The South-South and South-East Chapters of the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria, NCTRN, have promised to work together as “dependable allies” to restore peace and security to the country.

AKURE— TRADITIONAL rulers in Ondo State have lamented the continuous kidnapping of monarchs and the series of maltreatment they have been subjected to in recent times.

People from all walks of life gathered in Benin-City, yesterday, as Oba Ewuare II marked his second year anniversary on the throne  where President Muhammadu Buhari urged traditional rulers to guide their subjects and politicians against hate speeches as the country goes to another general elections.

The leadership of Imo state Police command, Miyetti Allah, monarchs as well as farmers, Monday, agreed that henceforth owners of farms destroyed by herdsmen would be duly compensated.

ASABA—ANIOMA Monarchs Assembly, AMA, has commended the Delta State Government  for the successful conduct of the local government elections in the state.

It’s confrontational for Benin leaders to demand arrest of Ijaw monarchs —IPDI

FOLLOWING the  killing of about 32 persons in cult-related attacks of some communities in Etim Ekpo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, the member representing Abak Federal Constituency, Emmanuel Ekon, on Monday, brokered peace between the warring parties.

NYAHASANG—CLAN Head of Nyahasang, a suburb of Calabar Municipality, Cross River State, Ntoe Edim Moses Ekong, has alleged that some politicians in the Niger Delta region now send boys (read political thugs) after royal fathers for daring to interrogate the choice of candidates imposed on people by political parties.

BENIN CITY—TRADITIONAL rulers from Akoko-Edo Local Government Area, Edo State, yesterday, drummed support for the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mr Kabiru Adjoto, urging those against his speakership to embrace his leadership in the interest of the state.

Some years ago- long before the social media became a destination in which every single generation must spend an essential part of their day- a photograph went viral in the Nigerian space that had a baale (a somewhat lesser king/stronger high chief) stranded on one of our precarious highways, looking on anxiously as part of his entourage deployed themselves to trying to figure out the reason the royal vehicle had broken down.