Oba has no gender. Women traditional rulers are being pushed to the background. Why? We need all the leaders we can hold and more. This Oba of Akure is well educated, a wife and mother.
MOREMI AND BANDITRYHistory teaches us that the banditry the Yoruba people are experiencing today is not new.Long ago, the people of Ile-Ife lived under constant attack from a group of raiders known as the Ugbo.To be clear, the Ugbo were not the same as the Igbo, the present-day people who live east of Odò Ọya.The Ugbo attacks were unpredictable. No one knew exactly when they would strike. The only certainty was that they would come.Whenever the Ugbo raided Ile-Ife, they ...