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No more hindrance, I’ll name new Olubadan Monday, says Makinde

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  Oyo State Governor: Seyi Makinde Oyo  State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has said he will announce the new Olubadan of Ibadanland on Monday. Makinde made this known on Saturday at the grand finale of the burial of the late Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, Ibadan. He said all issues hindering the announcement and installation of the new Olubadan had been resolved. “This is another victory for the Ibadan traditional institution; the process and the system were never broken, so we have reverted to the age long system,” Makinde stated. The governor said he had received a letter from the Olubadan-in-Council in respect of the announcement of the new monarch. According to him, Ibadanland has a unique procedural step as regards the enthronement of a new Oba and this has been in existence for ages. He prayed that Ibadanland would continue to witness more development. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the late Oba Adetunji, who was the 41st ...

HOUSE RENT: Nigerians must not continue to suffer in the hands of Shylock Landlords — Sen. Smart Adeyemi

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  Amidst the controversies trailing the proposed monthly house rent bill, the sponsor, Senator Smart Adeyemi who represents Kogi West Senatorial Zone in the 9th Senate of the federal republic of Nigeria speaks exclusively to Saturday Vanguard on the benefits of the bill. Well, the bill is basically to checkmate the high rate of rents of rooms, apartment and shops in Abuja. We came to realise the fact that one of the problems confronting residents is the problem of accommodation. And I think quite a number of landlords took it as an advantage because of the ever increasing population of Abuja, because of the high level of insecurity in neighbouring states, many people now troop into the city. To get a fairly good two bedroom within Abuja city centre, we’re talking a lot of money and the landlord will ask you to pay for two years minimum. Sometimes, they asked for three years. Now, there are a large army of unemployed youths who are highly intelligent, highly visionary and they need ...