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The Ayieta Azantilow Royal family of the Builsa Traditional Area (Ghana, Africa) has settled its differences and has set a date for the funeral of Nab Ayieta Azantillow, the late Paramount Chief who died in 2006.
Members of the royal family who were not on talking terms since the death of Nab Ayieta Azantilow are now at peace with each other and are preparing to perform the funeral of the chief.- Full article
 
Man with 86 wives and 190 children claims to be member of royal family of Niger

The controversial Octogenarian man with 86 wives and over 190 children in Bida, Niger State, has finally been dragged before a Niger State High Court sitting in Minna, by members of the Estu Masaba Ruling House in Bida in a bid to determine his membership of the ruling House. - Full article
 
Benin monarch curses task force chief

Irked by the assault meted out on his son, Prince Ekpen Erediauwa, by the Chairman of the Edo State Task Force Committee on the Vandalization of Pipeline and also the youth leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Edo State, Mr Osakpanwa Eriyo, the Benin monarch, Oba Erediauwa, yesterday, placed a curse on the alleged culprit after describing the action as a taboo in Benin Kingdom. - Full article
 
Princess Kasune Zulu from Zambia, Africa made a speech at Engedi Church, 710 Chicago Drive, on March 13th, 2011, to raise awareness about the continuing threat HIV/AIDS is to southern Africa. - Holland Sentinel
 
Andani Royal Family of Dagbon to resist Palace funeral for late overlord

Spokesperson for the Andani Royal Family of Dagbon, Dr Yehuza Gomda, has said the family will never allow members of the Abudu gate to perform the funeral rite of the late Mahamadu Abdulai at the Gbewa Palace. - Ghana News
 
Kumawu royal shoots dead his stepdaughters boyfriend

Kwabena Anane, a member of the currently ruling Ankaase royal family of Kumawu (Ghana) has in the early hours of Thursday, 25th April 2011, gunned down his would-have-been son-in-law. Kwabena Anane who is in his late fifties is the owner of the popular "Spot" (Beer Bar) at Kumawu-Apebiakyere called "Apata Kese Ase". - Modern Ghana
 
Lagos royal family, lawyer tango in land dispute
The Elegushi royal family (Nigeria) and a Lagos-based lawyer, Mr Ebun Adegboruwa, are trading words over each other's position on a land dispute involving the people of Itedo village in Eti Osa Local Government area of the state.
 
allAfrica.com: Kenya: Botswana Royal, Lesedi Weds Konzolo's Son Martyn

Kenya can now lay claim to being a favourite of royals. First Prince William chose Kenya to propose to his wife Kate Middleton. Now a member of the Botswana Royal family chose a Kenyan man to be her husband and Kenya as her wedding location. Lesedi J. Botlhoko recently said 'I do' to stockbroker Martyn Konzolo at an intimate service at St John the Evangelist Church, Karen.
Lesedi, the second born child of Mr and Mrs Magqazana are members of the Botswana Royal Family hence the reason for the invite only ceremony that saw her family fly in a few days earlier.
 
Nigeria: Remains of Deceased Monarch's Wife Buried

allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Remains of Deceased Monarch's Wife Buried
Activities marking the funeral of the wife of ex-Deji of Akure, Olori Bolanle Adesina Adepoju commences today with the candle light procession by friends, siblings and others round Akure, the Ondo State Capital. The late Olori Bolanle died on July 12 due to ailment of kidney failure.
 
Ghana: Omanhene of the New Juaben Traditional State

The Real Facts About The New Juaben Stool | General News 2011-08-04

The Yiadom-Hwedie Royal Family, from which a Paramount Chief is chosen for either New Juaben or Asante Juaben, is a closely-knit royal family. Daasebre Prof. Emeritus Oti Boateng is the Uncle of Odehye Topen Siriboe, with Daasebre’s grandmother, Nana Akosua Kyem, and Odehye Topen’s great grandmother, Nana Ama Bonsu, being the daughters of one ancestress, Nana Akua Boatemaa.

When the New Juaben Stool became vacant in 1990 following the death of Daasebre Kwaku Boateng II, Odehye Topen was nominated by the late Queenmother, Nana Juaben Serwaa, for the Stool but was disqualified on the grounds of his misbehaviour and conduct unbecoming of an aspirant of a Paramount Stool by a Committee of Enquiry set up by the Government of the Provisional National Defence Council [PNDC] under the chairmanship of the late Nana Ahunako Acquah, Omanhene of Gomoah Assin Traditional Area, to investigate the New Juaben Chieftaincy Affairs.

A Government White Paper on the Report of the Committee of Enquiry indicated, among others, that Odehye Topen was guilty of “severally violating custom during his period of confinement” and that “these tabooed misdemeanours automatically disqualified him from being installed a chief”. The Committee recommended that the Queenmother should submit a fresh nomination to the Kingmakers for consideration.

The Queenmother then approached Dr. Emmanuel Oti Boateng, a royal of the Yiadom-Hwedie Stool and the then Chief Government Statistician of Ghana on three occasions accompanied by the Gyaasehene, the late Asumenamuhene, and the Adahemaa, among others, to accept her decision to nominate him for election and installation as a Paramount Chief of New Juaben State. It is on record that Dr. Oti Boateng initially declined the offer and that it took the interventions of several people including the present Queen of Ashanti, Nana Afua Kobi Ampem, to finally persuade him to accept the offer of nomination.

Following his nomination and unanimous acceptance by the Kingmakers, Dr. Oti Boateng was enstooled as the Omanhene of the New Juaben Traditional State on 26th October 1992 with the Stool name of Daasebre Oti Boateng. For nearly nineteen years he has led his people to great prosperity rarely experienced in the New Juaben Traditional Area.
 
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Lagos: Urhobo royal family

STORM: Padres prospect Olabisi toiling in classroom as much as on the field
Lake Elsinore Storm player Wande Olabisi has an undergraduate degree in biomechanical engineering from Stanford.
Olabisi was born in Lagos, Nigeria to a royal family of the Urhobo tribe. He was born shortly after his grandfather died, and his father, Goke, symbolically named him Babawande, which means "my father has come back through you."
After living in Nigeria for five years, Olabisi's father, an oil industry worker, moved his family to Saudi Arabia. Growing up amid the heavy American presence in the oil industry, Olabisi picked up baseball after being inspired by reading about Jackie Robinson in grade school.
 
Nigeria

I never married Lovelyn legally - Prince Odianosen Okojie
‘Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea’,these words of English novelist, Henry Fielding has evidently turned otherwise for sexy but now distressed actress, Mercy Johnson and her husband to be, Prince Odianosen Okojie.
It’s no longer news that weeks to their planned wedding,the Canada based estranged wife of Odianosen, Lovelyn Adaeze Okojie, surfaced with an overwhelming pictorial evidences of her marriage Mercy’s fiance:
The marriage reported to have been contracted and followed by a traditional wedding in Nigeria in 2009 produced two children. The said marriage which is now a subject of litigation has also cast doubts on the much publicized August 27th, 2011, wedding.
 
Ombalantu kingdom, Namibia

the Namibian: Ombalantu kingship dispute to continue
A KING for the Aambalantu was inaugurated in northern Namibia on July 30, a few hours before an interdict forbidding the crowning of a new king for this community was issued in the High Court in Windhoek, the man who claims to be king said in an affidavit filed with the High Court.
Michael Shapumba Nauta made this claim in an affidavit filed to oppose the case in which the Ombalantu Traditional Authority and its head, Chief Oswin Shifiona Mukulu, obtained an interim interdict against the coronation of Nauta as Ohamba or king of the Ombalantu community.
 
Zimbabwe

We are not against Khumalo family - Newsday: Everyday News for Everyday People
Organisers of the Mzilikazi Cultural Festival set for Wednesday and Thursday next week at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair Grounds have dismissed claims there was bad blood between them and the Khumalo royal family.
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Early this month, the Khumalo family organised similar commemorations at Mhlahlandlela, south-west of Bulawayo, to celebrate the life and death of the Ndebele founding king, Mzilikazi Khumalo.
There have been numerous reports of sharp differences between Umthwakazi KaMzilikazi, organisers of the Mhlahlandlela celebrations, and the Institute of Ubuntu.
Said Matshazi: “As an organisation and as Ndebele-speaking people, and as Africans, we don’t need to ask for permission from anyone to celebrate Mzilikazi.
 
Namibia

New Era - The Mbunza chieftainship debacle
The Vambunza is one of the five distinct recognized traditional communities in the Kavango. It has been reported in the news media that its Chief or Hompa of 10 years Alfons Kaundu is being challenged by a royal faction whose main campaign is to unseat him

The main reason for this campaign is that Alfons Kaundu is not a descendant of the Vambunza royal blood.

And that he became a Chief of the Vambunza 10 years ago through questionable means because he campaigned for himself in a political style rather than being appointed by the royal family as it is customary in the Vambunza culture.
 
Ghana - Abudu royal family

Dagbon crisis: Abudus to perform funeral rites of late Ya-Na Mahamadu Abdulai | Local News
The Dagbon crisis could just be revived as one of the feuding gates, the Abudus, serve notice of plans to perform the final funeral rites of their late king Ya-Na Mahamadu Abdulai in the old Gbewa Palace.
This is the Ya-Na who died in the 1980s and whose status as overload at the time of his death is being challenged by the Andanis.
The decision was taken after a meeting with the chiefs and regents of the royal family over the weekend in Yendi.

Dagbon conflict looms as Abudus plan Yaa-Naa?s funeral | General News 2011-10-24
 
Asona Royal family, Ghana

Okyehene fingered in illegal mining | Local News
The Asona Royal family of Kyebi has called on the Okyehene (King), Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panyin II, to come clean on accusations leveled against him on some illegal mining activities being carried out behind one of his houses.
According to members of the royal family, the Okyehene is responsible for everything that goes on in his jurisdiction and cannot say he was not aware of the illegal operations locally referred to as galamsey being carried out behind his property.
The royal family has also jumped to the defense of one of its members, Odehyee Kwame Adjei Boateng, who is being accused of spearheading a campaign to taint the image of the Okyehene.
 
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Okyehene, Asona Royal family supporters clash over galamsey | Local News
What started as a mere accusation against the Okyehene (King) for supporting illegal mining in Kyebi in the Eastern region almost led to bloodshed on Tuesday.
This morning Nana (Prince) Adjei Boateng planned a visit to the palace to dare the Okyehene to swear before the deity in the full glare of the public. But his group reportedly clashed with the Okyehene’s supporters who stopped the planned ceremony.
There were firing of gun shots with several people getting injured in the melee as people run helter-skelter for their lives, Evans Appiah who works with Adom FM recounted.
 
Nigeria

allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Constitutional Role for Royal Fathers?

...The switch from parliamentary to presidential constitution swept away many institutions, but, certainly, not the traditional institution. Even after the abrogation of the first parliamentary constitution in January 1966, the royals have continued as custodians of culture and tradition of their communities.

...The parliamentary system of government in the First Republic made constitutional provisions for royal fathers in the political affairs of the country. Thus, the parliamentary system, which established Regional Houses of Chiefs, allowed traditional rulers to participate in politics. It was therefore not surprising that the Regional Houses of Chiefs had royal fathers like Sir Muhammadu Sanusi, Emir of Kano, Alhaji Usman Nagogo, Emir of Katsina, the Makama of Bida, and the Ooni of Ife, Sir Adesoji Aderemi.


Newswatch Magazine - The Sultan on a Peace Mission

[FONT=&quot]In five years as the 20th Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, has won great respect and honour for the throne of his forefathers as a crusader for peace and unity.

[/FONT][FONT=&quot]Sokoto, capital of Sokoto State in the North West geo-political zone of Nigeria, was agog with celebrations that fateful afternoon of November 2, 2006, when the announcement came that Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III has been appointed new Sultan, the spiritual head of Muslims in Nigeria, in replacement for Muhammadu Maccido, his predecessor. His mien, humility and enviable background, not just as a member of the wider royal family but also as a gentle military officer who rose to the rank of a Brigadier General, contributed in making him acceptable to the people. Abubakar was clearly the choice of many. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]He clocked five on the throne last week, November 2. Five years after he mounted the exalted throne as the 20th Sultan of Sokoto, the love for Abubakar has not diminished. Rather, he has grown both in influence and knowledge of spiritual and socio-political issues around him and has become Nigeria’s most powerful traditional ruler. [/FONT][FONT=&quot]The Sultan’s palace in Sokoto, is like a Mecca of sort. People from various parts of the country, the rich, the poor and the average, including foreigners mill around the palatial building which has received varying degrees of decoration and architectural retouching.

[/FONT][FONT=&quot]The Sultan’s current rating as Nigeria’s most powerful religious and traditional leader is attested to by the nature of positions he now holds, as well as duties and responsibilities assigned to him in the country. Within the five years past, the Sultan had carried on with his traditional duty as president general of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs. He combines this with his appointment by the federal government as co-chairman of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council, NIREC, and the National Council of Traditional Rulers in Nigeria. He is often consulted by government on many national issues. [/FONT][FONT=&quot]On account of the positions of influence he occupies, Sultan Abubakar has been vocal on issues around him. Fearless and very outspoken, as he makes his positions clear on national and global issues, he has also come to be seen and widely regarded as an advocate of unity, peace, ethnic and inter-religious harmony in Nigeria.
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Nigeria

Alawe stool: ?No ruling house was excluded in selection?
The Afuntade line age of Oniwe ruling house of Ilawe-Ekiti in Ekiti South West Local Government Area of Ekiti State, has denied that some lineages in the community were excluded from the selection process of the new Alawe of Ilawe, Oba Adebanji Ajibade Alabi.
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The statement was a reaction to an allegation by the Osunla of Oke-Emo in the community, Chief Olukayode Oluyede, that three out of the four lineages in the ruling family were excluded from the processes leading to the selection of Alabi as the new Alawe.
 
Nigeria

Ataoja Stool: Monarch, High Chief On War Path | OSUN DEFENDER
The crisis rocking the palace of Ataoja of Osogbo has taken another dimension, as one of the high chiefs; the Ajagunna of Osogbo, was questioned by the police on the request of the Ataoja, Oba Jimoh Olanipekun, over breach of trust. Investigation conducted by OSUN DEFENDER revealed that the relationship between the two personalities went cold when the Ataoja learnt that his chiefs were colluding with his rivals to eject him from the palace.
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A source inside the palace informed the medium that the monarch had the biggest mistrust in Ajagunna, who he believed has a lot of influence over the other chiefs in the palace and among some politicians.
The source further disclosed that the troubled Ataoja decided to thread carefully with the high chief, considering the role he(Ajagunna) played in his emergence as the Ataoja last year and in the dispute that later engulfed the palace.
It was also learnt that the high chief was suddenly invited by the police for questioning, which surprised his family members, when they learnt his arrest was prompted by the monarch.
 
Ghana

Asuogyaman MP and four others before court over compensation - ModernGhana.com
Nana Antwi Manu, Family Head of Yaa Ansaah Royal Family in the Eastern Region, has filed a suit at an Accra High Court to order five people including Mr Josiah Asare Akoto, Member of Parliament for Asuogyaman to render full account of GHc20 million cedis paid as compensation for the people of Akwamu as a result of the construction of the Akosombo Dam.The application also sought an order from the court to compel the defendants to handover all outstanding balances to the Akwamu Traditional Council and pending full disclosure the personal accounts of the defendants should be frozen.
The other defendants in the suit are Nana Afrakoma II, Head of the Royal Ababia Family and Queen mother, Nana Amo Bekai, Gilbert Larbi, and Nana Asare Antwi.
 
Nigeria - Igwe of Nnewi

Nnewi Celebrates Nigeria's Longest Serving Monarch

Igwe Kenneth Orizu (III), age 86, has displayed all the attributes of greatness by his depth of character in the 48 years of his being on the throne of the ancient Kingdom of Nnewi. He has remained unswayed by material attractions and superficial rewards especially of the sort that are being flaunted by persons of lesser pedigree.
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Under the Igwe, who was coronated as Orizu III in 1963 following the death of his father Josiah Orizu II, Nnewi gained prominence as West Africa’s biggest spare-parts hub. The town’s main trading centers include Nkwo Nnewi market often indentified as the largest spare parts market in the West African sub-region. There is also the Nwafor and Eke markets.

The Speaker of Anambra State House of Assembly, Princess Chinwe Nwebili said that the celebratory event has de-mystified the notion that Ndi-Igbo have no king.On the monarch’s ability to promote development without endangering ancient tradition the Igwe is said to believe and live in progress and modernization while preserving the essential fabrics of the Nnewi culture, custom and tradition. He is thus seen as a steadfast man in the middle of changes.

v HRH The Igwe of Nnewi, Orizu III
 

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