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Igbo Migrated From Ife —Ooni
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has challenged academia in Nigerian universities to properly document the history of Yoruba race rather than relying on jaundiced history.
He said proper documentation will not only foster unity but reveal the ties across ethnic groups, saying evidence showed that the Igbo race migrated from Ile-Ife.
The monarch put the challenge before the academia while addressing journalists ahead of an International Conference on ‘Ile-Ife and Yoruba Civilization: Nexus between Tradition and Modernity’, at his palace in Ife.
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He said Yoruba race has about a quarter of its history documented, hence, the reason he is collaborating with select universities on the need to properly document the history of the race with a view to enhancing cohesion among the people globally.
“We have good evidence to believe that Igbo race has its roots here in Ile-Ife. There is Ile-Igbo here in the palace which was not a recent creation but has been existing here for decades. For this and many other reasons, I believe we need proper documentation of our history,” the Ooni said.
“We are not involving government in this project so that we can just place all the facts together, we must write our history properly and put things the right for the coming generations”.
Also speaking, a renown professor of history, Siyan Oyeweso, said the conference aims at bringing scholars together to discuss how to properly document the history of Yoruba, with focus on Ile-Ife as the source of the race.
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Adhere To Tenets Of Journalism In Your Reportage, Edo Deputy Gov Tasks Women Journalists
The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Engr. Marvellous Omobayo, has tasked female journalists in the state under the auspices of Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, to adhere strictly to the tenets of the profession in their reportage.
Omobayo gave the advice when he received a delegation of the women journalists at his office in Benin.
The used the opportunity of the visit to reiterate his maximum support for the state Governor, Godwin Obaseki to finish strong on his Make Edo Great Again, MEGA project.
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Earlier, the Chairperson of the Edo NAWOJ, Comrade Adesuwa Ehimuan said the visit was to congratulate the deputy governor on his elevation as the number two citizen of the state.
Ehimuan further said the visit was also to strengthen the synergy and exploring areas of collaboration to promote the development of journalism and women empowerment in the state.
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‘I’ve Become An Evangelist’ – Doyin Okupe
The former campaign director for the Labour Party during the 2023 presidential election, Doyin Okupe, has announced his new vocation as an evangelist of Jesus Christ following his recovery from cancer.
Detailing the challenges he faced with cancer, which initially appeared 16 years ago as prostate cancer and recently in the soft tissues of his right shoulder, Okupe highlighted the role of his medical treatment and divine intervention in his recovery.
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“The first problem was cancer I had and the chemotherapy makes you lose appetite, you have nausea, and even as you sustain for several months, you lose weight,” he told Channels TV.
Okupe recounted how his weight dropped from 127kg to 97kg during chemotherapy and settled at 103kg after the treatment ended.
“In all these, I bear witness to God and Jesus Christ, I’m a testimony to the fact that there is nothing the Lord God Jehovah can’t do,” Okupe affirmed.
“From now on, I have become an evangelist and a witness for Christ.”
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Court Dethrones Ondo Monarch After 29 Years Of Legal Tussle
Oba Micheal Adetunji Oluwole, the traditional ruler of Ute in the Ose local government area of Ondo state has been dethroned by a state High Court sitting in Owo, Owo local government area of the state after a legal tussle that lasted for 29 years.
Olule Omolaja Ruling House had challenged the retired Army Major’s right to ascend the throne.
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Justice Ademola Enikuomehin who nullified the selection process that brought Oba Oluwole to the throne and ordered a fresh selection process into the stool, ordered Oluwole to stop parading himself as the traditional ruler of the town. The fresh selection process will be from the Olule Omoloja ruling house lineage.
According to Justice Enikuomehin, the dethroned monarch had no right to the throne as he’s not a member of the ruling house designated to fill the vacant throne of the town.
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