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Share About six people lost their lives   when a lorry  laden with passengers and goats  was involved in a lone accident  in  Agbor, Delta State, on Tuesday. Some  goats were also  killed  while others  were  injured during the accident. Nigerian Tribune  learnt that the truck coming from the Northern part of the country,  suddenly had a brake failure close to  the popular Uromi junction, Asaba- Benin Exppressway in Boji  Boji urban  of Agbor before   screeching  to a halt. An  eyeswitness account said  some of the passengers    jumped to death when it became obvious t...

Share The judge in Court 4 of  the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan, Justice Rachael Boyede Akintola, has awarded a sum of N150,000 as damages and costs against a former Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Iyaganku, Ibadan, CSP Alex Gwazah,  for infringing on rights of a fashion designer, Lukman Adeniyi. Delivering the judgement on Tuesday, Justice Akintola ruled that the act of the first respondent was unlawful in respect of the things he did to the applicant. Lukman Adeniyi  had taken the matter to  the High  Court in December 2020 to enforce his fundamental human rights, after he was dischar...

Share A group, Benin Solidarity Movement (BSM) worldwide, has challenged a pan-Ijaw group, Izon Ibe Dragnet, over the renaming of Gelegele to Gelegelegbene in Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State. A statement by the president of BSM, Curtis Eghosa Ugbo, insisted that the Benin name for the community which is in Benin Kingdom under the domain of the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba Ewuare ll, is Gelegele and not Gbene as being peddled by Ijaw elements in the riverside community. Ugbo said the Ijaw people should realise that they are settlers in Benin Kingdom, noting that the Benin peopl...

Share The recognition of Ayakiri autonomous community by the Bayelsa State government has sparked off controversy as the Ibenanaowei of Gbarain Kingdom, King Funpere Akah w1and the council of chiefs and elders of Ogboloma Community in Yenagoa Local Government Council have kicked against the development. The Gbarain Kingdom monarch has petitioned the Ministry of Community Development Affairs which issued the certificate of recognition, stating that the authority to issue such recognition lies solely within his jurisdiction and not the ministry. Speaking to Nigerian Tribune, spokesperson for Ay...

Share Indigenes of Jebba, Shao and other Yoruba communities in the Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State have condemned alleged marginalisation in the Ilorin Emirate system. Speaking at the  second Saka Adeyemi memorial lecture organised by a sociocultural organisation, Millennium Initiatives on Societal Values (MISSAVS) in Shao, the people said their traditional stools are being relegated in what they describe as the Ilorin Fulani feudalist-oligarchy setting. It was gathered that the late Saka Adeyemi was one of the arrowheads of Moro Redemption Movement (MRM). The lecture, entitled, �...