The monarch made this known on Monday shortly before he commenced his seven-day seclusion with the deities of Ife kingdom ahead of the Olojo festival. The Ooni who frowned on the lies of most of the politicians in the country, Read more…
Category: Culture
By Ifeoma Ejiofor Inside Nollywood Film Festival And Awards (INFFAA) says arrangements have been concluded to hold her maiden film festival in Awka, the Anambra State capital in which prominent actors and actresses would be recognized. The founder of INFFAA, Read more…
A new report has claimed that Igbo people in South East and some Nigerian tribes, share a common ancestry that is traceable to the lost tribes of Israel. These discoveries are contained in a 738-page book titled “The Hebrew Evidence Read more…
Men of Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps(NSCDC) have arrested one Adamu Sabi Sime, for allegedly having canal knowledge of his biological mother. Sime, an immigrant from Republic of Benin was said to be the Read more…
Chief Hon Melie Onyejepu, popularly known as )gbuefi Melie hosted the members of COF and some associates to mark officially that members of his household can now freely cook and eat new yam in his house. The President and significant Read more…
NIZHNY NOVGOROD—Russia is facing a dire demographic crisis, and it doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon. The country’s dramatic natural population decline in the past six months—more than double the rate from the same time period last year—is so severe that Read more…
The Taliban has dispersed women’s rights protesters who wanted to march to a presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. Activists said the militants used tear gas and batons against them, injuring at least one woman. Organizers and activists told local media Read more…
More than 50 Crimean Tatars have been detained by Russian law enforcement officers in Crimea, Ukrainian officials said Saturday. Ukraine’s human rights ombudswoman Lyudmyla Denisova said Russia’s Federal Security Service, the FSB, detained five minority Crimean Tatar activists, including Nariman Read more…
MIXED reactions, yesterday, trailed comments made by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, who described himself as the king and head of the Yoruba Nation. While some traditional rulers in the South West supported Alaafin’s position, others said he Read more…
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Sunday said that retired Navy Commodore Kunle Olawunmi was never declared wanted for an interview he granted on alleged Islamisation and Boko Haram sponsors in government, adding Olawunmi was only invited to shed more light on information Read more…
ShareThe Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, on Saturday said that among all Yoruba kings, he is the only monarch who has the exclusive rights to confer chieftaincy titles that would cover the whole Yoruba land on worthy individuals. He Read more…
The annual celebration of the National New Yam festival at Etiti village Igboukwu held as usual for 2021. The festival, which celebrates Igbo culture and traditions, was organized by Mbido Igbo Association. The 2021 festival, for its success, was climaxed Read more…