Tag: traditional rulers
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Edo govt. dethrones three traditional rulers
Edo Government has announced the removal of three traditional rulers across two local government areas for allegedly violating extant traditional and legal regulations. Umoru Inusa Umoru was removed as the Aidenogie of South Ibie in Etsako West, while Alhaji Aliyu Kelvin
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Insecurity: Obi hails Northern Traditional Ruler’s bold steps
The 2023 Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has hailed the Northern Traditional Rulers for taking bold steps on the menacing security challenges in the region and in the country. Obi, who was reacting to the ‘Enough is Enough’ declaration of the royal fathers on the security situation, said that their courageous steps…
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Osun communal clashes: Gov. Adeleke vows to remove erring traditional rulers
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun State says the government will remove from office any traditional ruler that fails to sustain peace in their community. Adeleke, in a statement by his Media Spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed on Monday,
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Criminals, addicts, kidnappers now traditional rulers – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo expressed his dissatisfaction with the selection processes governing traditional rulers, asserting that individuals of criminal disposition, including drug addicts, vagabonds, bandits, and kidnappers, have infiltrated royal institutions throughout the country.
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Senate passes bill to establish national council for traditional rulers
A bill to establish the National Council for Traditional Rulers, formalising their roles and recognition has passed its second reading in the Senate.
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Bill for Traditional Rulers’ role, funding ready
Governors and traditional rulers have agreed to strengthen the role of monarchs in national security and governance.
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REVEALED: Details of what Tinubu told Traditional Rulers in their meeting on hunger protest
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu encouraged Nigerians dissatisfied with his administration to consider voting him out in the 2027 presidential election, according to Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife. The monarch claims that in light of the hardship protests scheduled for August 1–10, 2024, President Tinubu made this statement on Thursday during an emergency…
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‘Who will want to have his son locked up’ – South East traditional rulers seek Kanu’s release
The Council of South East Traditional rulers has appealed to the Federal Government to release Nnamdi Kanu, saying his eventual freedom will reduce tension in the south east zone of Nigeria. The Chairman of the Council, Igwe Samuel Asadu made the call, when he featured at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja…
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Ogun bars traditional rulers from signing MoUs on land
Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun has issued three Executive Orders, an official said on Saturday in Abeokuta. Two of the three orders are establishing two new agencies, while the third restrains traditional rulers from signing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on land in the state.
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Absence of AGF stalls arraignment of alleged killers of Imo traditional ruler
The absence of the Attorney-General of the Federation, (AGF) in court on Monday, stalled the arraignment of four suspects alleged to have kidnapped and killed the traditional ruler of Amanze-Obowo autonomous community in Imo, Mr Basil Njoku. When the matter was called, the four suspects and their counsel were present in court but there wa