Author: Elizabeth Jenrola Oso

The Oluwo of Iwo, Abdulrasheed Akanbi, has accused the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi of scheming to remove him from his stool. The Oluwo, in a now viral video, said he influenced Oba Ogunwusi’s emergence as the Ooni when he was contesting the stool in 2015, expressing regrets that the Ooni had been orchestrating his removal for no known reason Oba Akanbi also alleged that Oba Adeyeye was behind his suspension from the Osun State Council of Obas a few years back. However, the Ife monarch has dismissed Oluwo’s allegation, adding that he would not react to it as…

The security cabinet of Israel on Sunday approved a plan to separate 13 Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank from their neighbouring communities. Israel’s Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, in a post on X, said the settlements would ultimately be recognised as independent, which follows the approval of tens of thousands of housing units across the West Bank. Smotrich said in the ststement, “We continue to lead a revolution of normalisation and regulation in the settlements. Instead of hiding and apologising – we raise the flag, build and settle. This is another important step on the path to actual sovereignty…

44 civilians have been killed in a terrorist attack on Fambita village in the Tillabéri region of Niger Republic, the government authorities have confirmed. The government attributed the assault to militants of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS). A counter-insurgency expert focused on the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, disclosed this in a post on his X handle on Saturday. According to a statement from the Ministry of Interior, the attack occurred on Friday while Muslim worshippers were observing prayers during the holy month of Ramadan. The assailants, heavily armed, surrounded the mosque before launching their assault. “These…

Pope Francis will be discharged from the hospital on Sunday — five weeks after he was admitted for treatment for double pneumonia, the doctors treating the pontiff announced Saturday. He will return to the Vatican, but doctors said he will need at least two months of rest and rehabilitation after leaving Rome’s Gemelli Hospital. The 88-year-old pontiff has been battling double pneumonia in both lungs after he was admitted to the hospital on Feb. 14 after a bout of bronchitis that made it difficult for him to speak. He has remained out of public view since then. His doctors held…

Testimony features sexual harassment, groping, inappropriate touching and forced penetration Rape culture exists in more than 1,600 primary schools in the UK and Ireland, an investigation by a campaign group has found. The ‘Everyone’s Invited’ list names 1,664 primary schools where pupils aged five to 11 have submitted anonymous testimonies alleging rape culture. This includes experiences of sexual harassment, groping, inappropriate touching and forced penetration during primary school. The report claimed that almost half of schoolchildren under seven are showing signs of misogynistic behaviour, and that “misogynistic rhetoric and harmful gender norms” are ingrained from as early as nursery. It…

Famed KGB double agent, Oleg Gordievsky, has died at his Surrey, UK home at the age of 86. The former Soviet secret agent defected to Britain in 1985 after being smuggled out of the country in the boot of a car. His death is not being treated as suspicious and he died peacefully in his home, the BBC reported. Gordievsky was the most prominent Soviet agent to defect to Britain during the Cold War. He provided Britain with reports on Soviet operations for more than a decade, using his position as a colonel in the KGB to acquire secret information.…

The last is yet to be heard of the death of Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad as his former Record label boss, Naira Marley has testified before a Magistrate Court sitting in Ikorodu, in the Coroner’s inquest seeking to discover the root cause of the deceased singer’s passing. Azeez Fashola street-named Naira Marley joined the proceedings virtually on Friday to tell the court everything he knows about his colleague’s passing and, in the process, wash his hands off all allegations being made against him. The lewd lyricist told the Coroner, Magistrate Adedayo Shotobi that he signed late Mohbad on his record…

Former Argentine President, Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) has been officially designated as a corrupt person by the United States, rendering her and her immediate family members ineligible for entry into the U.S.. The same fate befell ex-Minister of Planning, Julio Miguel De Vido. The two former officials were axed for their involvement in significant corruption while they were in office. Announced by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday, the designation stems from multiple bribery schemes orchestrated by CFK and De Vido during their time in public office. According to the statement, the two ex-officials financially benefited…

The Kogi State Police Command has announced that it has deployed a tactical team to rescue kidnapped passengers of an 18-seater bus along Obajana-Kabba highway in the state. The Command also said that it deployed additional operational assets to carry out bush combing operations to deny criminal elements safe haven along the route. The command’s Public Relations Officer, (PPRO), SP William Ovye Aya, who disclosed this in a statement, said the directive was given when the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 8, Command Lokoja, AIG Abubakar Zubairu and the Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Command, CP Miller G. Dantawaye,…

India’s IT ministry has unlawfully expanded censorship powers to allow the easier removal of online content and empowered “countless” government officials to execute such orders, Elon Musk’s X has alleged in a new lawsuit against New Delhi on Friday. The lawsuit and the allegations mark an escalation in an ongoing legal dispute between X and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government over how New Delhi orders content to be taken down. It also comes as Musk is getting closer to launching his other key ventures Starlink and Tesla in India. In the new court filing dated March 5, X argues India’s…