Tag Archives: Yoruba

  HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF HATRED I had the privilege of attending some meetings of the Yoruba and Igbo Leaders. I was not a leader but a youth who knew how to wash his hands. At one of those meetings in ...

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has refuted claims by the  Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, that the Yoruba and Igbo nations are inseparable members of the same family. Oba Ogunwusi was quoted to have said  “I ...

In 1817, Afonja of Morin was the Are-Ona Kakanfo – the Head of the Army of the Oyo Empire, under the Alaafin of Oyo – Aole (The King). That year, Afonja sent an empty calabash to the Alaafin Aole, thereby ...

If we get our acts together, educate our children to global standards, we could create a Yoruba regional miracle within the continent with the rapidly growing workforce. Our fathers say the war does not affect the wise cripple. How we ...

All candidates seeking admission into all tertiary institutions in Lagos State must henceforth possess credit in Yoruba Language, the state Yoruba Language Preservation and Preservation Law has said. . According to ThisDay, the law, which became effective last Thursday, would ...

The Yorubas are among the major ethnic groups in Nigeria. They’re mainly present in the South-Western area of the country. They’re popular for 2 things-education and culture. In cases like this, we should concentrate on the latter which will be ...

Mo kí gbogbo yín o! Ẹ kú òwúrọ̀! Ìkéde ẹ̀kọ́ ọ Yorùbá tí yío bẹ̀rẹ̀ ní ìparí oṣù yí ni mo ní kí nfi tó o yín l’étí o. Bí ẹ ti mọ̀ tẹ́lẹ̀ wípé mo ti ṣe àfihàn onírúurú ...

Lẹhin ọdun diẹ, Lẹhin ìgbà diẹ, A o ko wa jọ pẹl’ awọn Ti o sun n’ iboji. Oluwa, mú mi yẹ Fun ọjọ nlanla nã! Jọ̃, wẹ mi ninu Ẹjẹ́ Rẹ, Si ko ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ mi lọ. Tune: NEARER HOME ...