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  Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, through his palace officials has revealed that he will speak on his crashed marriage to Olori Wuraola at the appropriate time. The Ooni’s Director of Media, Mr. Moses Olafare, revealed that the palace is fully aware of all that is being said, right or wrong about the issue and that they will reveal the truth when they are ready to talk. Speaking to Nigerian Tribune he said; “In this era of social media, where people have free access to internet, as constitutionally permitted by laws of the land, people can say anything.” “Inspite of all being said on the issue, decorum still requires that we in the House of Oduduwa maintains silence, at least for now. “This is because marriage is strictly a private matter that should not subjected to undue public uproar. When it is necessary for us to talk, we will surely talk on the issue" Olori Wuraola confirmed the crash if the 17 months old marriage in a statement which was r...

  Season one’s finale left fans on the edge of their seats, with the arrest of the show’s leading lady, Sara Aguilar (Blanca Soto). Back to settle the score, Sara returns in Woman of Steel Season 2 showing Weeknights at 9:10pm , exclusively on Telemundo (DStv Channel 118). The exciting second season of Woman of Steel begins with Sara behind bars. After waiting out her five-year sentence in prison, she learns that her son Salvador Acero (Michel Duval), who’s now a teenager, has been kidnapped. Will jail bars be enough to keep a protective mother away from her son? Will Sara find her way around this sentence? Or will she have to say goodbye to her son Salvador and everyone else she loves. Throughout the new season, we’ll learn just how far Sara is willing to go to protect her family, if true love can bring two people back together, and whether those who did the Woman of Steel wrong will finally be brought to justice. Watch the drama unfold as Woman of Steel season...

Minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, yesterday disclosed that one of his children is affected by the current strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). He disclosed this when he spoke with state house correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting. “Students who are supposed to take their exams and promotional exams have been forced by circumstances beyond their control to stay at home. I have one of my child at home as we speak. Government is leaving no stone unturned to make sure that we reach a conclusive agreement with ASUU so that they can go back to the class room" he said

The Director of Defence Information, Maj. Gen. John Enenche, was a guest on Channels TV yesterday where he stated that the military was not planning to arrest anyone on social media that makes anti-military or anti-government comments because they do not have the power to make such arrests. Recall that Enenche was a guest on the same channel on August 23rd where he disclosed that the military is monitoring social media for comments that are anti-military, anti-government and anti-security. Many Nigerians thought it meant that the military would soon begin to arrest anyone that makes such comments online. The anxiety in Nigerians grew when Vice President Yemi Osinbajo during his time as acting president, had announced that hate speech would now be treated as an act of terrorism. During his interview yesterday, Enenche said the military was just going to monitor the social media space but it has no power to arrest anyone that makes hate speech on...

President Buhari arrived Katsina state yesterday for the Sallah holiday. He walked from the Helipad to his home in Daura, Katsina state so he can acknowledge greetings from his supporters who thronged the streets to welcome him home. See a full photo below

  The men removed the back seat so they could use the car to transport the cow. Would the car even move? Hausa news platform, Rariya, shared the photos as they called on the Federal government to look into ways some market men and women treat animals they want to sell. See more photos below

The Abia State Police Command arrested a suspected burglar and recovered Laptop computer sets belonging the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The suspect, Maduforo Iheanacho was arrested on August 21, following a distress call from one Eberechi Nwaeze of Osaa-Ukwu village that Iheanacho of same village burgled his house and carted away his belongings. Patrol team attached to Ohuru Isimiri Division Aba swooped on Maduforo Iheanacho and recovered two sets of ZINOX Lap-Top Computers property of (INEC) and other items belonging to Eberechi Nwaeze during a search of his house. Investigation is in progress.