In the Yoruba custom, the Obas are rulers over a homogeneous community, such as Ibadan, Oyo, Ijebu, Ijesha, Egba and so on. The Oba, being proposed, can only be heterogeneous of mixed Yoruba varieties. ba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi, the Alaafin…
CELLULOID: Dágunró, the moments and the magic
Dágunró Alákijà Oògùn is dead. For anyone who grew up binging on the magic of Fasasi Olabankewin and his contemporaries in Yoruba movies, that opening sentence could be shocking in its seeming unbelievability. But the brave warrior, who loomed large…
‘Yoruba: Time to speak truth to power’
This week, I was prepared to write on one of those ‘national topics’ as we often do when I received a post on ‘whether Ondo State is jinxed,’ forwarded by one of my big brothers, Uncle Eric Teniola, who hails…
We Would Have Struck And Put An End To Herdsmen In South-West But Yoruba Leaders Stopped Us -Oodua Peoples’ Congress
– Oyo, Osun, Ondo, Ogun, Lagos, and Ekiti governors meet army, police, OPC over insecurity The OPC led by Aare Gani Adams has said it was ready to flush out armed herdsmen kidnapping and perpetrating criminal activities in the region.…
June 12: Yoruba youths say lots of what Abiola stood for yet to manifest
The youth group, however, said that a lot of what Abiola stood for as a distinct democrat had yet to be manifested in the polity. Chief MKO Abiola [Twitter/@DOlusegun] The Yoruba Council of Youths Worldwide (YCYW) on Wednesday in Lagos described President…
Yoruba, Hausa Youths Clash In Pastor Adeboye’s Hometown
The Sabo Market in Ifewara, the headquarters of the Atakumosa West Central Local Council Development Authority of Osun State has been razed following a violent clash between Yoruba and Hausa youths. Ifewara is the hometown of the General Overseer (Worldwide)…
Lead Yoruba Obas out of slavery to strengthen traditional institution, Oluwo tasks leading Yoruba monarch
Calls for formation of central council of Yoruba obas, renouncement of secret societies by members Oluwo of Iwoland, HIM Oba (Dr.) Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has tasked traditional rulers to get a taste of their own medicine in strengthening the insalubrious…
Nollywood Actor, Jide Awobona Weds Secretly
Let us be the first to hint you that one of the wave making Nollywood Actors, Jide Awobona has finally relegated himself from the league of the eligible bachelors in the industry, as he quietly walked down the aisle with…
SAD: Another Popular Yoruba Actor is Dead!
A Veteran actor in the Yoruba film industry, Fasasi Olabanke, better known as Dagunro is dead. Though, we are yet to get much details about his death but we were told that the versatile Actor joined his ancestors overnight. More…
Sarah Bonetta: The Yoruba Slave Who Became Queen Victoria’s Goddaughter
There are a lot of stories about the slave trade that began in the late 15th century in Nigeria but one of the not so talked about ones is that of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, who was the goddaughter of Victoria,…