Author: Marchelle Calnan

The body of the former Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade II, was buried at his Aliiwo ancestral home at around 4.30pm on Friday. PUNCH Online reports that the late king, who ruled for two years, died at the age of 81 on Thursday at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, after a […]

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At least eight migrants drowned after a boat carrying them capsized off the Turkish coast in the Aegean Sea, a local governor’s office said on Friday. The eight migrants’ nationalities were not yet known. Officials said two people were rescued by the Turkish coastguard and another two managed to make it out of the water […]

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