LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi has ordered that the traditional Oro festival should no longer hold in the town. Oba Akanbi also banned any form of sacrifice to appease god or deity in the town, declaring that anybody caught with sacrifice should be made to eat the materials. The…
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF) and chieftain of Afenifere, the pan Yoruba Socio-political organisation, Chief Olu Falae was Thursday presented with Staff of Office as a traditional ruler in Ondo State. Falae, who was the Olu of Ilu-Abo, was one the lesser monarchs that were recognised as traditional rulers…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, has sentenced a 42-year-old prince, Ademola Omoniyi, to death by hanging for killing the traditional ruler of his community. Omoniyi was arraigned on one count of murder contrary to Section 316 and punishable under Section 319 of the Criminal Code, Cap. C16, Laws of…
By Onos Awhawa LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hurray, today, Sunday 27th, March, 2022, is the birthday of a worthy and God’s ordained monarch, His Royal Majesty, Elder Capt King Joseph I. Timiyan JP, the Paramount Ruler, oil-rich Ogulagha Kingdom in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State. As you read the piece, celebration mood adequately been…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 1STSouth-East Council of Traditional Rulers and representatives of Igbo Archbishops and Bishops; and the World Igbo Congress, WIC, have appealed to the federal government, to release the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.Similarly, the groups also expressed “deep concern” over the high level of insecurity and socio-economic disruption in…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown gunmen have abducted the twin children of Oba Obbo Aiyegunle in Ekiti Local Government, Kwara State alongside the driver of the monarch. It was gathered that they were kidnapped on Thursday evening on their way home from school after closing hours. They were kidnapped around the Obbo Aiyegunle dam in Ekiti…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Embittered by the unfortunate shooting and killing of four residents of Iseyin Town by men of the Nigerian Customs Service on Thursday, the Aseyin of Iseyinland, Oba (Dr.) Salaudeen Adekunle Ajinese and other stakeholders of the ancient community yesterday pronounced outright expulsion of the security operatives from the community. The monarch made…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely a week after the Elewu of Ewu, in Ilemeje Local Government of Ekiti State, Oba Adetutu Ajayi escaped the kidnapper’s ambush, Oba David Oyewumi the Obadu of Ilemeso-Ekiti in Oye LG was not that lucky. Oba Oyewumi was said to have been kidnapped in his palace by gunmen who scaled the…