Organizers of the annual Ilorin Emirate Durbar festival have said that the traditional festival is targeted at attracting investors and tourists into the capital city of Kwara state. Speaking with journalists on activities lined up for this year’s durbar in Ilorin on Sunday, the chairman of the Ilorin Emirate Durbar Committee, Engineer Suleiman Alapansanpa, said that the festival would be used to showcase the economic potentials and rich culture of the various communities that made up Ilorin Emirate across five local government areas of Ilorin West, Ilorin East, Ilorin South, Moro and Asa. “The main purpose of showcasing the economic potentials and rich culture of Ilorin Emirate, comprising Ilorin West, East, South, Asa, and Moro local government areas is to attract investors and tourists to our communities”, he said. This is because the Ilorin Emirate is an epitome of unity in diversity. This is the reason why you witness in our durbar what is unobtainable in the durbar festival of the sister Emirates of northern Nigeria.

The Goldfinch began its strange life almost 370 years ago; a delicate, eye-catching study in oils of a small captive bird. It is one of the few surviving works of Carel Fabritius, a Dutch artist of the Delft School. In fact The Goldfinch is one of just a few works that this pupil of Rembrandt is thought to have completed during his short life. Now fresh research into the life of Fabritius, carried out for a new book, has revealed an astonishing fact. The painting, famous for coming through the fictional, lethal museum bomb blast that kickstarts Tartt’s plot, turns out to have also survived a devastating explosion in real life.

In it, she drew an inference of a probable anger of the Yoruba goddess of the ocean, Olokun as cause of the disaster. In his narration, Johnson drew a link between the river goddess, Olokun and ancient Yoruba cowries, the only legal tender of transaction that began in the 16th century. While the particular configuration of the Olokun is unknown, the Yemoja, another goddess of the river or water deity, is widely iterated in Yoruba folklores. Her huge belly burst open and many Orisas sprang from her.”Among the Yoruba, water has a powerful force. While the world is shedding tears about the recent Titanic disaster, Attiah has given us thoughts to ponder on.

If the deal is signed, the fight will take place in London,” Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn said. Eddie Hearn claims Dillian Whyte will receive a contract for a rematch with long-term rival Anthony Joshua on August 12. “We’ve been trying to contact Eddie Hearn for one month, multiple phone calls and emails, they’ve just gone missing. I haven’t spoken to Eddie Hearn for one month,” Whyte said. After facing Whyte, Joshua is hoping to meet former WBC champion Deontay Wilder in December.

One person has reportedly been killed and several adults and children were injured in a rollercoaster accident in Stockholm. Witnesses said the ride had partly derailed and a helicopter, ambulances, and fire engines were seen arriving. Seven children and adults, according to the police, were hurt at the Grona Lund theme park and were receiving medical attention. Sweden’s Expessen quoted a police officer as saying several people had fallen off the ride and were found on the floor, while several more were left stuck. It also says all rides are checked daily for safety and that Dekra, a state control body, inspects them annually.

Lai Oso, a Nigerian communication scholar and professor at the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies (FCMS), Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, is dead. “We commiserate with Mummy Oso, the children, and his entire family, the communication family worldwide, LASU community, and all others. About OsoMr Oso was a deputy rector at the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, formerly Ogun State Polytechnic, Abeokuta, later before joining the services of the Lagos State University. He was appointed the dean of the LASU School of Communication and now Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, between 2011 and 2015. Mr Oso was a member of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria, African Council of Communication Education, International Association for Communication Research, and Lagos Communication Forum.

A former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has said that there is no political relationship between him and the immediate past governor of the state, Emeka Ihedioha. Okorocha who spoke with a select group of journalists at his Spilbat mansion in Owerri, the state capital, said that his relationship with Ihedioha had nothing to do with politics. The ex-governor said that those who are amplifying his visit to Ihedioha’s house in Mbaise recently were making mistakes. Okorocha said “I have no political romance with Ihedioha. I visited Ihedioha’s house because of the death of his Mother.

TWO university dons, Prof. Victor Olumekun, and Prof. Ini Oko, have criticised what they described as the fraudulent award of honorary doctorates to some Nigerians by foreign institutions. The dons who spoke in separate interviews with Sunday PUNCH on Friday, expressed worry over the bastardisation of honorary degrees by some foreign institutions. There are several classes of honorary doctorates. “Yes, we have those who are awarded to deserving individuals based on their contributions to the society but then most of the degrees awarded are those that have been purchased with money. Earlier in 2012, the Association of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities made moves to ban the nation’s tertiary institutions from awarding honorary degrees to any political holder or appointee.

CSP Adejobi disclosed this while replying to a Twitter user who asked about the possibilities of immediate isolation of the skitmaker from society. Tagging the Police spokesperson, the Twitter user @Sahaabah01 wrote, “I truly wish it didn’t take this long to isolate this nuisance from society. Please keep him away for a very long time.”Retweeting the post, CSP Adejobi assured the Twitter user and the general public that the prankster will be charged to court by the police on Monday. He wrote, “He will surely be charged to court on Monday. “Many have reached out to me regarding this case, but I have made it known that it’s not a personal matter.

The AfDB had designed a solution that would enable rich countries reallocate part of their Special Drawing Rights (SDR) to low-income countries through multilateral development banks. And delegates at the summit included several heads of state, heads of international financial institutions, including multilateral development banks, intergovernmental institutions, philanthropists, and global private sector business leaders. “We are seeing important innovations begin to take shape across the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Islamic Development Bank, and others,” Yellen said, calling for continued partnership between the World Bank and regional development banks. “We must continue to pursue ambition on reforms at the World Bank,” she said. So, we need to increase the financing capacity of the multilateral development banks.

The FSB security service accused Prigozhin of attempting to launch a “civil conflict” and urged Wagner fighters to detain him. Another Putin ally, Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov, declared that he had dispatched his own units to help quash the Wagner rebellion. “Defence ministry and National Guard fighters of the Chechen Republic have already left for the zones of tension,” Kadyrov said on Telegram. The Russian defence ministry warned that Ukrainian troops were taking advantage of the infighting to ready an assault near the eastern hotspot of Bakhmut. A prominent Russian general urged Prigozhin to call off efforts to remove the defence ministry leadership.

Restrictions on abortion increased over the last decade, and by the mid-2010s, seven states had just one abortion clinic left. While some people prefer to take abortion pills on their own, Hamlin believes everyone should have medical support if they desire. Many abortion clinic workers choose these jobs because they have personal experience with the topic or believe strongly in the clinics’ missions. Since the abortion laws have changed in the US, she has crossed the border multiple times to bring abortion pills to Texas. Many activists like Misa regularly cross the border to bring abortion pills to Americans.

With an impeccable and diversified runway styling, the 2023 Lagos Leather Fair (LLF) spotlighted firsthand leather fashion pieces curated by indigenous talents that exist within the ecosystem. The just-concluded two-day event held at the Balmoral Convention Centre of the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos has further advanced the growth of leather industry in Nigeria and Africa and took the fashion of leather pieces to a new level in styling, content and aesthetics. - Advertisement -The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Femi Handbags, Femi Olayebi said: “The leather industry hugely contributes to the economic growth of Nigeria due to its potential as one of the biggest sectors after oil and gas. “Nigeria has the leather but does not take it to the final processing stage. Interestingly, it has been proven that made-in-Nigeria leather handbags and other leather fashion pieces are more durable than a number of imports.

Prigozhin’s fighters crossed into Russia from occupied Ukraine overnight and took the army HQ in the southern city, which serves as a key operational hub for Moscow’s forces in Ukraine. Because we went on a march of justice,” Prigozhin said in his latest audio message on the Telegram social media platform. Without a single shot we captured the building of the (army) HQ,” he said. Prigozhin said that his fighters had removed mines from outside the building Wagner occupied in Rostov. Earlier, the outspoken chief hit back at President Vladimir Putin, who called Prigozhin a traitor in an address to Russians.

A housewife, Salamat Suleiman, has filed for divorce in a Lusaka Local Court in Zambia, after two months of marriage, due to her husband’s health issue. According to Zambia Observer, the complainant told the court that she noticed that her husband had watery sperm. The respondent agreed that he had health issues, but insisted that the wife also had health challenges. He, however, said that he still loved his wife and pleaded with the court to grant him time to settle the misunderstanding. The presiding Judge, AbdulQadir Umar, told the wife to have an open mind and seek medical assistance for their health challenges.