The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has assured his ex-queen, Naomi Silekunola, that God will vindicate her trial on the stampede that claimed the lives of 35 children during a Christmas funfair she organised in Ibadan, Oyo State, on December 4. Oba Ogunwusi absolved his former wife of ill intent to harm the children…
No fewer than 12,000 supporters of Prophetess Naomi Ogunwusi, the estranged wife of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, have demanded justice for her, describing her arrest, arraignment and remand in a custodial facility as unfair. Naomi was arrested alongside the Chief Executive Officer of Agidigbo FM, Oriyomi Hamzat, after the stampede at a…
At least 213 Nigerians lost their lives to separate stampedes in the last 11 years, investigations by Daily Trust have revealed. Majority of those incidents were recorded during distributions of food items. There were also instances of stampedes during recruitment exercises and religious activities. In the last six days, stampedes during food distributions killed about…
President Bola Tinubu has cancelled all his official events in Lagos today (Saturday), including his attendance at the 2024 Lagos Boat Regatta in honour of the stampede victims in Abuja and Okija, Anambra State, Ibadan, a statement by Bayod Onanuga, the president’s aide said. The tragedies claimed many lives and left many others injured. President…
