Igbo community in Lagos celebrates late Eze Ndigbo in grand cultural festival

By Obasola Olatunde, Lagos It was a spectacle of glitz, glamour, and cultural elegance in Lagos as the Igbo community rolled out the drums to celebrate one of its most distinguished leaders, late Eze H. N. Ohazulike, OON, the Eze Ndigbo of Lagos State. The grand event, which attracted prominent traditional rulers, business moguls, politicians, ...

Fashola, Media Titans, Scholars celebrate Hakeem Bello at 60

The immediate past Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola joined a distinguished group of media veterans, prominent scholars, and family members to celebrate journalist and public communicator Mr. Hakeem Babatunde Bello as he marked his 60th birthday. Bello, a Fellow of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) and former Editor of the ...

Real reason behind Ooni’s absence at Olubadan coronation emerges

By Ismail Azeez, Osogbo The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, on Friday was noticeably absent at the coronation of Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland. Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, was filled with eminent personalities from within and outside Nigeria, including traditional rulers and politicians, who gathered ...

Olubadan: Tinubu to grace coronation, advance team in Ibadan

An advance team from the Presidency on Wednesday arrived in Ibadan ahead of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s expected attendance at the coronation of Oba Rashidi Ladoja as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland. The team’s aircraft touched down at exactly 9:14 a.m. today at the newly upgraded Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport, signalling the first official operation ...

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