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The former Chief Judge of Ekiti State and the Oluyin of Iyin Ekiti, Oba Ademola Ajakaye, has joined his ancestors. Oluyin died at the early hours of Friday , according to a palace source. The late Oluyin, who was the first Chief Judge of the State in 1996 at its creation, was at a time the Administrator General, National Judicial Institute (NJI). The town has begun traditional rites since Friday, which includes relocation of market and cutting of trees in the town, denoting the passage of the PeluPelu Oba. Iyin, is the town of the former Governor of Ekiti State and the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Chief Niyi Adebayo and the Senator representing Ekiti Central at the Senate, Hon. Opeyemi Bamidele. Meanwhile, Governor Kayode Fayemi , has described the passage of Oba Ajakaiye, Oyinyosaiye Uyin II, as a huge loss to the state. Fayemi, who received the news of the Oba’s passage from the royal family, expressed his condolences to the late ...

Dele Momodu in his article this week writes about what he describes as ' the systematic and instalmental, harassment, intimidation, degradation and denudation of our dear beloved Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo'. See his full piece below.... Fellow Nigerians, please allow me to quickly apologise for not concluding the series I started last week on the importance of celebrity journalism, the basis of my Fellowship at The African Studies Centre, University of Oxford. The reason for this change of plan must be pretty obvious, and predictable. A subject of pressing, and urgent, importance, and necessity, has presented itself. And it has to do with the systematic and instalmental, harassment, intimidation, degradation and denudation of our dear beloved Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo. He is being shorn of most of his statutory and constitutional powers with veiled and unsubstantiated insinuations that he has not been following du...

Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp, has said Mohamed Salah was worried he wouldn’t get in his first-team ahead of Sadio Mane, when he first contacted the Egyptian to try to sign him. The Reds splashed out nearly £40million on Salah from Roma in 2017. He has since proved to be worth every penny, scoring an impressive 75 goals in 111 appearances in all competitions for the club. Mane had joined Liverpool a year earlier and enjoyed an impressive debut season. Klopp, speaking to Sky Sports, admits he had to assure Salah he would be an important part of the first-team before he signed. “It’s incredible how they’ve developed together. The boys are brilliant characters – different but brilliant – but of course we signed (Salah and Mane) because they obviously had outstanding skills. “I remember when we spoke to Mo the first time, he said ‘Yes, but Sadio is playing on the right wing and he’s not bad is he?’ and I said, ‘I know but he can play on the other wi...

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has explained why his Liverpool teammate, Mohamed Salah does not pass the ball to his teammates. There has been a debate between Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah on this but Chamberlain insisted his Egyptian teammate “isn’t selfish.” Salah was involved in an on-field row with Mane last month after opting to shoot rather than pass. Chamberlain said that the Liverpool players would prefer Salah does not pass the ball. When asked to finish the sentence: “Mohamed Salah isn’t selfish,” he told the BBC “No, Mo Salah isn’t selfish because he’s a goal scorer. He’s gotta do that. “We can’t expect him to pass us the ball all the time and him to score loads of goals. The way he plays wins us games, so he’s got to do what he’s got to do. “He scores, we win the game. I’m happy. Mo, do what you want!”

The Nigerian Army Theatre Command of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) has launched “Operation Positive Identification” against the fleeing Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in the North East. The Deputy Director, Army Public Relation, OPLD, Col. Ado Isa, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. He urged the public to always carry a valid means of identification when moving or passing through Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states. Isa said the operation was aimed at searching for and arresting all suspected terrorists that currently roam some parts of the North East. This, according to him, has become necessary following credible information that some of the fleeing criminals are hibernating in some towns and villages of Borno and Yobe States in particular and North East in general. Army spokesperson disclosed that the troops had been instructed to strictly check valid means of identification of person before allowing them passage. He advised people to always carry...