Day: August 20, 2025

Davido, His Father, Adeleke Have Been Paying LG Workers — Bode George

Abibat Babalola

Elder statesman and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has revealed that salaries of Osun State Local Government workers are being paid from the pockets of the Adeleke family. He said music star, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido; his father, Dr. Deji Adeleke; and Governor Ademola Adeleke have been paying the workers. George made the revelation in an interview with Nigeria Info FM on Saturday as he shed light on the news surrounding Adeleke’s initial defection from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC),…

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Okanlomo Chieftaincy: Alaafin Does Not Deserve Response — Ooni’s Spokesman

Abibat Babalola

Otunba Moses Olafare, the spokesman of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has said that the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade I, does not deserve a reply to the 48-hour ultimatum he issued to his boss over the conferment of the chieftaincy title of the Okanlomo of Yorubaland on business magnate, Engineer Dotun Sanusi, popularly known as Ilaji. The response of the spokesman to the Ooni of Ife to the position of the Alaafin of Oyo was contained in a post he made on his Facebook page…

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‘Lecturers Too May Be All Female;’ Nigeria Gets First Female-Only University

GBENGA ADEOTI ADEOTI

  Nigeria now has a female only university, Tazkiyah University, with the lecturers likely to be all female too. A WhatsApp user announced this following the recent accreditation of nine more private universities by the National Universities Commission (NUC). According to the write up by the WhatsApp user, the university, to be sited in Zaria, Kaduna State, was founded by the renowned Sufi Sheikh, Professor Ibrahim Maqari, who also serves as the Chief Imam of the National Mosque, Abuja. The writer added: “It is envisioned as a university exclusively for…

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Yoruba Royal Rumble Retrogrades: Afenifere Backs Ooni, Ibadan Mogajis Berate Alaafin

GBENGA ADEOTI ADEOTI

    . ‘Not A-Laafin Matter,’ What Yoruba Council of Elders, Wande Abimbola, Gani Adams, others said on the crisis that is currently opening an old wound between the two heavyweights in Yoruba monachical history      Prominent Yoruba elders and leaders on Tuesday called for restraint and intervention of cultural and political figures following the reopening of hostilities between the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi. The fresh row began on Monday after the Alaafin faulted the Ooni’s decision to confer…

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