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RIVERS GOLDEN JUBILEE

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Rivers State Government and the entire Committee is working seriously on golden jubilee celebration

Nnamdi Kanu finally regains freedom from Kuje Prison

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Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, finally regained his freedom around 6:40 pm on Friday after he perfected all the bail conditions that were handed to him by trial Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja.

UK police foil second alleged London terror plot in a day

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Police in London say they have foiled a second active terror plot in 24 hours, after arresting six people in raids across the British capital and southeast England. A woman shot by police in the latest counterterrorism investigation remains in a serious but stable condition. The investigation is ongoing but the threat is "contained," London's Metropolitan Police said Friday. Police said the operation late Thursday night was not related to an  earlier arrest near the British parliament,  where officers detained a man armed with knives on suspicion of planning a terror attack, in what Deputy Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu described as "an extraordinary day" in London. "Due to these arrests that we have made, I believe that we have contained the threats that they posed," he said. The woman was shot Thursday evening as armed officers entered a house in Willesden, in the city's north-west. Six other suspects have been arrested in c...

Why Oba of Lagos ‘Snubbing’ Ooni of Ife Shocked Nigeria

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Deep respect for leaders is a pillar of the culture of the Yoruba people, one of Nigeria’s biggest ethnic groups. But at a recent public event, the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, 74, refused to properly greet the Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi, 42. As the Ooni leaned over to greet the Oba by shaking his hand, what he got instead was a dismissive wave and what looked like a scowl of disdain. It’s quite unheard of for traditional leaders to rebuff each other in public. And for a lesser leader, like the Oba of Lagos, to rebuff the Ooni of Ife, the spiritual head of all Yoruba people, is an even graver offence. Though there are various interpretations by historians and scholars on the origins of Yoruba people, the Ooni of Ife is widely acknowledged as the overall leader and is known as the “king of kings”. The Oba – of which there are up to 50 in Lagos alone – is seen to be a lesser traditional ruler, even though he is older. It is not clear yet what upset the Oba of Lagos....