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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has confirmed the death of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III Makinde made this confirmation on Saturday after he had been informed of the passing away of the reverred Monarch. Makinde, who is the chief announcer and the Governor of the State, said he had been informed about the death of the traditional ruler. The Governor in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Taiwo Adisa confirmed the demise of the monarch. He declared that the death of the traditional ruler is a huge loss to the State, Nigeria and…

The Chief Imam of Oyo has performed final burial prayers on the late Alaafin Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi. The monarch died late Friday and was brought into the palace from Ekiti in the early hours of Saturday. NPO Reports gathered that the monarch had left words he should be buried immediately after his demise according to Islamic rites

Popular comedian Debo Adedayo popularly called Mr. Macaroni is getting engaged today. The comedian who took to his social media pages to share photos of himself and his wife, confirmed that today is for his engagement. “Today is for engagement,” Mr. Macaroni simply tweeted The actor was quoted in other media reports of being scared of marriage.

The Palace of the Alaafin Oba Lamidi Adeyemi has confirmed the demise of the traditional ruler . Director of Media at the palace Bode Durojaiye confirmed the death of the Oba when he simply said the “Alaafin is dead.” He disclosed that the Governor of Oyo State Seyi Makinde has been officially informed. NPO Reported earlier that the traditional ruler died at the age of 83. He reportedly died at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital Ekiti State.

Kenya’s former president, Mwai Kibaki, has died at the age of 90, President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced. His 2002 election ended 40 years of one-party rule since independence. However, his 2007 re-election sparked months of nationwide violence and led to 1,200 deaths. President Kenyatta, defeated by Mr Kibaki in 2002, led the tribute to his former rival, saying he had “led the charge to keep the ruling party accountable”. Mr Kibaki had “earned the abiding respect and affection” of this nation, the president continued. Mr Kenyatta declared a mourning period until Mr Kibaki’s burial, with flags flying at half-mast. He…

As Russian forces encircled Mariupol, a Ukrainian woman undertook an extraordinary journey into the besieged city to rescue her parents. She is among a small number of people who have braved the risk of attack or abduction to drive in through front lines and a blockade. She has told the BBC of the “apocalypse” she witnessed there. Within days of Russia’s invasion, Anastasia Pavlova understood what the war was going to mean for Ukraine. The 23-year-old escaped the bombardment of Kharkiv, a city where shelling of residential areas was “indiscriminate” – in the words of the local mayor – from…

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres is set to meet both the Russian and Ukrainian leaders next week. On Tuesday, Guterres is expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and have a working meeting and lunch with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow. His shuttle diplomacy will then take him to Kyiv on Thursday to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. The UN chief has been pressured recently to take a more active role in mediating the conflict. In letters to both leaders via their UN missions, he called for discussions of “urgent steps to bring…

arlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky flagged comments by a Russian commander who said Moscow wants to take control of southern Ukraine as it would give access to the separatist region of Transnistria in neighbouring Moldova. Zelensky said the remark showed that Russia wanted to invade other countries and that the attack on Ukraine would only be the beginning. Responding to the comments, Moldova’s foreign ministry expressed “deep concern” over the Russian commander’s statement and summoned the Russian ambassador. It added that Moldova is a neutral state and that this principle “must be respected by all international actors, including the Russian…

Russian forces are occupying towns, threatening journalists and demanding they spread pro-Kremlin views. Those who refuse are forced to close down their operations. The strategy to replace Ukrainian media with pro-Kremlin press coverage includes capturing transmitter towers and switching off access to national Ukrainian news programmes in areas controlled by Russian forces. Instead, signals for pro-Russian broadcasts are switched on. The State Special Communications Service of Ukraine told the BBC that eight stations are being used to air “propaganda and disinformation” to the local population in southern Ukraine. In Berdyansk, Serhiy Starushko – a broadcast journalist – was forced to…

Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Friday said that the state government may terminate the contract of the electricity supply project awarded to Mosogar, Ethiope West Local Government Area of the state. Okowa stated this in Mosogar during the funeral rites of the Ovie of Mosogar, Samson Imoyin-Omene, Udurhie I. The governor said that the project may be terminated over poor performance of the contractor. Okowa said that he was disturbed to hear that the project had continued to suffer unnecessary delay on account of the ineptitude of the contractor. He said that the state government would take steps to…