting against the appointment of non-indigene as the institution’s Vice-Chancellor. It was gathered that the protesting Ife indigenes closed the university’s two major gates
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U.S. returns artefacts stolen from Benin, Ife to Nigerian Consulate
U.S. returns artefacts stolen from Benin, Ife to Nigerian Consulate
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No fresh crisis in Ife, Modakeke –Police declares
Following the speculations of an alleged fresh crisis erupting in Ife and Modakeke communities on Sunday night, May 16, the Osun State police command has debunked the allegations. The police spokesman in the state, Opalola Yemisi, made the clarification in a statement released on Monday, titled, ‘Osun Police debunks report of fresh crisis in Ife/Modakeke…
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FG receives stolen Ile-Ife Artifact from Mexico
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Geoffrey Onyeama, on Thursday in Abuja received a stolen Ile-Ife artifact recovered from Mexico. Receiving the artifact, he called for a more secured border to prevent future occurrence of theft. Onyeama collected the artifact from Dr Yakubu Dadu, Charge d’Affaires of the Nigerian Mission in Mexico. The minister hailed…
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Creators of Nigeria’s first lesbian movie, ‘Ife’ risk detention ahead of release
The producers of controversial Nigerian flick, Pamela Adie and Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim, two may be jailed if they go ahead with their scheduled release of ‘Ife’, Nigeria’s first lesbian movie. The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) had fervently refused to approve the movie for distribution, explaining that its content violates the country’s extant…
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Ooni visits Ireland, worships at RCCG, Jesus Center Dublin [ +Photos]
Arole Oodua and Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II on Sunday joined other congregants to worship God at the Jesus Center Dublin – the regional headquarters of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Ireland. According to reports, the Ooni who is on a 7-day visit to the Republic of Ireland will…
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Sex-for-mark scandal: Wife of OAU Prof says ‘Devil is at work…’
Wife of the embattled Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, lecturer Professor Richard Akindele, has blamed the devil for her husband’s alleged sex extortion. Recall that TheNewsGuru had earlier published a leaked audio of the lecturer in which he allegedly offered a female student five romps with him in order to upgrade her exam score. Reacting to…
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Clash: Trial of Ife monarch, other suspects begins
The trial of Oba Ademola Ademiluyi; Pastor Taiwo Fakowajo and four other suspects arrested in connection with the March 8 clash between some Hausa persons and Yoruba began before Justice Kudirat Akano of Osun State High Court on Wednesday. The suspects, who were brought to the court in a prison van, were ordered to be…