Ooni’s Alleged Death: Remains Of Monarch Arrives Nigeria

<div class="a__content cf" itemprop="articleBody" style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <strong>Despite the denial of Oba’s death, the Premium Times sources have said that the body of Ooni of Ife, Okunade Sijuwade, has arrived his palace in Ile Ife, Osun state.</strong></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_501325" style="text-align: justify; width: 274px;"> <div class="image__share" data-image-index="1"> </div> <div class="image__share" data-image-index="1"> <img alt="Ooni of Ife, Oba Sijuade Okunade is not dead, according to palace sources" class="size-full wp-image-501325" height="288" src="https://i.onthe.io/vllkyt4hv9v5di52a.7b6e1bff.jpg" width="400" /></div> <div class="wp-caption-text"> <br /></div> <div class="wp-caption-text"> Ooni of Ife, Oba Sijuade Okunade</div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> However, authorities and prominent Ile-Ife personalities insist the Oba is alive, and is hale and hearty.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Insiders in palace said on August, 1 that the remains of the paramount ruler left London in a hired air ambulance on Friday and was taken to the palace under the cover of night.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <strong><br /></strong><a href="https://www.naij.com/504684-oonis-alleged-death-7-day-oro-festival-declared-ife.html" itemprop="url" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> According to the sources, the body is now lying in a secret part of the palace named Ilegbo, a sacred place where all Oonis gathering with their relatives.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Ilegbo reportedly is the place where highly-prized rituals take place within the parturiency of the palace.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It is also the place where the Are covered with crown, worn yearly by the Ooni, is kept.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Only the monarch’s male children, highly ranked priests and chiefs are reportedly having permit to entree that inmost recess of the palace and sight the Ooni’s body.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em>“Even the Oba’s female children can’t come here, tradition does not allow them to sight the Oba at this time,”</em> one of the sources said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Palace sources said the announcement of the Oba’s death had to be postponed to let his wives and family members move their personal property from the palace, and for the traditional clerics to perform some “compulsory rituals”.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <strong><br /></strong><a href="https://www.naij.com/503917-revealed-president-buhari-jonathan-treated-ooni-ife.html" itemprop="url" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em>“Members of his family who were with him in London had to hurry back home to remove their personal effects because once his death is declared all their property will belong to the people. They won’t be able to take anything from the palace anymore,</em>” another source said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It should be noted that after the supposed death of the Ooni of Ife traditionalists in Ile-Ife have announced a seven-day sacred traditional Oro festival.</div> </div>

Ooni’s Alleged Death: Remains Of Monarch Arrives Nigeria

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[PHOTOS] Female Suicide Bomber Explodes In Maiduguri Market

<img alt="MaiduguriBomber3" class="aligncenter wp-image-56119" height="312" src="http://www.nigerianmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/MaiduguriBomber3-300x293.png" width="320" /><br /> <br /> A female suicide bomber, on Friday, blew herself up in a big market in Maiduguri, capital of Nigeria’s northeast, a vigilante and a witness said.<br /> <br /> “There had been a suicide attack on Gamboru market this morning. It was a female suicide bomber. The attack happened around 6:30 am as the grocers were arriving in the market which starts early,” said the vigilante, Babakura Kolo.<br /> <br /> The resounding blast, which roared at about 6:30am, shook all over Maiduguri. According to witnesses, the explosion occurred near the entrance of Gamboru Market where operatives of commercial tricycles park to pick passengers.<br /> <a href="http://www.nigerianmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/MaiduguriBomber2.png"><img alt="MaiduguriBomber2" class="aligncenter wp-image-56122" height="316" src="http://www.nigerianmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/MaiduguriBomber2-300x297.png" width="320" /></a><br /> <a href="http://www.nigerianmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Maiduguribomber.png"><img alt="Maiduguribomber" class="aligncenter wp-image-56120" height="319" src="http://www.nigerianmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Maiduguribomber-300x300.png" width="320" /></a><br /> A civil servant, Maryam Abu, who resides close to the area said: “We heard the blast at about 6:30am this morning and shortly afterwards, we saw people running from the direction of the market screaming that it was a bomb.”<br /> <br /> Number of casualties are yet to be specified at press time as security operatives believe it has the imprint of the extremist Boko Haram sect.<br /> <br /> The Gamboru market is the second largest in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state.<br />

[PHOTOS] Female Suicide Bomber Explodes In Maiduguri Market

A female suicide bomber, on Friday, blew herself up in a big market in Maiduguri, capital of Nigeria’s northeast, a vigilante and a witne...

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Sad: Another tanker fire 34 houses, 70 shops razed in Lagos

For the second time in four days, Lagos was the scene of tanker fire yesterday. The latest fire razed 34 houses and 70 shops in Idimu in Idimu-Egbe LCDA when a tanker carrying 33,000 litres of fuel spilled its content after falling, and exploding. No life was lost in the incident that occurred around midnight.<br /> <div class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_528285" style="width: 310px;"> <a href="http://www.vanguardngr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Ambode-victim.jpg"><img alt="From left: Mr.Rasak Fadipe, Director, Lagos state Fire Services, Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos his deputy, Dr. Idiat Adebule, Head of Operation Lagos state Emergence Management Agency[LASEMA], Mr. Femi Giwa,and others, during the Governor visit to Tanker Fire Explosion scene in Idimu, Lagos. Yesterday. Photo: Bunmi Azeez" class="size-medium wp-image-528285" height="182" src="http://cdn1.vanguardngr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/300x182xAmbode-victim-300x182.jpg.pagespeed.ic.DzG0O3BS0X.jpg" width="300" /></a><div class="wp-caption-text"> From left: Mr.Rasak Fadipe, Director, Lagos state Fire Services, Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos his deputy, Dr. Idiat Adebule, Head of Operation Lagos state Emergence Management Agency[LASEMA], Mr. Femi Giwa,and others, during the Governor visit to Tanker Fire Explosion scene in Idimu, Lagos. Yesterday. Photo: Bunmi Azeez</div> </div> Governor Akinwumi Ambode visited the scene of tragedy, yesterday, to assess the damage and commiserate with victims. The Tuesday tanker fire in Lagos, which occurred around midnight, razed scores of houses, but equally claimed no lives. 200 persons were said to have been displaced as a result of yesterday’s tragedy while some residents reportedly sustained varying degree of injuries in the resultant stampede. An eye witness said tragedy struck after the 33,000-litre tanker laden with diesel fell and exploded at Idimu bus stop, at midnight. There were, however,  different accounts of what led  to the incident. A  version said the tanker, which had Mustuk Investment Nig. Ltd inscribed on it, was struggling to navigate the narrow road with another tanker and a commercial bus when the driver lost control and the vehicle fell.<br /> <div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_528023" style="width: 422px;"> <img alt="Idimu fuel tanker fire" class="size-full wp-image-528023" height="232" src="http://cdn1.vanguardngr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/412x232ximage3-e1433577186132.jpg.pagespeed.ic.VSEx8sYN4d.jpg" width="412" /><div class="wp-caption-text"> Idimu fuel tanker fire</div> </div> Another version said the truck, with number plate, KJA 54 XA, was involved in a lone crash at the bus-stop, consequently spilling its content in the gutter. Unfortunately the combustive substance reportedly flowed to a stand where bean cake was sold. Residents jolted from sleep reportedly scampered in different directions for safety.<br /> <br /> In their confusion, many of them missed members of their families. Sunday Vanguard gathered that there was apprehension from some people who ran to safe places only to discover that their kinsmen were missing. Some of them wailed, apparently thinking that their kinsmen had been caught in the inferno.<br /> It was not until around 10am that all the neighbourhood residents reunited. Some of them were sighted giving thanks to God for sparing their lives but lamented their losses. The affected buildings included a storey building which comprised 24 rooms and seven shops on number

Sad: Another tanker fire 34 houses, 70 shops razed in Lagos

For the second time in four days, Lagos was the scene of tanker fire yesterday. The latest fire razed 34 houses and 70 shops in Idimu in I...

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So Sad: Petrol Tanker Exploded killed 79- Onitsha

<br /> <br /> <img alt="petrol tanker burning" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNIhsBfZwX1t2On722I3mp5H09xZgsxTQ-Nk_1UZF0YlZnl_bIcRvN5gAloyajoK_k8ymta-htTU9IWTmqqF6CO2DnwO5kPO1feIuWdVFT-HGDP6msZ_Ai7upanyQhu12vuSRm59gzxio/s320/petrol-tanker-fire-kills-69-in-Onitsha.jpg" title="" width="320" /><br /> <br /> SIXTY-NINE (79) persons were burnt to death yesterday in Onitsha when a trailer carrying petrol lost control and exploded into the Asaba Motor Park at the Upper Iweka area of the city. The truck was descending from the Army Barracks side of the Onitsha-Enugu Express Way.<br /> <br /> Read Also: <a href="http://nobleupdatesng.blogspot.com/2015/06/toke-makinwa-sends-loving-shoutout-to.html">Toke Makinwa sends loving shoutout to husband on instagram</a><br /> <br /> Eyewitnesses said 11 commuter buses and two motorcycles inside the Park caught fire together with the 40-foot tanker.<br /> <br /> Unable to withstand the shock, Governor Willie Obiano wept when his visited the scene of the accident with a team of government officials.<br /> Obiano urged relatives of the victims to take heart, even as he promised to assist the injured.

So Sad: Petrol Tanker Exploded killed 79- Onitsha

SIXTY-NINE (79) persons were burnt to death yesterday in Onitsha when a trailer carrying petrol lost control and exploded into the Asab...

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