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Why I Married A Prophetess  Ooni of Ife reveals , As She Crosses Over Blood Olori Moronke Naomi Silekunola Ogunwusi walking over blood Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has given reason why he picked Olori Moronke Naomi Silekunola Ogunwusi.   The Ooni received his new wife at the palace, a day after he marked his 44th birthday. It was joyousness yesterday  at Ile-Ife  Osun State.    The palace said he married the woman because of the spiritual strength she will bring to the kingdom and the fear of God in her.   According to a statement issued to DAILY POST by the Director, Media and Public Affairs of the palace, Comrade Moses Olafare, confirms Naomi as the Ooni’s new wife.   He  revealed that the marriage rights were done privately in Akure, Ondo State and she was later received at the Ooni’s palace. “Her Majesty, Olori Moronke Naomi Silekunola Ogunwusi is the new Yeyeluwa Oodua. “Necessary rites fu...

IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu Reportedly Spotted In Israel 1-Year After Missing    Nnamdi Kanu in Israel   Indigenous People of Biafra, Leader, Nnamdi Kanu, has been spotted in Israel.   According to Punch Metro, Kanu's younger brother, Emmanuel, revealed on Friday that the family received the news through an online video shared by one Castro Nkume.     Nnami Kanu praying in Israel   Emmanuel, who spoke through a telephone interview, said the deputy director of IPOB Uche Ejiofor has also confirmed that the man seen in the video was Kanu.   The whereabouts of Kanu and his parents had remained unknown since their family house was allegedly invaded by soldiers on September 14, 2017, during the Operation Python Dance ll in the South East zone.   Kanu poses with fans   Emmanuel said IPOB members and the entire residents of their Isiama Afaraukwu community received the news with joy and they were glad that...

Eden Hazard ‘Happy’ to Finish Career at Chelsea if Madrid Move Doesn’t Happen Eden Hazard According to reports Eden Hazard insists he will be happy to end his career at Chelsea should his dream move to Real Madrid not materialise. Hazard has been instrumental in Chelsea’s unbeaten start under Maurizio Sarri, scoring eight goals in all competitions, as the Blues sit joint top of the Premier League alongside Manchester City and Liverpool. However, with his current contract expiring in 2020, the Belgian has repeatedly stated his desire to one day join the European champions.

Brazil to inject $1.1b into Nigeria’s agriculture sector According to  reports from Punch, the Brazilian Ambassador to Nigeria, Ricardo Guerra de Araujo, says Brazil will soon inject 1.1 billion dollars into Nigeria’s agriculture. The envoy said on Thursday night in an interview with  News Agency of Nigeria  in Abuja that an agreement between Brazil and Nigeria on the matter would be concluded by the end of October. The ambassador spoke at a dinner to sensitise Nigerians to an agriculture programme –Agritech  Nigeria – organised by the Osun Government. According to him, Brazil will help to transform Nigeria’s agriculture with the fund by establishing a tractor assembly plant in Bauchi State. He said that sustainable use of tractors and modern technology for farming in Nigeria would boost productivity. He added that mechanised agriculture would enhance value addition, food systems development and other opportunities for farmers. The a...

DMO, Fayose Disagree Over Ekiti State Liability Ayo Fayose and Dr. Kayode Fayemi According to reports from News Agency Nigeria, The Debt Management Office has said that the immediate past administration of Mr Ayo Fayose had a debt profile of about N120 billion as at June. The revelation about the financial records of Ekiti was contained in a document submitted to the DMO office in Abuja by officials of the state government in July, a copy of which was made available to the  News Agency of Nigeria  in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday. The DMO is an agency saddled with the statutory responsibility of coordinating debt profile of all the governments in the country. NAN  reports that Fayose had claimed that Dr Kayode Fayemi’s first tenure as governor plunged the state into a debt burden that would not be paid off until 2036. The DMO documents, however, revealed that the bond taken by the Fayemi’s administration was almost completely paid off with the first tra...

New Minimum Wage: Governors Insist we Can't Pay Governors Insist Reports from Thisday states, that Governors of the 36 states of the federation said thursday that while they were not opposed to the ongoing plans to approve a new minimum wage for workers, they, however, lacked the capacity to pay. But the governors under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have commenced a move to ensure that all salary arrears owed by states are cleared. At its meeting on Wednesday night in Abuja, the governors met with the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr. Ayuba Wabba, to seek ways of getting debtor states to offset arrears of workers’ salaries, using the monies from the outstanding Paris Club refund. The Chairman of the NGF and Zamfara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, said the governors were in support of negotiating a new minimum wage but that the issue was the ability or resources to take care of that agreed minimum wage. “We made ...

Graduating Nigeria Student  Going Home After His Final Exams Dies In Auto Crash  Abba Musa Isa    A graduating Nigerian university student has died soon after writing his final exams. The student identified as Abba Musa Isa, died on his way home from school after his final papers when the sad incident occurred.   He was a graduating Art and Social science Education student of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State. Hours after writing his final examination as an undergraduate, he set out for his home town of Kano, but died before getting there.   Local reports show that Abba died, yesterday at Kura along Kaduna/Kano axis.   His death came shortly after posting  “I’m coming home,”  on his WhatsApp story.

Sani, Amosun,Others Lose Out as APC Submits Candidates’ List to INEC Ibikunle Amosun According to reports from Thisday, The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) thursday made good its resolve not to extend the deadline for the submission of political parties’ lists of candidates for the presidential and National Assembly elections scheduled for the first quarter of next year as it ended the exercise last night. The International Conference Center (ICC), Abuja, which the electoral body used as the collection centre was full of activities as political parties’ officials made frantic efforts to beat the deadline. THISDAY gathered at press time that 84 parties had submitted their lists. For the All Progressives Congress (APC) that was plagued by large scale disputes following its primaries, it was judgement day for the protesters as the party decided on whom to allot its tickets. The party, said the National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Lanre Isa-Onilu, fielded can...

 Ooni Of Ife Unveils His New Queen    The Oba's bride, Moronke    His  Majesty, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has taken to his verified Instagram handle on Thursday to reveal that he has married a new wife, identified as Shilekunola Moronke Naomi. He who shared photos of his beautiful queen, also released a statement announcing his new marriage.   He wrote:  "I waited patiently upon the Almighty the King of kings, he eventually did it in the midst of many trials. Shilekunola, Moronke, Naomi; the greatest Arsenal you can apply on this highly revered throne with many rules and regulations in the midst of undiluted tradition, heritage and culture is the "Fear Of God In You", which is the beginning of your wisdom on this throne of Oduduwa. You are welcome home my beautiful and adorable queen. #OoniOfIfe #Otisese.   Multiple online reports claim that the new wife is a Prophetess/Evangelist and also the Fo...

Parties in Last Minutes Rush to Beat INEC Deadline  INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu Reports from Punch, the political parties on Thursday resorted to last-minute rush to beat the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) deadline for the submission of list of candidates for 2019 general elections. INEC had scheduled the submission of candidates’ names for the Presidential and National Assembly between Oct. 10 and Oct. 18, and deadline for the Governorship and State Assemblies election on Nov. 2. The News Agency of Nigeria correspondents who were at the venue of the exercise, International Conference Center (ICC) Abuja, reported that many party leaders and representatives were just arriving at the venue at about 6:00 p.m. Some of the party leaders and candidates who spoke with NAN, attributed the delay in submission to the cumbersome process involved in the filling of the forms and large size of the country. To fast-track the submission proces...

Yahoo-Yahoo' Son Reported to EFCC After He Bought House Worth Millions Of Naira by His Father The father reported his son over questionable money   An exceptional father has reported his son to EFCC. in Kaduna, after he found out some Fraudulent act from him.  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Kaduna Zonal office has investigated a case of conspiracy and theft reported to the Commission by an exceptional father.    In April 2017, the Father became a whistle blower after his son (then a secondary school student) intimated him that he had bought a house and a shop valued over N2 Million (Two Million Naira) only.   The information of the purchase shocked the father beyond his imagination as such he decided to make a formal complain to the Commission having perceived signs of fraud from his son’s explanation of how he got the money.   His son, Adamu, said he got the money through his phone line which after purchase...

  Workers, Church Guard Disarm Armed Robber in Ogun • Ola Photo: Deji Lambo Luck ran out of a man who came to robber in a church as the church workers and Guard disarm him. According to reports from Punch metro, some workers at Grace and Truth Tabernacle have reportedly disarmed a suspected robber, Samuel Ola, who allegedly invaded the church’s premises in the Magboro end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expresseway, Ogun State. PUNCH Metro  gathered that 37-year-old Ola and his accomplice, identified simply as  Aboy , had attempted robbing a motorcyclist when a mob gave them a chase. While escaping from the robbery scene, Ola reportedly scaled the fence into the church’s compound. A worker, Agbeni Bamidele, said he was inspecting a construction work on the premises when he saw the suspect acting suspiciously. The 55-year-old said when he interrogated him, he claimed to be a worker on the site. He said, “I saw him very close to the staircase that the lab...