CCII: IBADAN INDIGENES TO ORGANIZE FREE SHOPPING TO CELEBRATE FESTIVAL By Aishat momoh.O. The Ibadan Cultural Festival Week 2022 has been elevated from a local to a global event, according to the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes. At the official launch of the festival’s website, Oluwayemisi Adeaga, the President-General of CCII, said the website was created to give people all over the world the opportunity to view the city’s rich … Read More
JUST IN: TINUBU VISITS SEYI MAKINDE IN IBADAN By Adeola Abdullah BREAKING Former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu today paid a condolence visit to the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde at the Government house, Ibadan. Tinubu said the purpose of the condolence visit was over the deaths of former Oyo state governor, Otunba Christopher Alao-Akala, Olubadan of … Read More
OLUBADAN: MAKINDE MEETS LADOJA AND OTHER HIGH CHIEFS, RESOLVE ISSUES By Adeola Abdullah High Chief Rasidi Ladoja, who is the Osi Olubadan of Ibadanland, has announced that all controversies surrounding the Chieftaincy and Enthronement of the next Olubadan of Ibadanland have been resolved. Ladoja disclosed this while briefing the newsmen on the outcome of a closed door meeting between members of Olubadan in council and Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi … Read More
JUST IN: LEKAN BALOGUN AND OTHER IBADAN HIGH-CHIEFS ANNOUNCE DECISION TO DROP ‘OBA’ TITLES By Adeola Abdullah Senator Lekan Balogun and other members of the Olubadan-in-Council, elevated to Obas by the administration of Late Governor Isiaka Ajimobi, have agreed to drop their crowns and revert to the status of High Chiefs. The decision was taken at the meeting held at the Oja’ba Official Palace of the Olubadan of Ibadanland on Thursday. The meeting was … Read More
LADOJA, OTHERS ABSENCE REPORTEDLY STALLS ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW OLUBADAN By Aishat Momoh. O. The Olubadan-in-Council convened on Tuesday (today) to certify Lekan Balogun, the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, as the new Olubadan. Senator Rasidi Ladoja, a former governor of Oyo State, was absent from the meeting. Ladoja, is the current Osi Olubadan of Ibadanland, having served as governor from 2003 to 2007. The absence of Ladoja and other kingmakers … Read More
SANWO-OLU MOURNS OLUBADAN, COMMISERATES WITH GOV. SEYI MAKINDE, IBADAN INDIGENES By Adeola Abdullah Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has commiserated with the people of Ibadan and the family of the 41st Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, who passed away on Sunday at the age of 93. He said the late traditional ruler’s service to the people of Ibadanland, Oyo State and Nigeria as a whole will remain his … Read More
OGUN STATE MONARCH, OLUFEMI TAYLOR IS DEAD By Adeniyi Onaara Oba Olufemi Allen Taylor, the Olu of Kobape in Ogun State’s Obafemi Owode Local Government Area, has died. Olusegun Osoba, the former governor of Ogun State, announced his death in a message on Friday. Osoba stated that the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, approved the announcement of the death of the Olu of Kobape. On the … Read More
8 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT OBA JIMOH OLADUNI OYEWUNMI AJAGUNBADE III BY OYEWUNMI KAFAYAT The late Oba Jimoh Oladunni Oyewunmi, Ajagungbade III, was born on May 27, 1926, in the town of Ogbomosho, to the reigning king, Oba Bello Afolabi Oyewunmi, Ajagungbade I, and one of his queens, Seliat Olatundun Oyewumi. His father had 63 children, 31 daughters, and 32 sons from his various spouses. He was the youngest of three … Read More
KWARA GOVERNOR SALUTES OWOYEMI OLAJIRE By Adeola Abdullah Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated a doyen of hospitality industry Chief Tajudeen Owoyemi Olajire on his investiture as the Asiwaju of Offa Kingdom, describing the honour as befitting. In a statement on Saturday, the Governor said the Asiwaju of Offa, a quintessential leader of Nigeria’s hospitality industry, is a pride of the state. AbdulRazaq said … Read More
