Tag: Alaafin stool
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Alaafin Stool: 9 families in Oyo state protest against selection process
A fresh setback has hit the process of selecting the next Alaafin of Oyo. About nine royal families have come out to protest their exclusion from the selection process, claiming they are also entitled to the throne.
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Alaafin Stool: Oracle to make final decision
The Oyo Mesi Traditional Council has noted that all the contestants eligible for the Alaafin stool will proceed to the next stage of the selection process. This was made known by the regent and Basorun of Oyo, Chief Yussuf Ayoola, on Sunday.
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Alaafin Stool: Basorun receives 86 names of entitled princes
The head of princes in Oyo town, known as Baba Iyaji, Chief Mukaila Afonja has finally submitted names of 86 contestants for the vacant stool of Alaafin of Oyo to the Basorun of Oyo, High Chief Yussuf Ayoola. This announcement was made by the Director of Media and Publicity to the Alaafin of Oyo, Bode…
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Alaafin Stool: 20 Princes jostle for stool as application closes on Friday
Twenty princes from the Twenty eight eligible ruling families to the stool have shown interest to being the next Alaafin. The Agunloye Ruling House have called on the Oyo Mesi (kingmakers) to pick the next Alaafin of Oyo from other families apart from the Lawani Agogo Ija .