Beautiful Queen Zaynab-Otiti Obanor, the former wife of Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has congratulated the Ooni and his new wife, Yeyeluwa Silekunola Naomi on their marriage.
The former Ooni’s wife took to her Instagram page to share a photo-card, which read, “It was once said that there is nobility in compassion, beauty in empathy and grace in forgiveness. Congratulations to The Ooni and his new bride, Shilekunola Naomi Moronke Oluwaseyi. May God bless your union.”
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Recall that Queen Zaynab-Otiti announced that she and the Ooni were no longer together in August 2017.
In a statement shared on her social media pages , the Ooni’s ex-wife wrote: “There is absolutely no truth to the media circulated lies of infidelity and infertility- on my end. What I can confirm, is that the Ooni and I are no more.
“I inhale love & exhale gratitude. My journey continues as a Humanitarian aiding women and victims of domestic violence & abuse with the United Nations. No matter how much time you’ve invested, no matter the use of media to silence & manipulate, no matter the circumstance, slander, embarrassment, threats and lies: Get out and seek immediate help!
“We’ve seen this movie before. Women being dragged in the press & blamed for everything under the sun. This behavior is unacceptable. I urge those involved to be mindful of their actions for the eyes of our Almighty God are always watching. The seeds of slander is a cancer that harvests to eat away the souls of the planter.”
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Ooni’s ex-wife, congratulates him on new marriage
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Ooni of Ife marries prophetess, Shilekunola Moronke Naomi (Photos)
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has married a new wife who goes by the name Shilekunola Moronke Naomi.
The monarch made this known on his official Twitter handle on Thursday.
In one of his posts, the revered traditional ruler said he “waited patiently upon the Almighty the King of kings, he eventually did it in the midst of many trials.It is the beginning of your wisdom on this throne of Oduduwa. You are welcome home my beautiful and adorable queen.#OoniOfIfe #Otisese pic.twitter.com/0zOCRYMaKX
— Ooni Enitan Ogunwusi (@OoniAdimulaIfe) October 18, 2018
“Shilekunola, Moronke, Naomi; the greatest Arsenal you can apply on this highly revered throne with many rules and regulations in the midst of undiluted tradition, heritage and culture is the “Fear Of God In You”, which is the beginning of your wisdom on this throne of Oduduwa. You are welcome home my beautiful and adorable queen.”
TheNewsguru, TNG gathered that the new wife is a Prophetess/Evangelist and also the Founder/President of EN-HERALDS, a prophetic mandate and an interdenominational ministry in Akure, Ondo state, Nigeria.
See her photos below:
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Ooni partners with billionaire Arab businessman to build commercial venture for youths in Nigeria
The Arole Oodua and Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II has established a business partnership with an Arab billionaire, His Excellency, Honorable Sharif Ahmad Bin Jaber Al Natour to create massive job opportunities for the youths in Yorubaland and in Nigeria in general.
The partnership between Ooni Ogunwusi, a foremost African king and the Jordanian business mongul cum philatropist was formally announced during an unveiling ceremony that took place at the Ile-Oodua palace in Ile-Ife on Monday during which they both singed a Memorandum of Understanding(MOU).
The wealthy Jordanian prince based in Morocco who owns Global Trade And Development Corporation(GTDC) group that recently disbursed US$800m fund for commercial ventures in livestock, sugar and sugarcane in North Central Timor Global conglomerate is in the country on a 3 day visit to meet the Ooni and President Muhamadu Buhari on various areas of possible collaboration.
Al Natour said he has visited Oon of Ife because of the king’s efforts in unifiying the Africans in Diaspora through his peace and unity agenda. He further stated his commitment to build green cities in Nigeria under the auspices of GDTC Investment Nigeria Limited as a collective instruments of social, humanitarian, industrial and commercial projects to provide happiness and new lease of lives to millions of Nigerians through his partnership and collaboration with Ooni Ogunwusi through GDTC Investment Nigeria Limited.
“I have met many kings and world leaders but Ooni of Ife dazzles me most. I love him so much. I follow his activities a lot. He goes around the world to unify Africans in Diaspora through his peace and unity agenda. I also love his Youth development quest.
That is why I am here at Ile-Ife to partner with him on green energy and green enviroment for the benefit of the good people of Yoruba and Nigeria.” Al Natour said
He went further to admit Ile-Ife as his second home and assured that with the MoU, the technological hub in its first phase is expected to facilitate massive employment of youths in Nigeria.
“I have ve built schools, hospitals and houses around 168 countries in six continents of the world. My focus now is to come home which is Ile-Ife where the day dawn and I am here to partner with this globally respected monarch who preaches peace around the globe”
“Ooni is not just my business partner, he is also my father who has assured me of his unflintching support to invest heavily in the continent in the area of Agriculture and renewable energy technology that will promote international trade in Africa. With this MoU signed today with Ooni and the meeting that he has scheduled for me with President Buhari in Abuja tonight, our planned technological hub in its first phase will surely facilitate massive employment of youths in Nigeria.” Al Natour assured.
Ooni Ogunwusi while signing the MOU expressed optimism that the project would spur development across Nigeria and Africa at large. He explained that his partnership with the international business magnate was fastracked to ensure that the success of the project can start benefiting the teeming unemployed youths as soon as possible.
“I am very proud to be associated with the new birth of GDTC investment in Nigeria. I will work with you on a very long time basis not on a short time basis”
“We need a lot of investments to make sure that things are properly done in this part of the world. We need a lot of private and public partnership for large transactions.
“We need to provide jobs for the youths. We need to provide a lot of humanitarian services for them. We need to also see how to reform the mindset of our youth very positively”
I am so impressed with the green energy and green city you want to partner with us which will help our teeming youths to be gainfully employed.
“We are blessed in Nigeria to have a philanthropist like you who wants to start his philanthropic works in our country starting from this kingdom of Ile-Ife which is the traditional home for the Yoruba people and which is the source of your forefathers too.”
“Because I want my people in Yorubaland to benefit from this gesture; that was why I first brought you home before taking you to meet with Mr President in Abuja tonight and thereafter going to any other place in our dear country,” Ooni said.
The Spiritual leader of Yoruba race globally and Co-chairman of National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria said Nigeria needs a lot of public private partnership (PPP) to boost the country’s economy.
describing wealth as vanity if it can not be used for humanity.“This life is full of vanity and the only thing you can do to be remembered for is your service to humanity.” Ooni said
GDTC is a global company with presence in over 176 countries of the world with immense investment in human development and infrastructural facilities.
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Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi finds love again
The Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi’s whose marriage to Olori Wuraola crashed in August 2017 is said to have found love again.
The Ooni’s new love story was published in an exclusive report by TheCable.
‘Ooni of Ife is head over heels in love again. And the subject of his affection is none other than a drop-dead beauty, Tope Adesegun’
Oba Ogunwusi is smitten over Tope and the kingdom of Ile Ife and high society are undeniably in for a long, interesting haul of romance and intrigues characteristic of love in royal and celebrity circles’.
If indeed the Ooni takes Tope as his new bride, she’ll be his third wife following the king’s seperation from his two estranged wives, Olori Adebukola and Olori Wuraola.
For those who don’t know, Temitope Adesegun is a highly influential woman in business and management. She bagged diplomas in Linguistics and Data Processing from the University of Lagos in 1998 and 2000 respectively and a Bachelors’ in Business Administration from the same university. She enjoyed a private sector career as an administrative executive and public relations officer at several organisations.
In 2009, she became the Personal Assistant to the Secretary to the Lagos State Government: Princess Adenrele Adeniran-Ogunsanya; a position she managed till the end of her political tenure in 2011.
She is a certified alumnus of the following universities: University of Oxford, United Kingdom, INSEAD Business School, Fontainebleau, France, University of Cambridge, Judge Business School, United Kingdom and Harvard Kennedy School of Government in the United States.
Currently, she leads the working team of the Hopes Alive Initiative under the Auspices and Management of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II through the House of Oduduwa Foundation.
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Sultan, Ooni, others charge FG to immediately curb killings across Nigeria
The National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria (NCTRN) has urged the federal government to end the senseless killings in the country, saying that life is too sacred to be wasted.
The Chairman of NCTRN and Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Abubakar, made the call at the opening of the council’s General Assembly in Port Harcourt on Tuesday.
Mr. Abubakar called on the federal government to institute a high powered commission of inquiry to investigate the killings across the country.
The theme of the NCTRN assembly is “Community Policing as a catalyst to Crime Prevention: The Role of Traditional Rulers.”
He urged the federal government and law enforcement agents to rise up to the challenge of securing lives and property.
“As we are meeting, if what is happening is failure of governance, we will discuss it in details and come up with an appropriate report to help government and the Nigerian society,” he said.
According to him, the traditional rulers are capable of stating things the way they are without sentiment in order to move the nation forward.
“We existed before 1914, so we have seen it all. We are there permanently unlike the political office holders that have tenures.
“We must close ranks as traditional rulers to help build Nigeria;
“Let us build the comradeship we have among us down to the communities and let’s mean what we say, and say what we mean.
“Our coming together is unique. It implies that nothing can divide us. So, let us reduce the tension in the country because this is the time for statesmen to work for Nigeria.
“Let us stand and face the people that want to destroy our country,” he added.
The Sultan noted that Nigeria being part of the world, there could be external threats against her through the use of religion and ethnicity.
He urged the security agencies to always seek for the support as the royal fathers because they had the network to help them.
Also, the Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi, pleaded with the traditional rulers to put politics aside and work assiduously toward meeting the challenges in the country.
“Some sections of Nigeria are aggrieved and some feel oppressed; let us come together and take up this challenge so that no one will blame us.
“Let us put politics aside, engage in peer review, apply sense of right and wrong, and speak the truth.
“The responsibility lies on our head; we must stop the blame game and stop talking the talk but walk the talk,” Mr. Ogunwusi said.
Earlier, King Dandeson Jaja, the Amayanabo of Opobo and Chairman, Local Organising Committee, said that Nigerians were eager to hear from the traditional rulers.
Mr. Jaja urged the federal government and the royal fathers to rise above ethnicity and sentiments to tackle the challenges in the country.
“The federal government should tackle the economic challenges and deteriorating security situation in the country,” he said.
The Chairman of Rivers Council of Traditional Rulers decried the practice by which royal fathers depended on government sponsorship to organise their programmes.
He, however, thanked Governor Nyesom Wike for hosting them and assured the traditional rulers that their stay in Rivers would be memorable.
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Ooni suspends Maye of Ife for authoring, releasing blasphemy poetry
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has suspended Chief Ramon Adedoyin, as the Maye of Ife, for allegedly releasing an ewi ( poetry) composed to deride the stool of the Ooni.
The Chiefs also said that they had started the process of removing the Oloyere of Oyere, Oba Adeoye Adefarakan, who they accused of conniving with Adedoyin to tarnish the image of Oba Ogunwusi.
Adedoyin is the founder of the Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu and he was conferred with the chieftaincy title by Ooni Ogunwusi’s predecessor, Oba Okunade Sijuwade.
The Royal Traditional Council of the Source announced the suspension of Adedoyin at a press conference in Ile Ife on Tuesday.
The press conference was attended by the 16 kingmakers of Ile Ife including the Obalufe of Ife, Oba Idowu Adediwura who is the traditional prime minister and the Lowa Adimula of Ife, Oba Adekola Adeyeye.
They also said the Oloyere of Oyere, Oba Adeoye Adefarakan, was one of the people being allegedly used by the founder of Oduduwa University to deride and defame the exalted stool.
The address of the Council was read by the Secretary to the Ife Traditional Council, Chief Adetoye Odewole.
They said the ewi which was titled Oba Awakusa was sent into Nigeria discreetly from the United Kingdom and was now circulating within and outside the country.
The traditional rulers said they found out that Adedoyin was the financier of the poetry released to deride and defame the stool of the Ooni.
He said, ” That beyond a reasonable doubt, Chief Ramon Adedoyin and his cohorts like Oba Adeoye Adefarakan have committed offences of defaming the stool and character of the Ooni of Ife, assault and the libellous release of the ewi remain indelible and all these acts are conducts likely to cause a breach of peace.
“That all parties involved in the meeting passed a vote of no confidence on Chief Ramon Adedoyin and Oba Adeoye Adefarakan.
” That the House of Oduduwa henceforth suspends the chieftaincy title of Maye of Ife that was bestowed on Chief Ramon Adedoyin until further notice.
“Chief Ramon Adedoyin should not parade himself as the Maye of Ife until he absolved himself of his disloyalty and betrayal to the stool of Ooni and the House of Oduduwa.”
The Obalufe said Adedoyin was invited to defend himself but he shunned the invitation. He added that the council also invited a popular Yoruba poet, Ologundudu who they said came and disclosed that Adedoyin once invited him to release a similar ewi to tarnish the image of the Ooni but he declined.
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Ooni eulogises Buhari at 75, calls him internationally respected leader
The Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II has congratulated President Mamadu Buhari of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on his 75th birthday anniversary, describing him as an incorruptible leader driven by uncommon discipline.
Ooni Ogunwusi who is a Co-chairman of the National Traditional Rulers Council Of Nigeria in a statement released by his Director of Media and Public Affairs, Comrade Moses Olafare on Sunday morning eulogised President Buhari as a living extraordinary Nigerian leader globally known for relentlessly dedicated selfless service towards making Nigeria a better place to live in.
“The Arole Oduduwa, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II extends the warmest wishes of House of Oduduwa to His Excellency, President Mamadu Buhari as he today gloriously clocks 75th years of age. Mr President is in no doubt an internationally respected Nigerian leader with a heart of gold who has worked tirelessly to ensure a better society with his unwavering message of justice, compassion, peace and human dignity which has made him an inspiration to people around the world.”
“His very clean record speaks for him for he has from 1961 till date meritoriously served this country in various capacities as a young soldier who later became a General, as a Governor of Northeastern state, as a Minister of Petroleum, Head of State, as the Chairman of Petroleum Trust Fund, as an elderstatesman and currently as the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria”.
“Hate him or like him, he remains worthy of celebrations and emulations as an extraordinary leader driven by uncommon discipline whose relentless, dedication and incorruptible selflessness in the service of our country can never be ignored”. Ooni said.
The Spiritual leader of Yoruba race worldwide also in the congratulatory statement which reads in parts prayed for the President and urged him to remain undistracted in his fight against corruption to make Nigeria a country of high global integrity.
“Kabiyesi Ooni’risa assures President Buhari of the unflinching support of the good people and the traditional rulers of Yorubaland. He also wishes him sound health, long life and plethora of fulfillments as he remains undistracted in his war against corruption with a view to ensuring a Nigeria of international integrity”. Ooni prayed.
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In photos: Ooni goes back to school, as Aregbesola unveils mega school in Osun
Newly built mega school, Ilesa Government High School in Osun by the administration of Governor Rauf Aregbesola has drawn the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi back into the school environment.
Newly built mega school, Ilesa Government High School in Osun Although, the Ooni, alongside the governor, fondly called ‘Ogbeni’ by supporters were spotted in a photograph session sitting on a secondary school size student chair, however, their visit is not to receive lecture but to commission a monumental edifice built by the governor purposely to forward educational pursuits in the state.
Amazed by the quality of the facilities in the school, Ooni who gave an unstopping praise to Aregbesola said the efforts of the governor on infrastructure is not for the present alone, but would serve as a legacy for both the governor and for the people of the state.
He compared Aregebsola to former governor of Lagos State, Lattef Jakande whose infrastructural legacy in areas of school building and housing estates is yet to be forgotten in Lagos across Lagos.
“Some might not appreciate this works now, years later, people in the state would pray for the governor…,” says the monarch.
Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola: The making of the educated person”
Speaking at the occasion, Aregbesola said in the beginning of his administration, he promised to make education a priority. He said this school in particular was notorious as a den of gangsters and juvenile cultists, and these problems in the educational sector lead to organizing an education summit presided over by Prof Wole Soyinka.
According to him, all the interventions in education came from the report of that summit. He said;
“One key point in the report is the environment of learning. A rundown dilapidated school structure cannot be conducive to learning”.
The governor also appealed to parents’ to ensure they paid the N6000 a year due for the students in order to maintain the school and make t last for decades.
He explained that it wasn’t common to have such free education anywhere in the country with state of the art infrastructures at the student’s disposal, so it was essential that the mega schools all across the state be maintained.
The governor furthers, “Generally, the world is increasingly being defined and controlled by those who can think and bear their intellect on the matter and any situation. The possibilities, therefore, look infinite for them”.
“In the next 10 years, knowledge would have transformed the world beyond recognition. Self-driving cars, running on battery, using zero fuel, and programmed with all the addresses will be in the market in commercial quantity”.
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Osinbajo, Sultan, Aregbesola, Ambode others to grace Ooni’s birthday lecture
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is expected in Ile-Ife on Tuesday 17th October 2017 as the Special Guest of Honour at a leadership symposium in honour of the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II who will be marking his 43rd birthday with Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar and Governor Rauf Aregbesola of the State of Osun as the Host Governor.
According to a press statement on Saturday by Director of Media, Ooni’s Palace, Comrade Moses Olafare who spoke on behalf of the planning committee, the Ooni Annual International Leadership Symposium is designed to hold annually in commemoration of the Ooni’s birthday with view to providing the youths and other beneficiaries of his numerous empowerment schemes to showcase their success stories.
“Baba Ooni believes very strongly that celebration of the birthdays of people in leadership authorities must always be in recognition of their impactfulness. That’s why he decided this event as platform for success stories especially by the beneficiaries of his various categories of empowerment programs most whom are youths”.
“Kabiyesi has designed this symposium to be annually held where great leaders who have made impacts in the society will motivationally be interacting with the people who look up to them”
“Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Governor Rauf Aregbesola, Governor Ambode, Mr Femi Falana, Sultan of Sokoto, Ethiopian Ambassador to Nigeria, the Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, the gentleman from South Africa, Mr Sipho Mseleku of Shakhumnotho Group and other great leaders expected at this maiden edition are role models the youths always look up to,” Moses Olafare said.
The lead speaker for the lecture is legal luminary and human rights activist, Chief Femi Falana while Governor Akinwumi Ambode of Lagos, the Ethiopian Ambassador to Nigeria, Amb.(Mrs)Samia Zekaria Gutu and Mr Sipho Mseleku from South Africa are guest speakers. The Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Professor Eyitope Ogunmodede is a Co-Host.
It will be recalled that Ooni Ogunwusi had two years ago dedicated his reign to the African youths during his coronation as the 51st Ooni of Ife. He has since embarked on and executed various projects that are of immense impacts on the masses and youths in particular.
Comrade Olafare in the statement also confirmed the arrival of ex-Super Eagle players like Peter Rufai, Ike Sorounmu, Garba Lawal, Mutiu Adepoju, Taribo West, Ifeanyi Udese, Waheed Akanni, Gbenga Okunnowo, Oladimeji Lawal and others at Ile-Ife received on behalf of the Arole Oodua by the national team’s former coach who is a prominent indigene of Ifeland and Balogun of Modakeke, Highchief Festus Onigbinde for the novelty match to be played 3pm on Saturday at the sport complex of Obafemi Awolowo University organized by House of Oduduwa Foundation in honour of the African foremost monarch who is the Spiritual leader of the Yoruba race worldwide.
This year’s edition of Ooni Annual Leadership Symposium is themed “TAKING NIGERIAN AND AFRICA TO GREATER HEIGHTS, The place of the youth.
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Oba Aromolaran visits Ooni, invites him for 80th birthday bash
…says Ooni is a God chosen
The Owa–Obokun of Ijesaland, His Royal Majesty, Oba Gabriel Adekunle Aromolaran on Tuesday paid a surprise courtesy call to the Ooni of Ife His Imperial Majesty, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, to formally invite him (Ooni) for his forthcoming 80th birthday celebrations scheduled to hold in October.
The monarch who described the Ooni as God’s chosen leader for this generation noted that the Ooni has played perfectly his fatherly role in Yorubaland by always calling for unity and peace amongst all.
The Owa who came with a large retinue of monarchs from Ijesaland, chiefs, and prominent Ijesa sons and daughters said, “I am so happy to pay the Oonirisa a visit for the first time since he mounted this sacred throne of our father Oduduwa”
“I see Your Majesty as God’s chosen for this generation because your programme of ‘peace and unity” that you preach around the world is what is needed at this time in Yorubaland.”
He futher explained that he had visited the Ooni to personally invite him to his forthcoming 80th birthday ceremony holding later in the month of October 2017 at Ilesa.
“I’m here to personally invite the Arole Oodua to my 80th birthday coming later this month of October.”
“This is the first time I would be celebrating my birthday on earth, and I see that I cannot do such without informing the Ooni of Ife and the entire people of Ile-Ife who are my direct siblings because this place is the ancestral home of all the Ijesa people and Yoruba as a whole”.
“After deliberations at home with my children, the Obas, chiefs, and prominent Ijesa children at home and in the diaspora; it was unanimously decided that Ooni of Ife and Alaafin of Oyo should be the Royal Fathers of the day. That is why I had to come and personally invite Oonirisa to the event as I cannot send the invite to the Ooni through a representative, “Oba Aromolaran said.
He concluded with a pledge to join the Ooni in his peace movement and always be part of any event being put together to celebrate the sacred throne of Oduduwa.
In his remarks, Ooni Ogunwusi appreciated God for sparing the life of Oba Adekunle Aromolaran to be witnessing 80 years of age and acknowledged God for giving the royal father sound health and long life on the throne. He, however, assured Oba Aromolaran and his people of his physical presence at the occasion as invited.
“Kabiyesi, you will recall that I have visited you twice at your palace in Ilesa since I was enthroned as the Ooni of Ife less than two years ago.
“Thank you so much for this honour, this place undoubtedly belongs to you and all other descendants of Oduduwa as we Ife people are just the ones keeping home for everyone.
“Though, you are now 80 years old, but you look boyish dancing with all your might. I pray to God to grant you more years on the throne with good health,” Ooni said.