A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George has paid tribute to Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, the Awujale of Ijebuland, stating that  he was a  formidable leader and monarch The Atona Oodua of Yorubaland in a tribute he signed on Monday said, “I was in Form 1 at Ijebu-Ode Grammar School, Ijebu-Ode in 1960 when the 26-year-old Prince returned to Nigeria to be crowned as the Awujale of Ijebuland. “With my classmates,...

The late Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona has been laid to rest  on Monday with the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, Lagos State Governor,  Babajide Sanwo-Olu, business mogul, Aliko Dangote, former Ogun State Governor, Segun Osoba and a host of other dignitaries have paid their last respect to the monarch. Governor Abiodun described the royal father as a pride of Ijebuland, Ogun State and Nigeria as a whole. Speaking after the monarch was committed...

…Bode George Describes His Death As A Lesson To Power Mongers Former President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has described former President Muhammadu Buhari as a courageous leader who served the nation with character and sense of patriotism. Jonathan, who stated this in a condolence message released on Sunday, noted that the late Buhari was deeply admired across the strata of society because of his honesty and discipline. The message reads, “It’s with a heavy heart...

Traditional rulers across Nigeria have urged the National Assembly to reinstate their constitutional roles that were stripped away in the 1999 Constitution. According to the royal fathers, the exclusion has created a governance gap, particularly in areas of grassroots mobilization and security. They made the appeal during the North Central Zonal Public Hearing on the review of the 1999 Constitution (Zone A), covering Niger, Kogi, and Kwara States, held in Minna, Niger State, on Saturday....

Amidst rumour of defection to All Progressives Congress (APC) by Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has collapsed its structure into the ruling party. At a leadership caucus meeting held at the Oke Fia Government House in Osogbo, Osun State capital on Saturday, the party leadership promised to move with the Governor to wherever he would be going, even as it passed a vote of confidence...