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Profile of Late Oba Okunade Sijuwade, The 50th Ooni of Ife

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<b>ILE-IFE, NIGERIA - Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, reportedly passed on, on Tuesday, at 85 years and seven months. He was born on January 1, 1930.</b></div>
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Unconfirmed sources said the monarch, who was said to have been flown out of the country since last Friday, died in the United Kingdom.</div>
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Most top Ife indigenes and Osun State government officials contacted by <i>The PUNCH </i>late on Tuesday kept sealed lips but some traditional rulers in the state confirmed that Sijuwade had died.</div>
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The spokesperson for the Ooni, Chief Funmilola Olorunnisola, told one of our correspondents that: "I don't have anything to tell you immediately."</div>
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One Osun traditional ruler, who asked not to be quoted, confided in one of our correspondents on the phone last night that the Ife monarch had died.</div>
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He said: "The Ooni is dead. It is true. He died about two hours ago in the UK. His two oloris (wives) – Olori Moni and Olori Odun – were with him in the UK.</div>
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"He travelled out for treatment anytime he fell ill but he couldn't make it this time. It is sad but I believe it is God's time. There was nothing anyone could do to stop it.</div>
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"Tokunbo, his eldest child, will probably leave for the UK this evening. There is nothing we can do but we take solace in the fact that he lived well. The proper announcement will be done later".</div>
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The traditional ruler's account was corroborated by another monarch, who explained that the Ooni was indeed flown out of the country five days ago in an air ambulance after he slumped.</div>
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A call to the line of the monarch was not answered.</div>
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There had been fears over the health of the first class monarch since 2013 when he was taken out of the country for medical attention for over a month.</div>
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Oba Sijuwade ascended the throne in December 1980.</div>
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Born on January 1, 1930, Sijuwade became the fiftieth ruler of the ancient kingdom of Ife, popularly referred to as the cradle and source of the Yoruba, in 1980.</div>
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Though he took the name Alayeluwa Olubuse II upon his installation, he dropped "Alayeluwa" from his name a few years back, saying that only God is fit to be called "Alayeluwa".</div>
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Alayeluwa means omniscience.</div>
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A former commissioner and indigene of Ife, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: "It is true. I was with him on Wednesday. Last Thursday when we held the political summit in Ife, he supported us and sent an emissary to the summit. He slumped on Thursday and was rushed to Ibadan airport from where he was flown to Lagos in an air ambulance en route to England for treatment. He became stable by Saturday. It is sad that he relapsed and passed on."</div>
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The flamboyant traditional ruler was crowned king on December 6, 1980 in a colourful ceremony attended by prominent traditional rulers like the Emir of Kano, Oba of Benin, Amayanabo of Opobo and the Olu of Warri as well as the representatives of the Queen of England.</div>
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It was gathered that the Ife traditional council and the Osun State traditional council would meet on Wednesday.</div>
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A competent source disclosed that emissaries from the two councils would visit the Governor of Osun, Rauf Aregbesola, to officially break the news to the governor.</div>
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Sijuwade was born to the Ogboru ruling house. The handsome king was a grandson of the Ooni Sijuwade Adelekan Olubuse I. He studied at the Abeokuta Grammar School and Oduduwa College in Ile-Ife.</div>
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He worked for three years in his father's business and later did a two-year stint with the <i>Nigerian Tribune,</i> before attending the Northampton College in the United Kingdom to study Business Management.</div>
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At the young age of 30, he became a manager in Leventis, a Greek-Nigerian conglomerate. In 1963, he became the Sales Director of the state-owned National Motors in Lagos. After spotting a business opportunity during a 1964 visit to the Soviet Union, he formed a company to distribute Soviet-built vehicles and equipment in Nigeria. This later became the nucleus of his widespread business empire. He also invested in real estate in his home town of Ile-Ife. By the time Sijuwade was crowned Ooni in 1980 he had become a wealthy man, whose fame and connection was global.</div>
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When Sijuwade became the Ooni, he inherited an ongoing dispute over supremacy between the obas of Yorubaland. In 1967 the crisis had been resolved when the late Yoruba sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, was chosen as the leader of the Yoruba. In 1976, the Governor of Oyo State, General David Jemibewon, had decreed that the Ooni of Ife would be the permanent chairman of the State Council of Obas and Chiefs. Other Obas led by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, said the position should rotate. The dispute calmed down when Osun State was carved out of Oyo State in August 1991, but still persisted. In January 2009, Sijuwade was quoted as saying that Oba Adeyemi was ruling a dead empire (the Oyo Empire, which collapsed in 1793). Adeyemi responded by citing "absurdities" in Sijuwade's statements and saying the Ooni "is not in tune with his own history".</div>
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It will be recalled that Oba Adeyemi, the Permanent Chairman of the Oyo State Council of Obas and Chiefs, was conspicuously absent from a meeting of Yoruba leaders in April 2010.</div>
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In February 2009, Sijuwade helped mediate in a dispute over land ownership between the communities of Ife and Modakeke, resolved in part through the elevation of the Ogunsua of Modakeke as an Oba.</div>
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In August 2010 he mediated in the ownership dispute between Oyo and Osun states concerning Ladoke Akintola University, calling a meeting attended by Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, governor of Osun State, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala, governor of Oyo State and the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education which resulted in an action plan.</div>
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Profile of Late Oba Okunade Sijuwade, The 50th Ooni of Ife

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<b>USA - George Washington University <a href="http://undergraduate.admissions.gwu.edu/test-optional-policy">announced</a> on Monday it will <a href="http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/jp/george-washington-u-wont-make-applicants-submit-sat-or-act-scores">no longer require students take the SAT</a> or ACT to gain admission to the <a href="http://gwtoday.gwu.edu/standardized-test-scores-will-be-optional-gw-applicants">university</a>, making it the largest college to make the move away for standardized testing. </b></div>
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The policy will go into affect on Aug. 1 and will apply to all students other than a few <a href="http://undergraduate.admissions.gwu.edu/test-optional-policy-faqs#1">exceptions</a>, such as recruited athletes and homeschooled students.</div>
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"The announcement from the private university in the nation’s capital underscores a growing belief in some college admission circles that standardized tests are a barrier to recruiting disadvantaged students," <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/07/27/george-washington-university-applicants-no-longer-need-to-take-admissions-tests/">according to the Washington Post</a>.</div>
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"While that view is sharply debated, many say it is possible to assemble a strong class without forcing applicants to submit a score from tests that critics say are culturally biased and often fail to reflect academic potential."</div>
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GW is not the first college to end the standardized testing requirement; <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/07/27/bombed-the-sat-or-the-act-here-are-colleges-that-are-test-optional/">according to a Washington Post tally</a>, there are some 180 public and private colleges in the U.S. News & World Report rankings that have made a similar shift, including Wake Forest University, Wesleyan, Bryn Mawr, and Temple University. Smaller liberal arts colleges have been more willing than larger state-run institutions to offer students the option to skip standardized testing; of the report’s top 25 universities, all still require the SAT or ACT to gain admission.</div>
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<b>LAGOS, NIGERIA - A 16-year-old boy, Tajudeen Azeez, has been arrested by the Lagos State police command for allegedly killing a four-year-old boy in Ijanikin area of the State. </b></div>
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Azeez reportedly removed the deceased's intestine and kidney after killing him. He was said to have lured the deceased to the back of an Anglican Primary School, in the morning and committed the murder there, <i><b>Daily Trust </b></i>reports.</div>
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Giving his statement at the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID), Yaba, where he is being detained, the suspect said one Osho promised to give him ₦50,000 if he could provide him with fresh human parts.</div>
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At first, I did not want to succumb to the temptation but it kept coming. When I woke up this morning (Monday), I saw Ibrahim at the back of the house. I told him to escort me to a primary school not too far from the house. The name of the school is Anglican Primary School, Ijanikin. </div>
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He followed me to the place and on arrival there, I stabbed him with a knife from behind. He fell down and I strangled him with a rope. I then cut his stomach open with the knife. I am sorry for what I did.</div>
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She said the suspect was arrested following intelligence information.</div>
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"Based on the strength of the information, the DPO and his men raced to the place. On arrival, they found the lifeless body of a four-year-old boy while the suspect was soaked in the deceased blood.</div>
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"From close observation, it was discovered that some vital organs such as the kidney and intestine had been removed from the deceased. All the organs were kept in a black nylon bag. The suspect was promptly arrested and taken to the station," Amadin said.</div>
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She added that the police was making effort to arrest Osho, who is on the run.</div>
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<b>CALIFORNIA, USA - With this inaugural khutba at the Women's Mosque of America, Edina Lekovic reflects on the historic moment as a continuation of the legacy of Muslim women and as a symbolic moment of introspection and opportunity for the American Muslim community. As more and more mosques create space for women in educational and leadership roles, we must be ready and willing to step up to the plate and contribute their talents. That is God's message to us - that we must strive and struggle with our lives and possessions, whether we are equipped lightly or heavily, in His cause. </b></div>
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The Women's Mosque of America seeks to uplift the Muslim community by empowering women and girls through more direct access to Islamic scholarship and leadership opportunities. The Women's Mosque of America will provide a safe space for women to feel welcome, respected, and actively engaged within the Muslim Ummah. It will complement existing mosques, offering opportunities for women to grow, learn, and gain inspiration to spread throughout their respective communities.</div>
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The Women's Mosque of America provides women-led Friday jumma'a services for women and children (including boys 12 and under) once a month in Southern California. In addition, the Women's Mosque of America provides programming, events, and classes open to both men and women that will aim to increase community access to female Muslim scholars and female perspectives on Islamic knowledge and spirituality. </div>
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<b>ABUJA, NIGERIA - President Muhammadu Buhari has regretted that crude oil theft that characterised past governments was still thriving under his government. He expressed his regrets on Monday on <i>Good Morning Nigeria</i>, an NTA breakfast show.</b></div>
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The President, who was inaugurated on May 29, said the nation's crude was still being lifted illegally by government officials up until July 10.</div>
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He said the situation, which he described as a monumental fraud, was beyond comprehension.</div>
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He expressed the confidence that some developed countries would assist Nigeria to identify and repatriate looted funds.</div>
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This, he said, would however not be achieved without meeting some conditions.</div>
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The multiparty democracy system for developing countries has its advantages and relative disadvantages in the sense that for us to get the help of the developed countries, we have to get our facts: documents, complete and reliable investigation, take them to court and get these people prosecuted. </div>
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Meanwhile, the theft continues. Up to the 10th of this month, our crude is still being illegally lifted by people who are in government. </div>
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We are trying to get these documents; we are getting cooperation from the international community. We are going very soon to make sure that those who perpetrated this crime against Nigeria will be faced with facts and be taken to our courts. </div>
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We have got the cooperation of some of the countries that are the destinations of our crude and we are discussing with them. We have to maintain high confidentiality so that we don’t risk some of the people in Nigeria that are helping us to trace the destinations of this stolen crude and then the accounts where the proceeds are being paid instead of the Federal Government account. </div>
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I don't think the NNPC knows how many accounts are there in which payments are made on Nigerian crude. The monumental fraud has been going on for a number of years; a lot of Nigerians cannot comprehend it.</div>
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Buhari admitted that the task of getting looted funds repatriated had not been an easy one.</div>
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While saying his government was working hard to meet the demands of the foreign countries, the President promised that he would be updating Nigerians of developments as far as the repatriation process was concerned.</div>
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The countries are willing but I also said it has to comply with their own system; we have to get the documents, especially the shipping documents, how they load here in our terminals and the destinations. </div>
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Some of them even change the crude or the destinations on the high sea and then change the account, instead of the Federal Government account, they pay into individual accounts. </div>
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The cooperation we need is that once we get those shipping documents and we are lucky to trace them up to the countries where they sold the crude and which account it goes, then we will submit the evidence in terms of loading, the payment made and the account. </div>
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Once we do these, they are very willing to make sure that all those accounts are frozen and money repatriated to Nigeria. </div>
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It is not an easy process but I assure you that we are working very hard. We cannot say we will wait until when everything is completed. Whatever we are able to get in a couple of months, we will bring it out for Nigerians to know.</div>
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On the planned breaking of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Buhari said the best way to go was to first establish the magnitude of the inexplicable way the NNPC had conducted itself.</div>
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He said after doing that, his administration would be on a higher moral ground to implement whatever recommendations made to it.</div>
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Buhari traced the continued problem of fuel scarcity to the destruction of infrastructure.</div>
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The problem of fuel scarcity is one of the problems. We all know we used to have four refineries refining daily on the average of about 450,000 barrels per day. </div>
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We had 25 depots all over the country from Maiduguri to Ilorin, from Gusau to Yola, from Makurdi to Port Harcourt to Ibadan. </div>
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These entire infrastructure have virtually been vandalised and Nigerians are forced to buy products from world markets as if Nigeria hasn't invested in the industry. This is sheer corruption and inefficiency. </div>
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This situation cannot be undone overnight. Firstly, we have to organise with our partners who had been developing the petroleum sector. </div>
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Nigeria was consistently losing on a daily basis millions of dollars. I think those who have been operating in the industry have been displaying lack of conscience and patriotism. Only God knows the amount of damage done to Nigeria.</div>
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Buhari said he discussed the issues of unemployment, insecurity and corruption with President Barack Obama when he visited the United States last week.</div>
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He said he was impressed with the concern raised by the US and Europe about the situation in Nigeria.</div>
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<b>ABUJA, NIGERIA - President Nuhammadu Buhari has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) members in the National Assembly, by their conduct and the ongoing leadership crisis in the legislature, were allowing the Peoples Democratic Party to take over his government.</b></div>
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Buhari stated this on <i>Good Morning Nigeria,</i> a <b>Nigerian Television Authority</b>'s (NTA) live programme on Monday morning.</div>
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I have to be very sensitive to the Constitution of the country. I do not like to be told by anybody, especially the legislators that I am interfering in their matter. There are three arms of government: executive, legislature and the judiciary. </div>
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Over the last 16 years, they (lawmakers) have developed the system of choosing their leaders. There is no way I can directly interfere. All I can do through the party is to appeal to their conscience that what I already observed, we should go over it as soon as possible. </div>
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When I say 'we', I mean the APC. We cannot win the battle and lose the war. We must not allow individual personal ambition to succeed in dividing us and allow PDP to deal with us. </div>
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This is what the National Assembly has allowed so far; the APC is giving the PDP the allowance to take over the government again. This is extremely disheartening, I am very worried. </div>
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The only thing I can do is to appeal to the conscience of the APC members in the Senate and House. It took us time to get to where we are; I don't want personal ambitions to scuttle our success and therefore fail to deliver on our promises to the nation.</div>
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