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Olugbo of Ugbo Kingdom, Oba Fredrick Akinruntan, has described himself as the leader of all Yoruba Obas. Olugbo had while speaking at an event in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Sunday, said, “I am the leader of all obas in Yorubaland. I speak with thunder in my mouth and I make bold to say so. No one is above me in Yorubaland inasmuch as it has been accepted that we are from Ife. I am the one that Oduduwa met at Ife. We are the husband of Moremi Ajasoro.…

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Khadija Ibrahim, a 23- year -old spinster, on Monday sued her father, Bassa Ibrahim, before an Upper Area Court, Karu, Abuja, for not allowing her to marry a man of her choice. It was reported that Khadija told the court that she had a suitor, who was willing to marry her, but her father refused to give his consent. She said, “The man I want to marry has made several attempts to meet my father to discuss the wedding plan, but he always avoided him. “The only reason he gave…

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Femi Fani-Kayode, former Minister of Aviation, was on Monday re-arraigned before a Federal High Court in Lagos, over charges bordering on laundering N4.6 billion. Fani-Kayode was re-arraigned alongside former Minister of State for Finance, Sen. Nenadi Usman and Yusuf Danjuma, former National Chairman, Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON). Also charged is a company, Jointrust Dimentions Nigeria Ltd. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) re-arraigned the accused on 17-counts charge of money laundering. Their re-arraignment was sequel to the transfer of the case file to a new trial…

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Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), has appealed to workers in Ondo State to forfeit their outstanding salary arrears owed by the immediate past administration, as sacrifice for the development of the state. “If workers meet and say they waived two months, we will be glad, but if they insist on having the full arrears, we will look for ways of paying. The government would continue to try and make sure we don’t owe them salaries,” he said. Akeredolu stated this at the weekend while receiving the committee report to…

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Inter Milan’s Curva Nord ultras walked out of their game against Sassuolo after 25 minutes in protest at the club’s season. Stefano Pioli became the second Inter manager to be sacked this season when he lost his job on Tuesday. With the score at 0-0, hundreds of fans streamed out of the San Siro, leaving a banner saying: “You don’t deserve our support, we came to say hello, now we’re off to have lunch.” Inter went on to lose 2-1. Pietro Iemmello scored twice, with Eder pulling one back. Inter…

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Hull City were relegated from the Premier League with one game to go after a heavy defeat at Crystal Palace, a result which secures top-flight survival for Sam Allardyce’s team. Marco Silva’s side went behind after a shocking error just two minutes and 11 seconds into a game they needed to win to give themselves a fighting chance of survival. Italy defender Andrea Ranocchia missed a simple clearance, allowing Wilfried Zaha to run clear and slot beyond goalkeeper Eldin Jakupovic. Christian Benteke’s header doubled Palace’s lead while late goals from…

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