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17 Dec
A High Court sitting in Ibusa, Delta State, on Tuesday sentenced three persons to death for killing the traditional ruler of Ubulu-Uku kingdom, the late Obi Edward Akaeze Ofulue III, nine years after his death. The three defendants—Suleiman Musa (2nd), Garba Abubakar (3rd), and Haruna (4th)—were sentenced to death by hanging, while the 1st defendant,…
3 Nov
A Lagos based lawyer, Vincent Okafor and six others have dragged the Inspector General of Police, the Traditional Ruler of Agunese Mmaku autonomous community in Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State, HRH Igwe Cyprian Maduabuchi Nevobasi, and 16 others, to court for alleged violation of fundamental human rights and freedom. The plaintiffs who are…
14 Oct
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, is facing intense backlash from members of the Okpella community in Edo State for allegedly politicizing the selection process to the throne of the Okuokpellagbe of Okpella. This is even as contempt and criminal proceedings were served on Friday on the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Monday…
27 Sep
The Edo State Government on Friday presented a letter of appointment to a new traditional ruler in the state, His Highness, Lukman Oghehemhime Akemokhue as the Okuogbellagbe of Okpella in Etsako East Local Government Council in the state. Presenting the letter of appointment at the Ministry of Local Government, Edo State Commissioner for Local Government…
1 Sep
Ex-Chairman, Rivers State Traditional Rulers' Council, Sergeant Chidi Awuse has lamented that the State Governor, Siminialayi Fubara, kicked him out as the state Traditional Rulers' Council Chairman when he was in an Intensive Care Unit for six weeks battling for his life. The Traditional Ruler of Emohua Local Government Area said Fubara went further to…
29 Aug
The Advisory Committee on Local Government Autonomy has announced that traditional rulers in Taraba State will no longer face delays in receiving their monthly remuneration. Aside from the monarchs, teachers as well as medical health workers, the committee led by the former Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Peter Abel Diah, said, it will…
29 Aug
A traditional ruler and economist from Plateau State, Da Jonathan Sunday Akuns, has dismissed the League of Northern Democrats (LND) as "dead on arrival." Akuns, who is advocating for a return to the 1963 Republican Constitution, described the LND as a source of great distraction and a cryptic grab of diverse ethnic nationalities' territories. He…
11 Aug
The Secretary General of the Urhobo Council of Traditional Rulers and Ovie of Agbarha-Otor Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oghenevwogaga Richard Ebelle, has urged President Bola Tinubu to urgently address the acute poverty in the country through policy reversals. READ ALSO:Why N4.5tr palliatives failed to stem poverty, hardship The royal father gave the advice during his…
21 May 2024
A first-class monarch in the Ose Local Council of Ondo State, the Olute of Ute, Oba Michael Adetunji, was on Tuesday dethroned by an Ondo State High Court, sitting in Owo, headquarters of the Owo Local Council area of the state. The judgement followed a 29-year-old prolonged chieftaincy tussle between the Olule Omoloja ruling house…
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