Tag: Monarch
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Anxiety as Lagos monarch demands settlement from landlords
Anxiety as residents and landlords in the Surulere area of Lagos State have expressed fear over the takeover of their property as the traditional ruler of Onikate of Ikate, Oba Lateef Adams, demanded settlement for the land in the area. A resident, Mr Emmanuel Asuquo, revealed that people in the area were alarmed last week…
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Africa’s oldest monarch, Ohworode of Olomu Kingdom is dead
Ovie Richard Layeguen Ogbon, Ogoni-Oghoro 1, the Ohworode of Olomu Kingdom in Ughelli South Local Government of Delta has joined his ancestors at the age of 106. The passage of the traditional ruler was officially announced on Friday at a meeting of the traditional counci
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Panic in Lagos as monarch plans to hold Oro cult ritual on election day
The traditional ruler of the Ikate-Elegushi Kingdom, Saheed Ademola (Kusenla III), has declared a three-day Oro rite on non-indigenes and women from midnight to 5:30 a.m., including on Saturday’s guber and state assembly election day. In a memo issued to the residents of Ikate-Elegushi, the monarch announced that there would be a restriction of movement…
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Just In: Abuja monarch slumps, dies in palace
Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu, the traditional ruler of Yaba in Abaji area council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), is dead. A member of the deceased family, Shuaibu Abdullahi, confirmed the monarch’s death on Thursday night. He said the late Etsu of Yaba chiefdom died while on his way to observe Magrib prayers, within his palace.…
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Police says Delta monarch was beheaded over oil sharing formula
The Delta State Police Command has confirmed that the traditional ruler of Asamokwu Community, Delta State, Obi Okwudiki Odumodu, was beheaded over a disagreement over sharing formula of oil proceeds. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Bright Edafe, stated this on Friday in Asaba. Odumodu was beheaded on Thursday at the community…
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Taraba state govt condemns gruesome murder of monarch’s family
The Taraba State Government has Condemned the gruesome murder of the two wives and five children of the Chief of Mutum-Biyu HRH.Alhaji Bose Sani Suleiman Mohammed, who were abducted by bandits two weeks ago. This was contained in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Re-Orientation, Mrs. Lois Emmanuel to newsmen in Jalingo,…
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SAD! Taraba monarch narrates how he found corpses of his abducted wives, 5 children
The Chief of Mutumbiyu Justices Chiefdom in Taraba State, Justice Sani Muhammed (rtd), says the decomposed bodies of his two abducted wives and five children have been found. The monarch said that the bodies were discovered early Saturday morning and would be buried at Mutumbiyu. The bodies of my family members killed by kidnappers was…
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Put God first above everything, 106yr-old monarch tells subjects
THE Ohworode of Olomu Kingdom, HRM, Dr, (OVIE) R. L. Ogbon, Ogoni-Oghoro 1, Royal Canon, OON, Chairman, Council of Traditional Rulers Urhobo Nation Friday marked his 106 years birthday with a thanksgiving, calling on his subject to put God first in all they do. The World oldest monarch made the call during his 106 years…
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Assassination attempt: Attack on Delta monarch, unfortunate and callous – Barry Ndiomu
Major General Barry Ndiomu (rted), the interim administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, has described the alleged assassination attempt on the Pere of Tarakiri Kingdom, HRM Danladi Owoupele, in Patani Local Government Area of Delta State, as unfortunate and callous. He stated this while reacting to the reported attack on Owoupele, by unidentified gunmen last…
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Monarch to spend 15yrs in jail for faking kidnap
A Lagos High Court in Ikeja has sentenced the dethroned Baale of Shangisha in the Magodo area of the state, Mutiu Ogundare, to 15 years imprisonment for faking his kidnap. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the trial judge, Justice Hakeem Oshodi, sentenced the monarch on Tuesday. The convict was first remanded on July 16, 2017, by an…