1894 EBROHIMI EXPEDITION: Itsekiri leaders eulogise Nana Olomu

ITSEKIRI Leaders, under the auspices of the Itsekiri Leaders of Thoughts, ILoT, yesterday, showered encomium on Nana Olomu, the last Governor of the Benin River (Itsekiri Country), describing him as a true symbol of African resistance against domination.

The Oba of Benin is born and not made, Oshiomhole’s statement, a sacrilege

By – Thompson Omorodion, Ph.D.

There is no debating the fact that an Oba in Benin is installed by the Benin king makers(Usama N’Ihinron), not the governor of Edo State.

It’s time to peg marriage age in Nigeria, says Emir of Kano

The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II Tuesday voiced his opposition against child marriage saying it’s time to peg marriage age in the Nigeria. Addressing a conference of Northern Muslims Religious Leaders Forum on Primary Health care in Kano, the former Central Bank Governor explained that the reproductive health challenges associated with such practice is enough to discouraged the age long tradition.

Igbo Of South Eastern Nigeria, Most Brilliant Black Africa Race — US Report

A United States academic report for 2015 has suggested that the Igbo of South Eastern Nigeria are the most brilliant black Africa race. According to the report: “a search through the promotional materials of school for a black student – all schools and colleges would always show some black faces in their promotional materials if they have any – reveals that they have had at least one black student, and it was, unsurprisingly, a Nigerian Igbo.”

Benin tradition in focus as crown prince Eheneden becomes Edaiken N’Uselu

The crown prince of Benin Kingdom Eheneden Erediauwa (third left) during the trek as part of ceremonies to officially install him as Edaiken N’Uselu at the weekend

Several centuries of unalloyed tradition and custom of the ancient Benin Kingdom came to the fore to widespread accolade as the kingdom literally stood still for several hours on Saturday when Crown Prince, Eheneden Erediauwa was installed the Edaiken N’Uselu.

SHOCKING REVELATION : Ooni of Ife’s new wife was allegedly married thrice

– Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi is taking a new wife, Sonia Itohan Wuraola Otiti, tomorrow, Saturday, March 12.
– Sonia is a UNIBEN dropout
– Sonia is still legally married to a Lebanese billionaire, Eli Khoury, in Dubai, reports allege
– Her change of name from Sonia Obahan to Wuraola Otiti is so that her former failed marriages can be covered
– Sonia was once married to former Jigawa state governor, Saminu Turaki

There are reports that Sonia (or Wuraola Otiti) who is the incoming ‘ayaba’ is pregnant and all the news flying around about her has fallen on the deaf ears of the love-struck king. A palace source who allegedly spoke to Naijagists.com said:

CAN rejects allotment of grazing fields to herdsmen

Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, South East Zone has called on the National Assembly to reject any bill intended to allow the creation of grazing fields for herdsmen in all parts of the country, saying, “Federal Government should not create more problems with the idea of grazing fields. ”

NEWS AWUJALE BOMBS ALAKE : REFERING ALAKE AS ‘THE ALAKE OF ABEOKUTA’, NOT TO TALK OF EGBALAND, IS A MISNOMER

THE AWUJALE OF IJEBULAND AND PARAMOUNT RULER OF IJEBULAND, OBA SIKIRU KAYODE ADETONA, HAS TONGUE-LASHED THE ALAKE OF EGBALAND, OBA ADEDOTUN AREMU GBADEBO, OVER HIS RECENT RANKING OF YORUBA OBAS, WHICH IS STILL GENERATING HEAT IN THE POLITY.

Senate Votes Against Polygamy

The Senate on Tuesday kicked against the prayer by the Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, to‎ Nigerian men to marry more than one wife so as to show care to them.

A MUST READ : Why Oba of Benin is Number One

By Odia Ofeimun

I am a Republican, not a Royalist. But, in a country in which we have all conceded the coexistence of Republican and Royalist values, it should be considered quite unseemly to watch one set of the interacting values being rough-handled, muddied or treated with improper decorum without feeling a need to intervene on behalf of rectitude. I have been so challenged since the eruption of the

Ooni’s guard shot dead

Suspected armed robbers, Monday night, killed Marcus Olatunji, an official of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, attached to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi.

A source close to the palace said the deceased, who was armed, was on his way to buy airtime at a nearby kiosk when he was shot dead by the robbers believed to be coming from an operation. The source added that the hoodlums took away Olatunji’s gun.

“Ooni of Ife is Oba of Benin’s son, they are not in the same class” – Bini Palace reply Alake of Egbaland

Following the statement credited to the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo that the Oba of Benin is the third in the ranking of kings in the South-West region, the Palace of the Oba of Benin has dismissed this as untrue. The Esogban of Benin and Odionwere of the Kingdom (traditional head), Chief David Edebiri, yesterday, made this disclosure, adding that the Ooni of Ife was a son of the Oba of Benin, and the stool of the Oba of Benin could not be compared with that of any Yoruba King.