Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly kidnapped the traditional ruler of Igbesi town and other residents of the town in Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State. The monarch, along with other residents were said to have been abducted during an attack by the suspected bandits over the weekend in the town, and taken…
At least five people, including a traditional ruler, his wife, and son, have been killed by suspected gunmen who stormed Olegabulu community in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. Gunmen have slain five individuals in the Olegabulu community of Benue State’s Agatu Local Government Area, including a traditional ruler, his wife, son, and two…
By Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Oba Joseph Oloyede, the Apetu of Ipetumodu in the Ife North Local Government Area of Osun State, Nigeria was on Tuesday sentenced to 56 months imprisonment in United States court for $4.2 million COVID funds-related fraud. The 62 year old traditional ruler holds both US and Nigerian was sentenced by US District…
Fubara reveals real reason for Rivers crisis Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State last week said that the political crisis in the oil-rich state was not about the control of political structure but the control of the resources of Nigeria’s second-richest state. We published the details of this interesting revelation and what his Chief of…
Ogwashi-Uku Community has spoken on the conviction of its traditional ruler in the US. Ogwashi-Uku is a community in Anaocha South Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria’s South-South. The conviction PREMIUM TIMES exclusively reported on Wednesday that the community’s traditional ruler, Ifechukwude Okonjo, was convicted of theft in April 1997 at the Circuit Court…
By Our Reporter Few weeks after the people of Efut Kingdom in Cross River State rejected a Muri Munene/Paramount Ruler of the Efuts who Governor Bassey Otu endorsed, some clan heads of the Akpabuyo Traditional Rulers Council have also rejected the appointment of HRH Etinyin Francis Effiom Edem as the Acting Paramount Ruler of the…
Binkola stirred controversy in the South-South state after it was announced that he would be conferred with the purported title on May 5, 2024, provoking an instant condemnation from the Benin Traditional Council. He also received a lot of backlash from indigenes of Benin who viewed his proposed installation as a desecration of the highly…
The Village Head of Riruwai in Lame District of Bauchi Emirate in Toro LGA of Bauchi State, Alh Garba Badamasi has been murdered by unknown gunmen. Reports from the area had it that the Village Head was earlier kidnapped by gunmen who invaded the village on Friday, 15th March, 2024. They were said to have…
By Our Reporter Governor Bassey Edet Otu directs the immediate restoration of His Royal Majesty, Prof. Itam Hogan Itam, as the Village Head of Obufa Obio Ukem, Clan Head of Efut Ukem, Muri Munene and Paramount Ruler of the Efuts. Governor Otu who gave the direction on Thursday, 29 Feb. 2024, said the decision is…
