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...
A Nigerian man, Wellington Jighere a graduate from the University of Benin, won for the first time in history World Scrabble Championship.He beat an Englishman Lewis Mackay and Wellington won four straight rounds in the best of seven final round at the Word English language Scrabble Players,Association Championship in Perth,Australia on saturday . President Buhari was on the phone early on sunday evening to Perth,Australia and the president congratulated Jighere Wellington.Congrats to him because is only a Nigerian man that can beat an English man in English.More photos below. 
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