Billionaire businessman Kessington Adebutu, popularly known as Baba Ijebu, reconciled the Ooni of Ife and the Alaafin of Oyo during his 90th birthday celebration in Lagos, ending their public rift and leading to the creation of a Joint Council for Yoruba Unity.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has begun serving a five-year prison sentence for conspiring to fund his 2007 election campaign with Libyan money, becoming the first French ex-leader to be jailed since World War II.
“I was left with no option but to flee to Cameroon,” said Abdulrahman Abubakar, the district head of Kirawa, after Boko Haram torched his palace.
According to DAILY POST, the Eselu of Iselu Kingdom, Oba Akintunde Akinyemi, has urged Lagos State authorities to arrest and subject social media influencer Mandy Kiss to a drug test over her plan to attempt a 24-hour marathon sex.
A meeting of Ipetumodu princes ended in chaos after disagreement over calls for Governor Ademola Adeleke to declare the Apetumodu throne vacant following Oba Joseph Oloyede’s U.S. conviction.
A U.S. court has jailed Osun monarch Oba Joseph Oloyede for four years over a $4.2m COVID-19 loan fraud scheme.
The Apetu of Ipetumodu, Oba Joseph Oloyede, has asked a U.S. court for leniency after admitting guilt in a $4.2m COVID-19 loan fraud, citing the pandemic’s impact.
The sentencing has been postponed pending further review of key legal issues
Ghanaian youth groups have taken to the streets in protest following the installation of Eze Chukwudi Ihenetu as Igbo King in Accra. Demonstrators say “foreign thrones” undermine Ghana’s sovereignty.
Oluwasanmi and his associate, Oba Joseph Oloyede, the Apetu of Ipetumodu, were arrested in 2024 for fraudulently obtaining $4.2 million through falsified pandemic loan applications.