Tag: Alaafin
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Alaafin supremacy: History, tradition, culture sacrosanct – Olugbon
Oba Olushola Alao, the Olugbon of Orile-Igbon in Surulere Local Government Area (LGA), Oyo State, says history, tradition and culture are sacrosanct in respecting the Alaafin stool.
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BREAKING: Oyo gov, Makinde presents staff of office to new Alaafin
Oyo State Governor ,Seyi Makinde has presented the Staff of Office to the new Alaafin of Oyo, Abimbola Owoade. The governor made the presentation at his office in Ibadan, the state capital on Monday.
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Late Alaafin’s son, AbdulFatai Adeyemi, dies hours to 47th birthday
One of the sons of the late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, Prince AbdulFatai Adeyemi, is dead. Adeyemi, popularly known as D-Gov, died at the University College Hospital
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Alaafin: Court adjourns kingmakers’ fresh suit against Gov. Makinde
An Oyo High Court sitting in Awe has adjourned for hearing a fresh suit filed by Oyo kingmakers (Oyomesi) against Gov. Seyi Makinde and two others on the vacant stool of Alaafin of Oyo till Dec. 14. The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and the
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Why Gov Makinde rejected nominee for Alaafin stool
The aggrieved traditional kingmakers in Oyo town, known as Oyomesi, have said that Gov. Seyi Makinde rejected the nominee forwarded to him as the next Alaafin of Oyo because his selection did not follow due process. The kingmakers comprised the Agbaakin of Oyo, High Chief Asimiyu Atanda, the Samu of Oyo, High Chief Alhaji Lamidi…
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What ‘ll determine the emergence of next Alaafin – Makinde
The emergence of next Alaafin of Oyo will be strictly based on the signed Alaafin Chieftaincy Declaration, Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, has said. Makinde made this known on Saturday at the State Burial ceremony organised by the state government for the late Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, the Alaafin of Oyo Town.
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Atiku mourns Alaafin of Oyo
Former Vice President and also a 2023 Presidential aspirant Atiku Abubakar, has described the death of the Alaafin of Oyo, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, as a great loss for Nigeria and Africa at large. Abubakar in a statement by his Special Adviser, Paul Ibe, on Saturday in Abuja, said that the late…
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Aregbesola consults Ooni, Alaafin to help him beg Tinubu
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi and the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, on Tuesday held a closed-door meeting in Ibadan with the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, in respect of his rift with Bola Tinubu, a National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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Trending video: Igboho praises Obasanjo, Soyinka, other prominent Yoruba leaders for backing call for herders exit in Yorubaland
Yoruba rights Activist, Sunday Adeyemo is popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has said he is not intimidated by the threat of arrest. Igboho had asked herdsmen in Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo to leave within seven days following reports of the killing of some indigenes. He had blamed herders and Fulanis, especially…
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KWAM 1 to seek legal redress over alleged romance with Alaafin’s Wife
Fuji music maestro , Wasiu Ayinde has reacted over allegations that he is having a romantic affair with Olori Ajoke, one of the wives of the Alaafin of Oyo. In a statement signed by his media adviser, Kunle Rasheed, the Mayegun of Yorubaland noted that the allegations are all rumours, spread by the agents of…