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American artist, Trey Songz performed in Lagos during the weekend and really enjoyed every bit of his time here. The artist took photographs with various individuals amid the show and one of them was Senator Ben Bruce who gladly imparted ...

Air France flight (#AF463) with 459 travelers and 14 team was compelled to land today after a bomb was found in one of the toilets. Here are photographs of the tome bomb. Meanwhile, the evacuated travelers who are staying at ...

One of the deadliest types of weaponry on the planet. Couple of things on the planet look as frightening as a battery of numerous rocket launchers unleashing its payload upon the unsuspecting enemy.

The photograph was taken at the President’s 73rd birthday festivity at the Villa on Thursday. Pictured above are Halima, Yusuf and Zahra, whose 21st birthday was yesterday. See another picture after the page break

Ifá is a system of divination that originated in West Africa among the Yoruba ethnic groups. It is also practiced among believers in Lucumi, (sometimes referred to as Santería), Candomblé, West African & Diaspora, and similarly transplanted Orisa’Ifa lineages in ...

The Ori Ori plays an important role for Ifa devotees. The word itself, in Yoruba, has many meanings. It means head, or the apex or highest pinnacle of achievement. In a spiritual sense, the head, as the highest point of ...

Aṣẹ – This paper is not written for the purpose of gaining more academic laurel, but borne out of immense desire to contribute to the understanding of Yoruba concept of Àse and its correlation with Amin and Amen, for the ...

Written by Baba’alawo Pele Obasa Obanifa, The concept OLODUMARE has been misconstrued by many,this is due to unwarranted and unjustifiable colonial exploration and exploitation by our colonial masters ,they use foreign religion to enslave African. They claim we practice polytheism. To ...

Perhaps, you are the one who is acustely nescient and benighted about the history of so many Gods and so many man – made religious beliefs, Christopher. Continue after the page break. You are blessed for seeking information.

To those who are supporting the Ooni of Ife, this is how the idea of divine right of kings works: In the Yorubaland, Olodumare is the mythological father, and the Ooni Adimula is his vicar on earth. Continue after the ...