Today's Headlines: Alaafin Of Oyo Told Us His Forefathers Were Calling Him -Aide; Northerners yet to pick PDP Consensus Candidate - Sule Lamido

Alaafin of Oyo told us his ancestors were calling him two weeks ago -Aide

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The monarch died at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Friday.

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, had a premonition of his death, an aide of the palace has claimed.

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The aide said, “My father has gone to meet his forefathers. Atanda (Alaafin) went to play with his forefathers. He is not dead.

He was the third to ascend the throne from the Alowolodu Ruling House and ruled for 52 years – making him the longest-reigning traditional ruler in Oyo town.

Northerners yet to pick PDP Candidate - Lamido

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A former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, Stated this in a terse statement he personally signed and obtained by our correspondent in Bauchi State on Saturday.

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Lamido said that consultation was still ongoing with all northern presidential aspirants in the PDP in order to come out with a national consensus acceptable to all and an acrimony-free national convention.

“The position of the Northern Elders is not only injurious to the North but equally injurious to the Northern Aspirants!”.

Apostle John Okoriko regains freedom from Kidnapper's den

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It was gathered that the kidnappers used the handset of their victim’s driver, which was snatched during the operations to communicate with the family to demand for N100m ransom to secure his freedom.

"I can confirm that Apostle John Okoriko has been released but I don’t have any information at my disposal whether any ransom was paid,” Macdon said.

DR Congo declares new Ebola outbreak

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The infected patient was a 31-year-old man who began experiencing symptoms on April 5 and after more than a week of care at home, sought treatment at a local health facility.

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“Time is not on our side,” Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, said, noting that “the disease has had a two-week head start and we are now playing catch-up.”

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