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Tradition forbade me from seeing my mother — Olota of Odo Owa
By Oluwatoyin Hawal Momolosho – The Olota of Odo Owa, His Royal Majesty Oba Joshua Oluwatoba Adegbuyi Oluwanran Aniyeloye II, has disclosed that tradition forbids any reigning Olota from seeing his mother while she is alive. The monarch made the revelation on Saturday while speaking with journalists at his palace in Odo Owa, Oke-Ero Local Government Area of Kwara State,…
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Ekiti LG launches forest sweep to curb kidnapping, banditry
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government has commenced a bush-combing exercise across forest corridors in the council area to curb kidnapping and banditry. The operation was ordered by the Executive Chairman of the council, Hon. Gbenga Oluwatuyi, as part of efforts to safeguard lives and property during the Yuletide. It was gathered that the exercise is aimed at…
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Adire makers seek Osun govt support for production hub
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo – The Adire Eleko Osun Association has urged the Osun State Government to establish an Adire Osun Hub as a strategic step towards large-scale production of indigenous Adire fabrics and the revitalisation of the industry for sustainable economic growth. The call was contained in a statement signed by the association’s President, Mr Ganiyu Ibikunle, who described…
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Ekiti 2026: PDP governorship candidate urges supporters to convert support into votes
By Boye Oyeyemi – The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State, Dr Wole Oluyede, has urged residents to translate their support for him into votes ahead of the June 20, 2026 election. Oluyede, an Australia-based medical doctor, made the appeal during a homecoming reception at the party secretariat in Ado-Ekiti after receiving his certificate of…
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Three men docked for allegedly stealing 500 chickens in Ekiti
By Boye Oyeyemi – Three men have been arraigned before a Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, over the alleged theft of 500 chickens. The defendants, Moses Uker (35), Monday Gambo (32) and Daniel Zakariya (23), were brought before the court by the Ekiti State Police Command on charges of felony and stealing. The prosecutor, Inspector Akinwale Oriyomi,…
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Team Nigeria amasses 11 medals as athletics ends at African Youth Games
Team Nigeria delivered an outstanding performance as athletics events concluded at the 4th African Youth Games in Angola on Saturday, finishing with an impressive haul of 11 medals — six gold and five silver — to underline the country’s strength in youth athletics. Nigeria made a strong statement in the 100 metres. Rosemary Chigozie Nwakwo won gold in the girls’…
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Oyebanji’s magic wand in Ekiti, by Bolanle Bolawole
It has been quite a while since I travelled in Ekiti state. I used to, on a weekly basis, between 2016 and 2018 when the then governor of the state, Peter Ayodele Fayose, extended an invitation to me. Taking off from Lagos (when the Lagos-Ibadan expressway was still a nightmare) and braving the more decrepit Ibadan – Ife – Ilesa…
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Reclaiming ungoverned spaces in the heat of a polycrisis, by Simbo Olorunfemi
We have obviously now found ourselves in that difficult place in which we are not only faced with multiple and interconnected crises, but an ever-evolving violent extremism that has been metastasing and changing form as it grows. We are faced with what suggests itself as a polycrisis, a term coined by Edgar Morin and Anne Brigitte Kern over two decades…
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Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi arrested in Iran, supporters say
Iranian security forces have “violently arrested” Nobel Peace Prize winner and women’s rights activist Narges Mohammadi, her foundation has said. The Narges Foundation said Ms Mohammadi, 53, was detained in the eastern city of Mashhad, along with other activists. The Nobel Committee said it was “deeply concerned by today’s brutal arrest of Narges Mohammadi” and called on the authorities “to…
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Dropped Super Eagles forward Arokodare scores in Wolves’ loss to Arsenal
By Tosin Omojola – Hours after he was omitted from Nigeria’s 28-man squad for the Africa Cup of Nations, Super Eagles forward Tolu Arokodare responded to the disappointment by getting on the scoresheet for his English Premier League side, Wolverhampton Wanderers, against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. The lanky forward headed in a 90th-minute equaliser for Wolves against the Gunners…
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