Akintoye reiterated his long-standing support for the Yoruba nation’s self-determination movement, stating that Yorubaland must break free from the destructive patterns seen in the Nigerian ...

Directly opposite, its red and gold lattices arcing over a perimeter of lush greenery towards the sky, the John Randle Centre for Yoruba History and Culture opened last October and is challenging ...

The Olofin of Ado-Odo in Ogun State ... Western Province’, explicitly included the Oba of Ado among the selected Yoruba Obas recognised as crowned chiefs. “This pronouncement, supported ...

A fierce battle that took place at Iddo had Olofin, who administered the area, being routed. Since then, the development of Lagos has attracted the influx of migrant-settlers Yoruba and other ...

Apart from the power of Yoruba anecdotal retelling latent in that ... A fierce battle that took place at Iddo had Olofin, who administered the area, being routed. Since then, the development ...

No wonder anywhere the blue-line blood of Oduduwa, Arole Oduduwa, Olofin Adimula Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, CFR, Ojaja II, goes, Aje must follow him. Every Monday, the Yoruba people dedicate ...

Former Military Head of State, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), has disclosed why some military officers thought he was Yoruba in his early days as an officer. Babangida said most military ...

With Asake’s ubiquity came reverence for a sixty year old genre attributed to the Yoruba ethnic group, fuji. Asake and his producer Magicsticks made their obsession with it clear through their ...

Mixing light-hearted conversation with hard-hitting questions, online game show ‘Masoyinbo’ aims to preserve the language while educating and entertaining Yoruba speakers in Nigeria and beyond. The ...

As against the report published by BBC Yoruba, Iya Luwo Gbagida never bore the title of Ooni, but Alaafin translated it to Olofin in Ile-Ife language. Oduduwa used the title of Alaafin.

Historically, the stool of the Ooni of Ife has played a critical role in resolving disputes and uniting Yoruba land. An example of this can be traced back to the reign of Ooni Adelekan Olubuse I ...