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THE Olu of Warri designate, Prince Godfrey Ikenwole Abiloye Emiko, yesterday emerged temporarily from seclusion to to lead Itsekiri chiefs in  the Iken rites, the traditional escort of a departed Olu,  to join his ancestors […]

The Code of Conduct Bureau has said that assets declared by public officers would not be available for public inspection. In a response to the Advocate for Peoples Rights and Justice, the CCB said that […]

Hearing in the suit challenging the decision of the Lagos State Government to enforce the recent Coroner’s indictment of the Synagogue Church of all Nations will commence before the Federal High Court in Lagos on […]

•Govt stops work on site  Even before its take-off, the proposed Ekiti airport project has allegedly claimed its first casualty. An oil palm plantation farmer, Tijani Hakeem, reportedly died from shock after his farm was […]

•Policeman, two villagers too Lekki Free Trade Zone (LFTZ) Managing Director Tajudeen Disu and three others were killed yesterday in a clash in Okuraiye Community near Ibeju Lekki, Lagos. Disu was reportedly killed by irate […]

The estate of Jimi Hendrix is suing a music store owner for a guitar once owned by the legendary artist. The Arizona Daily Star in Tucson, Arizona, reported that Experience Hendrix LLC, the company that […]

IT is that time of the year again, as the 2015 edition of Felabration, a celebration of the music heritage, life and times of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti comes in full swing on Monday, October 12. According […]

A tree has fallen! A tree has fallen!” the young man said to his father. The old man looked and walked in the direction of the fallen tree. “This is not just a tree,” he […]

The Osun State government yesterday appealed to Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka not to resign as the chairman of the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding (CBCIU), Osogbo. A statement signed personally by Governor […]

Following the rift with former Governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, over who chairs board of the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding (CBCIU), Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, yesterday, said he has resigned […]

Femi Kuti is currently in a sober mood as he mourns the death of a dancer in his father’s band, Dodo Mayana. Dodo as she was fondly called, was a popular woman at the Afrika […]

•‘Aregbesola not against town’s interest’ Residents of Ila-Orangun, Osun State, marched on the streets yesterday to protest the alleged proposed restructuring of the College of Education by the government. Traditional chiefs, elders, students, artisans gathered […]

The Giesi Ruling House of Ife has said the family will present Prince Adeyeye Ogunwusi, who is being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission based on an allegation of fraud and forgery to […]

Thelma and I met recently at our doctor’s waiting room – it was the first time I’d seen her after we left secondary school all those decades ago. Deep in the excitement of catching up […]

It was like a scene from a typical Nollywood movie. The setting was the ever busy Ojodu-Berger axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. It was in the evening and traffic was expectedly heavy. Vehicular movement was […]

I own a green passport. In the days around Independence, this I was told, was a great privilege. A story was told to me—and I can vouch for its authenticity—by a man who was a student […]

At least once a year, during the time we remember the outcome of their struggle for the liberation of our dear country from colonial imposition, we have an obligation to revisit the labours of our […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has begun investigation into allegations of forgery, fraudulent conversion and obtaining the sum of N400m by false pretence against Mr. Adeyeye Ogunwusi and his firm, Metropole Interproject Limited. Ogunwusi […]

Since 1995 I have had to visit my children abroad and in recent times and as my children got married and settled down the urge to visit them has become almost a family imperative. Everybody […]