The Royal Traditional Council of Ife has said the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, is not dead contrary to the information which filtered to journalists on Tuesday night. The Lowa of Ife, Oba Joseph Ijaodola, who briefed journalists at the Ooni’s palace in Ile Ife on Wednesday, said the monarch was hale and hearty.…
The Federal Government has overruled the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on its new admission policy that recently sparked off protests in parts of the country. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mr. MacJohn Nwaobiala, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Tuesday, after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari of his ministry’s activities and challenges at…
Palpable fear has gripped the students of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State as two suspected cult groups went on the rampage in the last one week, killing four persons. The killings took place at different points in Oluwo and Adigbe areas of the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area, largely populated by students of…
Ooni of Ife, Oba Sijuwade THE Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, reportedly passed on, on Tuesday, at 85 years and seven months. He was born on January 1, 1930. Unconfirmed sources said the monarch, who was said to have been flown out of the country since last Friday, died in the United Kingdom. Most…
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