•Governor Sanwo-Olu The Lagos State Government has declared tomorrow, Tuesday, August 20, as work-free for public servants to mark this year’s Isese Day celebration, a Yoruba traditional festival. This was announced in a circular issued by the Head of Service, Bode Agoro, reports The Nation. According to the circular, the governor, Babajide Sa...
•Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed A coalition of groups, including Lawyers for the cause of Bauchi (LAWBA), Bauchi Gari Ya Waye Group, and the Human Rights Community in Nigeria (HURICON), has expressed grave concern over the desecration of traditional institutions in Northern Nigeria. The group noted that the traditional institution is bein...
•Osun-Osogbo Festival ends with low turnout The annual Osun-Osogbo festival is both a religious and cultural event that attracts thousands of tourists, as well as adherents from across the globe but the 2024 edition reflected the present economic realities in the country. Apart from international tourists that grace the event in their hundreds...
•Igbo women August meeting Ordinarily, this period every year, the vibrant Igbo women are very busy with preparations for their annual ritual – August General Meeting. This gathering provides them great opportunities to discuss diverse issues such as ways to develop their communities; share views on morality among themselves, encourage s...
Trouble broke out during the annual new yam festival of the Ibule-Soro community in the Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State. The ceremony was disrupted by sporadic gunshots, reports Channels TV. The crisis was said to have been sparked off by the dispute between the supporters and opposers of the town’s monarch, Oba Oluleke […]...
•Ladoja The former governor of Oyo State and Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, High Chief Rashidi Ladoja has said nothing can stop him from becoming the Olubadan of Ibadan land by God’s grace. The former governor disclosed this today, Sunday, August 4, while featuring on a live radio programme on Fresh FM tagged “Agbami Oselu.” He […]...
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Akwa Ibom State, Mrs.Grace Akpan has been honoured with the Ambassador of Culture and Tourism Award. The award was presented to her by the Association of Beauty Queens and Kings during the 2024 Queens Summit with the theme, ‘The Productive Queen’, held recently in Uyo, the ...
•Oro festival Ikenne – the hometown of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo in Ogun State – was yesterday thrown into chaos as some youths and security operatives clashed over Oro festival in the community. It was gathered that the youths had stormed the streets and set up bonfires at strategic locations in protest against […]
•Oro festival Some rights activists, including Lagos natives under the aegis of De Renaissance Patriots Foundation, Omoyele Sowore, and Aisha Yesufu, have criticised the use of the Oro festival to halt the planned national protest on August 1. They described this move as a huge joke and insisted that the protest would proceed as planned, [&hel...
•Oluwo (middle) and other Obas Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi yesterday asked kings worshipping idols to either have a rethink or quit the throne to avoid imminent cultural revolt in Yorubaland affirming that the truth has come to chase lies. He also expressed his determination to launch unadulterated kingship in Yorubaland devo...
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