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Ooni of Ife Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi to Olu of Warri, Ogiame, Ikenwoli at his palace in Warri South, Delta state The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has advised political leaders in Nigeria to go home, rest and leave governance for youths who he described as the “owners of the country.” The monarch also commended youths in the country who he said make up 60 percent of the country’s population, for keeping the nation together because of the activities they engage themselves in. The Ooni gave the charge Tuesday during the launch of a N100 million Professional Chair and N10billion Endowment Fund for the Michael and Cecilia Ibru University, MCIU, Agbarha-Otor, Delta State. Speaking to the leaders, the monarch said: “Youths of this nation owns this country. This country does not belong to the leaders and elders of this nation. Let the youths takeover, go and rest and rest very well.” He stated that it is about time for the youths to have a sense of ownership by ...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said yesterday that Nigeria recovered about N7.8 billion, $378 million and £27,800 through the Whistle-blower’s Policy launched by President Muhammadu Buhari in December 2016. He also said the Federal Government met no savings in the accounts when the Buhari administration came on board. Osinbajo spoke at the opening of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Week holding at the Nigerian Air Force Headquarters, Abuja. According to him, the Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA), which oversees the Whistleblower’s Policy in the Ministry of Finance, has helped the government to save over N200 billion by eliminating ghost workers. PICA was established to clean up the payroll and pension system across all the ministries, departments and agencies.

A Lagos-based lawyer, Udeme Odibi, who reportedly stabbed her husband, Otike Odibi, to death, has allegedly confessed to the murder. The police said the 47-year-old called her mother on the telephone immediately after committing the alleged crime to tell her. The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, who gave the update on Monday during a press briefing at the command headquarters in Ikeja, said the suspect also sent a message to her sister on WhatsApp shortly before the incident. The CP added that the suspect had procured a set of new knives from which she allegedly picked to kill her 50-year-old spouse.

The Peoples Democratic Party has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to stop deceiving Nigerians about his health and other national issues. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, who spoke with one of our correspondents, said it was a pity that the President lied to Nigerians about the stop over he had in London a few days ago. He said, “ The President should stop deceiving Nigerians about his health and other issues.

New York state Attorney-General Eric Schneiderman resigned on Monday after allegations of physical abuse by four women were reported in an article in the New Yorker magazine. sex Governor Andrew Cuomo had called for Schneiderman’s resignation within hours of the article’s publication, and only slightly more than an hour later Schneiderman, a Democrat who was running for re-election, said he was stepping down. “In the last several hours, serious allegations, which I strongly contest, have been made against me,” Schneiderman said in a statement. “While these allegations are unrelated to my professional conduct or the operations of the office, they will effectively prevent me from leading the office’s work at this critical time. “I therefore resign my office, effective at the close of business on May 8, 2018.” In the article published late on Monday, the New Yorker reported that four women who said they had had romantic relationships or encounters with Schneiderman said they had be...

A 36-year-old father of one, Damilola Kehinde, yesterday in Akure, Ondo State, confessed that he stole a 30-litre jerry can of diesel to raise money for the school fees of his only child. Before his arrest, over 250 litres of diesel in jerry cans were stolen in the same compound by thieves. The suspect, who is currently at Okuta Elerinla police station, was caught at about 6.30 am, yesterday, in the act at the premises of a photo laboratory located at Leo area of Akure metropolis. In an interview, the suspect confessed that he decided to engage in the disgraceful act to meet an urgent need in his life as all hope to get money to meet the need failed. Asked what was his need, the suspect said: “l decided to steal the diesel in order to raise money to pay my child’s school fees.” The suspect said his child had remained at home after the second term break because he could not raise his school fees. He pleaded for leniency and promised “never to steal again if forgiven.”

Thugs break ballot box at the APC governorship primary in Ekiti State on Saturday. The All Progressives Congress has suspended its governorship primary, following an outbreak of violence. This was made known via a Facebook post by the Special Assistnat Public Communications & New Media at Ekiti State Government of Nigeria, Mr. Lere Olayinka. Our correspondent had reported earlier that some persons suspected to be thugs had invaded the venue of the primary, where they smashed a ballot box on the ground, scattering the contents.