•Yoruba monarch crown A new twist has been added to the conviction of Apetu of Ipetumodu, Oba Joseph Oloyede, by a United States of America court over $4.2million COVID-19 fraud, following the alleged disappearance of an ancestral crown and beads, among other royal paraphernalia at the palace, amid moves to replace the embattled king, reports ...
•Lagos masquerades At least three persons were brutally murdered during a masquerade festival that began on Sunday in the Lagos Island area of Lagos State. While the exact cause of the killings remains unclear, reports indicated that some members of the family involved in the festival, who are also believed to belong to various cult […]...
•Ooni of Ife and Alaafin of Oyo A former Senior Special Assistant on Special Duties to the late Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, Doyin Odebowale, has faulted the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade, over his demand that the Ooni of Ife revokes a chieftaincy title conferred on an Ibadan businessman. Odebowale, who spoke during […]...
•Alaafin of Oyo, Ifa priest and Ooni of Ife Renowned Ifa priest, Ifayemi Elebuibon, has intervened in the ongoing controversy between the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade, urging both monarchs to prioritise peace over rivalry. Speaking in an interview with Bamidele Adeyanju, popularly ...
•House of Representatives The member representing Tudun Wada/Doguwa federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, today said the House will create specific roles for traditional rulers in the ongoing 1999 constitutional reform. Traditional rulers in Nigeria do not have definite role in the constitution, reports Dai...
•Alaafin and Ooni As the supremacy battle between the Alaafin of Oyo, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Abimbola Owoade and the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Eniitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi gets messier, the former said yesterday that the British had signed a treaty with Alaafin recognising him as the superior head of the Yoruba Nation. […]
•Atóbaáse, Alaafin and Ooni The Atóbaáse of Yorubaland, Dr Babajide Agunbiade, FNSE, has released an open letter expressing unwavering support for His Imperial Majesty, Iku Baba Yeye, Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade I, the Alaafin of Oyo, in light of recent controversies surrounding the Yoruba traditional leadership structure. In a strongly worded l...
•Ladoja Barring last minute change, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has approved September 26, for the coronation of Oba Rasidi Ladoja as the 44th Olubadan. The day was chosen after a meeting between the governor and the former governor which held at the Ondo Street Bodija residence of the monarch, reports The Nation. It […]
•Ooni of Ife and Alaafin of Oyo Prominent Yoruba elders and leaders on Tuesday called for restraint and intervention of cultural and political figures following the reopening of hostilities between the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi. The fresh row began on Monday after the Alaafin faulted […]...
•Photo L-R): Late Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunola Sijuwade; Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade; Ooni of Ife, Enitan Ogunwusi; and late Alaafin of Oyo, Lamidi Adeyemi Social media went agog yesterday evening after the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade, gave the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, a 48-hour ultimatum to revoke the […]
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