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By, Biola Davies Oba SIKIRU Kayode ADETONA the immediate past AWUJALE of IJEBU LAND is changing the narrative of a king’s funeral after death. It is generating reactions at home and in diaspora! Many are worried. Soldiers, on Monday, barred traditionalists believed to be members of the Osugbo cult from the Muslim funeral held for the late Awujale of Ijebu ...
July, 2025
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15 July
National Holiday over Buhari’s death, all Roads to Daura, body arrives today
By, Sola Hundogan As you read this,Vice-President Kashim Shettima has departed London with the remains of former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died on Sunday at a London Clinic for his burial ceremonies. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of The Vice-President, Stanley Nkwocha, made this known in a statement. “They are accompanying the remains of ...
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13 July
Awujale Of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona Is Dead after 64yrs reign
By, Ayoofe Aiyedatiwa Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona is dead. The monarch died on Sunday at the age of 91, hours after the announcement of the death of his longtime friend and former president, Muhammadu Buhari. Adetona, who ascended the throne on April 2, 1960, reigned for over 64 years, making him one of the longest-serving traditional rulers ...
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13 July
Tinubu summons emergency FEC meeting over Buhari’s death
By Sola Hundogan President Bola Tinubu has summoned an emergency session of the Federal Executive Council scheduled for Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in honour of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died in a UK hospital on Sunday. Tinubu disclosed this in a tribute he personally signed Sunday evening, shortly after news of Buhari’s passing broke. The President confirmed ...
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13 July
Tinubu orders VP Shettima to go ‘escorts’ Buhari’s body to Nigeria
By, Isa Abdullahi President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has also ordered Vice President Kashim Shettima to proceed to the United Kingdom to accompany President Muhammadu Buhari’s body back to Nigeria. Former President Buhari was twice elected Nigeria’s President in 2015 and 2019. He also served as military head of state between January 1984 and August 1985.
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13 July
Tinubu calls, condoles with Aisha Buhari, orders flags @ half mast
By, Joke Thomas President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has spoken with Mrs Aishat Buhari, the former President’s widow and offered his deep condolences. President Tinubu has ordered flags at half-mast as a mark of respect for the departed leader, Muhammadu Buhari . Tinubu announced the passing of his predecessor, President Muhammadu Buhari. YOUNEWS is aware that President Buhari died today in ...
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13 July
BREAKING: Ex-President, Buhari dies in London Hospital @ 82
By, Ayoofe Aiyedatiwa Former President Muhammadu Buhari has died in a clinic in London, United Kingdom, at the age of 82. Garba Shehu, the former spokesperson, announced his demise on Sunday in a post on X. “The family of the former president has announced the passing on of the former president, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, this afternoon in a clinic in ...
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11 July
Presidency visits Buhari in London hospital
By, Biola Davies President Bola Tinubu deployed his deputy, Vice-President Kashim Shettima, to visit former President Muhammadu Buhari in a London hospital on Monday. The former president has been ill for a while, but is believed to be recuperating. YOUNEWS learnt, Shettima is originally in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the invitation of the prime minister, Abiy Ahmed Ali, to attend ...
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11 July
Fact Check : Law on President’s Power to Remove/Suspend Gov.
By, Sola Hundogan Vice President Kashim Shettima has created constitutional issue with his remark recently. He said during my tenure as Governor of Borno State, President Goodluck Jonathan sought to remove me from office by declaring a State of Emergency. However, the then Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, alongside the Attorney-General of the Federation, Mohammed ...
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11 July
SGF Akume appoints Yomi Odunuga as Media Adviser
By, Biola Davies The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume has appointed renowned journalist, Yomi Odunuga as his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity. A statement released on Thursday revealed that the appointment takes immediate effect. Until his appointment, Odunuga was a Deputy Editor with The Nation Newspaper. Yomi Odunuga started his journalism career with The ...
