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Oba Ogunwusi celebrates 49th Ooni of Ife, promises to name prince after him
The Arole Oduduwa and Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II has vowed to name his prince after the late Sir Adesoji…
Akire stool: Court upholds Oba Falabi’s sack
An Osun High Court sitting in Ikire, Irewole local government area, Monday held that Oba Olatunde Falabi has no legal right to…
Olubadan laments deaths of Ibadan elders
Oba Saliu Adetunji, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, has expressed worry over persistent cases of deaths of Ibadan elders.
Adetunji…
12th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series set to hold Virtually
By Adeoluwa Bravo
The 12th edition of the annual Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series is set to hold as a webinar on Monday,…
Nollywood actor Ogun Majek is dead
Veteran Yoruba actor, Gbolagade Akinpelu popularly known as Ogun Majek, has passed away.
According to reports, the late Ogun…
Ooni Ogunwusi loses grandmother
Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi has announced the passing away of Madam Comfort Olasoji (Soji-Opa), his maternal grandmother.
She was 103…
Africans who believe in Santa Claus but denigrate masquerades are racist…
Former presidential spokesperson Reno Omokri has berated Africans for “denigrating their own culture” and celebrating Western…
Sanwo-Olu presents staff of office to 15th Oniru
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday presented staff of office to the 15th Oniru of Iru kingdom, Oba Gbolahan…
The Waheed Bakare I Knew
By Semiu Okanlawon
At exactly 9:35pm, on Sunday, May 24, I got a call from Osogbo. Deolu Adeyemo, the State Correspondent of New…
COVID-19: Olubadan bans masqueraders from dancing to his palace, other…
The Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, has banned masqueraders’ dance to his palace and to other chiefs during the 2020…