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The Ooni -designate father flanked by his wife (right) and Adeyeye's elder sister, Sola. Photo: Adesoji Adeniyi. The people of Ife were in joyous mood on Monday after Prince Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi from Giesi Ruling House‎ was named the Ooni-designate by kingmakers and the Osun State government. A group of jubilant‎ crowd, carrying a large portrait of Prince Adeyeye marched to the residence his father, Prince Ropo Ogunwusi, at NTA Road, Mukoro area of Ife, to share their joy with the family.

Britain’s Foreign Office has confirmed the five victims of Sunday’s whale-watching accident were British citizens. The whale-watching boat carrying 27 sightseers sank late Sunday, apparently after hitting rocks near Tofino, killing five people and sending 18 others to hospital. “It is with deep sadness that I can confirm five British nationals have lost their lives when the whale-watching boat they were on sank off Western Canada on Sunday,” Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said in a statement.

The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Jos on Monday upheld the election of Simon Lalong as governor of Plateau state. Simon Lalong: election upheld The tribunal dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) gubernatorial candidate, Gyang Pwajok, for lack of merit. Pwajok had challenged the victory of Gov. Lalong of the All Progressives Congress, (APC). Chairman of the three-man tribunal, Justice Johnson Candid0, held that the all the petitions presented by the petitioners where based on documentary hearsay.

Following the filing of fresh charges of illegal possession of foreign and local currencies said to have found in the houses of former National security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd), the ex-NSA has protested the plan by the Federal Government to arraign him in a secret trial. Former national security adviser of ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, Sambo Dasuki (R), speaks with his lawyer Ahmed Raji, during his trial at the federal high court in Abuja, on September 1, 2015. Nigerian prosecutors on September 1, 2015 slapped a charge of unlawful possession of arms against Dasuki. Dasuki was arraigned on a “one-count charge of being in possession of firearms without licence,” Prosecutor Mohammed Diri told the federal high court in Abuja. AFP PHOTO

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Yakubu Dogara, has congratulated, Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on his appointment as the new Ooni of Ife. ‎ This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Turaki Hassan, his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, in Abuja on Monday. Gov. Raufu Aregbesola, had approved the appointment of Ogunwusi of Guesi Rulling House, after his selection by the Ife Kingmakers.

7.6 quake was 196 km deep and centred 82 km southeast of Feyzabad in a remote area of Afghanistan Pakistani paramedics treat a girl injured in an earthquake at a hospital in Peshawar.Image Credit: AFP Kabul, Afghanistan: A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake killed at least 70 people as it rocked south Asia on Monday, including 12 Afghan girls crushed to death in a stampede as they tried to flee their collapsing school. Thousands of frightened people rushed into the streets in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India as the quake shook a swathe of the subcontinent.

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has strongly advised the Golden Eaglets to put behind Friday’s 2-1 loss to Croatia in Coquimbo and refocus their mind on greater performance at the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Going by the analysis of Practical Motoring, an auto magazine, the latest brand from the stable of Toyota Motor, the Fortuner, is a class above rivals such as the Isuzu MU-X, Holden Colorado 7 and Mitsubishi Challenger.

A Chinese biotechnological company announced on Sunday it has developed the world’s first 3D blood vessel bio-printer, which makes it possible to produce personalized functional organs.

Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State has called on President Muhammed Buhari not to play politics with the issue of bail out fund earmarked for states saying that Kogi is yet to get its portion months after fulfilling the necessary documentation.

•Oba Ogunwusi King unveiled at 2:49am The Osun State government this morning named Prince Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi (40) as the Ooni of Ife.