Tag: Ooni
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Video: Sunday Igboho apologises to Ooni of Ife for calling him ‘Fulani slave’, says it was slip of tongue
Oduduwa right activist, Sunday Igboho on Wednesday made an emotional appeal for forgiveness from Ooni of Ife on Wednesday, saying his disparaging comments against the frontline Yoruba traditional ruler was unwarranted and in bad taste. Sunday Igboho, whose real name is Sunday Adeyemo, said his comments during an Instagram Live appearance was a slip of…
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Fani-Kayode begs Ooni to forgive Sunday Igboho over ‘Fulani slave’ comment
Femi Fani-Kayode, former Minister of Aviation and critic of Buhari led administration has begged the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi to forgive Oduduwa Republic agitator and renowed political thug, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho for verbally attacking the monarch. TheNewsGuru had earlier reported that Igboho, slammed the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye…
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Trending video: Sunday Igboho lambasts Ooni of Ife, labels Makinde, Tinubu Fulani slaves
Oduduwa right activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho, on Tuesday lambasted and labelled the Ooni of Ife Enitan Ogunwusi; APC national leader, Bola Tinubu and the Oluwo of Iwo, Abdulrasheed Akanbi as Fulani slaves. Igboho also alleged that the Ooni has refused to support the ongoing struggle to liberate the Yoruba from Fulanis…
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Fulani herdsmen: Ooni warns Sunday Igboho after visit to Buhari in Aso Villa
Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has advised Sunday Adeyemo, well known as Sunday Igboho, not to take laws into his hands but allow constituted authorities to handle the herdsmen menace. The monarch also warned Sunday Igboho to watch out for politicians seeking to hijack his agitations against killer herdsmen in the region. This is…
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Tension in Yorubaland: Ooni of Ife meets Buhari in Aso Rock( Photos)
First-class traditional ruler, Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, on Tuesday met with President Muhammadu Buhari behind closed doors in the Villa. The prominent Yoruba monarch visited Aso Rock, amid heated ethnic tension in Ondo and some parts in Oyo state, generated by the recent locals-Fulani herders’ confrontation. The details of the meeting or…
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COVID-19: Ooni warns Nigerians on second wave
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has alerted Nigerians on the second wave of COVID-19, adding it is deadlier than the first. The Ooni, who is the Co-chairman of the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria (NCTRN), issued the alert in his Christmas/New Year message. “The pandemic is very much around. It is…
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What Buhari told Sultan, Ooni other traditional rulers during Aso Rock meeting
President Muhammadu Buhari has pleaded with traditional rulers to support his administration’s determination to address the demands of youths in the country. At a meeting in the State House with a delegation of the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria led by the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji (Dr) Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III,…
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Photo/Video: Nigerians roast Tinubu for not standing to greet Ooni at public function
The Nigerian social media space on Thursday exploded with reactions trailing a viral video of a former governor of Lagos State Asiwaju Bola Tinubu sitting to greet the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi at the Oniru’s coronation in Lagos. Bola Tinubu refuses to stand up and greet the Ooni of Ife pic.twitter.com/CYCse9ttAw —…
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BREAKING: Fire guts Ooni’s palace
A building inside the Ile Oodua’s Palace of Ooni of Ife was on Wednesday gutted by fire, causing panic in the ancient city. The spokesperson to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, Comrade Moses Olafare has said that the reported fire outbreak at the palace of the front line monarch on…