WORLD’S YOUNGEST REIGNING MONARCH , KING OYO, DIES AT 34.(PHOTO).
World’s Youngest Reigning Monarch , King Oyo, Dies at 34 King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, the traditional ruler of Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom who became the world’s youngest reigning monarch after ascending the throne at three, has died at the age of 34. The monarch reportedly died on Thursday, with the Prime Minister of the Tooro Kingdom, Calvin Armstrong Rwomiire Akiiki, announcing his death on Friday. The cause of death was not immediately disclosed. However, Ugandan media reports quoted a government minister as saying that King Oyo had been critically ill and was receiving medical treatment in the United States. Reacting to the development, Akiiki described the monarch’s death as a major loss to the royal family and the people of Tooro. He urged members of the kingdom to remain united and calm while mourning the traditional ruler. King Oyo ascended the Tooro throne in 1995 following the death of his father, King Patrick Matthew Kaboyo Rukidi III. He was only three years ol...
Alhaji Mohammad Sani-Sidi,the Director General,National Emergency Management Agency {NEMA},has appealed to state governments whose indigenes were affected in the Bangui crisis,to collect them from the Hajj camp in Abuja.Sani-Sidi made the appeal today sunday in Abuja while on inspection of the Hajj camp where the evacucuee from Bangui central African Republic {CAR} are being accommodated.He said that prompt collection of the evacuee from the camp by the state governments whose indigenes were affected,would reduce their suffering.On friday,the DG also addressed the evacuees at the Nnamdi Azikiwe international Airport in Abuja,pledging the agency's willingness to work with State Emergency Management {SEMA} to re intergrate them into the society.Borno has the highest number of returnees with more than 300 returnees of the 1,113 evacuated between Jan 3 and Jan 4.Anambra was second with more than 280 returnees.Three injured evacuee are receiving tratment at the Nigeria Air force Base medical clinic on the Airport Road.Mr Umar Abubaka,an indegene of Borno,who is being treated for bullet wounds from the crisis in Bangui,said he was shot on the chest while trying to run to safety.
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