Tag: Alaafin
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QUERY TO ROYALS: Don’t disrespect Obas, Alaafin warns Fayemi
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, has warned the Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, against treating the traditional institution in Yorubaland with levity. Alaafin said unlike in some tribes, where there was nothing attached to their traditional institutions, the Yoruba traditional institution was “ancestral and spiritual.” The monarch stated this in a…
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No more fight with Ooni of Ife, Alaafin of Oyo declares
…vow to jointly move Yoruba nation forward The monarch of Oyo, Alaafin Oba Lamidi Adeyemi has assured the Yoruba nation that the hostility between him and the Ooni of Ife should be considered a thing of the past. The highly revered king said this was imperative to move the Yoruba nation forward, vowing that, “from…
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Alaafin, Alao-Akala, Folarin laud INEC over peaceful polls
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has commended INEC over the peaceful conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly elections. Adeyemi, who had cast his vote at Ward 1 Unit 8 Oke Afin Polling Unit in Atiba Local Government of Oyo State at about 10.00am, said that the turnout of the electorate was impressive.…
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Alaafin cautions traditional rulers over herdsmen, farmers crisis
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola AdeyemI on Sunday cautioned traditional rulers across the country over the incessant clashes between Fulani herdsmen and farmers. Oba Adeyemi who is undoubtedly the longest serving in the country insisted that unguarded public statements from the traditional stool can worsen the clashes that is now becoming a national…
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Are Ona Kakanfo: Atiku congratulates Alafin, Gani Adams
Former Vice-President and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Atiku Abubakar has commended the Alaafin of Oyo over his nomination of a new Are Ona Kakanfo. The Waziri Adamawa, in a press statement signed by his media office on Wednesday, 18 October, noted that the appointment of Otunba Gani Adams as the new Kakanfo…
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Are Ona Kakanfo: Adams may not be as wealthy as Abiola, Akintola, others but he deserves title – Alaafin
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, on Wednesday said the National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress, Gani Adams by all ramifications deserves the title of Are Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland. The revered monach said though the OPC leader might not have the wealth and achivements of the previous title holders such as the…
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Ribadu, Soun, Alaafin, to grace book launch in honour of S.L. Akintola
Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) Mallam Nuhu Ribadu and other eminent Nigerians, will be at the launch of a book in honour of the former Premier of the Western Region, Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola. Ribadu, who will be the Chairman of the event, will also be in the company of…