Newspaper of the Year
AN EIGHT-PAGE PULLOUT ON THE SOUTHWEST STATES
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2015
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The Attah of Ayede, Oba Mumini Orisagbemi (centre), Oba Ogungbemi (left) and the Olu of Itapaji, Oba Abdulkareem Adebanjo (right) at the peace meeting.
•Some of the placardcarrying protesters calling for the removal of Oba Ogungbemi as the Olu-Iye of Iyemero.
The people of Iyemero in Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State are pushing for the dethronement of their traditional ruler, Oba Ebenezer Agboola Ogungbemi, accusing him of sundry offences. But the monarch, who denies all the allegations against him, is calling for a truce. ODUNAYO OGUNMOLA reports.
Community revolts against Ekiti monarch I
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YEMERO is one of the remotest and most peaceful communities in Ekiti State. It is located on the northern fringe of the state and very close to both Kwara and Kogi states with huge agricultural and forestry resources. It is very close to Eruku in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara state and Egbe in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi
State. It is a journey of a minimum of one hour and thirty minutes from Ado Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State. The community came to limelight during the Segun Oni administration when it was made the centre of attraction for commercial production of cassava and ethanol project. But presently the town is on the edge as the indigenes are up in arms against their king, the Olu-Iye of Iyemero, Oba Ebenezer Agboola
Ambode, Muslim leaders seek good governance for national growth
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such as Lagos, Kadun a , Sokoto, Ilorin and Maidug u r i where Ogungbemi. They are calling on Govhe was ernor Ayo Fayose to depose the monpresident arch for what they called “acts unbeof the • IPU President, Lawrence coming of his revered position.” Yoruba Fatoyinbo, addressing reporters CommuniOba Ogungbemi who was installed during the peace meeting. as the Olu-Iye of Iyemero on March 11, ty and Ekiti 2000 was the Aro (second-in-command to Community in the king) before he mounted the royal seat of Borno State. his community. Having assumed the royal seat 15 years An accountant by profession who retired as a senior official of the agency that is now known as the ago when he was in Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and served in cities , Continued on pages 32-33)
When Indian experts, Lagos hospital partnered for humanity
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‘Female circumcision most prevalent among Yoruba’ PAGES 34-35