My phone rang.“Àlàó?” I said after picking it up.“Hello, prof,” said the sweet voice on the other side.It is a woman, I decided. But I don’t know the number. I shouldn’t have picked up the call. But it was too ...

Do you know that Olufe-Aladikun was one of the direct Progeny of OLUFE-OBATALA that moved all the Sacred Oodua Deities from Ufe Oodaye to Ufe Ooyelagbo / Ufe Afepameh (known as Popo… extended to Igbale Aye area today)???Olufe-Aladikun inherited a ...

…says PDP BoT’s chair resignation, distraction, charade The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has vowed to sustain the fight for the return of a healthy party structure that will allow an even representation of the interest of the North and ...

Some weeks after the death of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, one of his wives, Olori Kafayat, also died.It was gathered that Olori Kafayat, who was the mother of Prince Adebayo Adeyemi, popularly known as D’Guv, died on ...

“Baba Oyo,” I said one afternoon when I was alone with him, “you are very soft, too gentle, with Iya Oyo. You are not like all the other Baba I know.”Baba Oyo laughed. “What does too gentle mean?”“I really don’t ...

After the Fulanis systematically captured and made Ilorin their territory, they sacked the old Oyo Empire in 1835/1636.They were still not satisfied with their victory; they wished to extend their rule deep into the heart of the Oodua (Yoruba) land. ...

“It is saddening and we want this to be on record that we as a body are protesting this act.” The Traditional Worshippers Association of Nigeria, Oyo State branch, have expressed displeasure over the open display of the remains of ...

My mom transitioned today and she is now an ancestor.She drew her last human breath today, this morning.My baby sister, Banke, informed me, “Maami left at 3:53 pm.”I knew she was departing. I was ready for it. My mother is ...

Saleh Mustapha, a Boko Haram commander, has surrendered to troops of Operation Hadin Kai in Borno state, according to the Defence Headquarters (DHQ). On Thursday, April 7, Bernard Onyeuko, director of defence media operations, informed journalists that Mustapha’s surrender to ...

9.5million Tramadol tablets worth N5bn seized at Lagos airport, Abuja, EdoAs NDLEA records largest cocaine seizure at Port Harcourt airport; arrests 7 drug dealers in Kano No less than 9.5 million tablets of pharmaceutical opioids: Tramadol and Exol 5 worth ...