As preparations for the coronation of a new Oba of Benin intensify, the Onojie of Opoji and Vice Chairman, Edo State Council of Traditional Rulers and Chiefs, His Royal Highness (HRH), Ehidiamen Aidonojie 1, disclosed to Saturday Vanguard how traditional rulers who have their roots from the great Benin Kingdom are awaiting the coming of a new Oba. He explained how the Oba had remained the permanent chairman of the Council of Traditional Rulers and Chiefs, describing the Oba of Benin as the Supreme leader of Kings in the Kingdom and a first class African King.

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Niger State is home of Tourism. Zungeru town is where a Briton, Lord Luggard, as well as the first President of the country, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe settled, and married. It was the same town where the amalgamation of the country took place and the name Nigeria chosen. Besides, Lord Luggard, the first indigenous President of the country, Dr. Azikiwe, late Biafra leader, Odumegwu Ojukwu and some other prominent Nigerians were born there.

ONE of the highlights of the just concluded annual IMF/World Bank meeting in Washington was a presentation by the Secretary General, Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, Alhaji Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo, at the G-24 Ministerial Meeting that took place on the sidelines of the meeting. Barkindo thereafter held an interactive session with the media where he gave insights into efforts to forestall further slide in crude oil price as well as how the slide in prices is affecting OPEC members.

Adedoyin started as a student of mathematics at the then University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, decades ago, when one of his lecturers, because of his outstanding performance in the subject, assigned him to teach his children at home.