At the Alaafin’s Garden Hall in Oyo on 6 November, 1934, Alaafin Siyanbola Ladigbolu held a storming meeting with the Resident of Oyo Province, the Honourable Mr. H. L. Ward-Price. The Resident was ...

When Muhammad Ali knocked down Sonny Liston on May 25, 1965, a 22-year-old photographer named Neil Leifer was ringside.

The usual practice, as was the case in Ibadan, reputed to be Alaafin of Oyo’s military outpost, was for a man of valour to ...

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The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Abimbola Owoade; and his wife Abiwumi, on Friday, may 16, 2025, visited President Bola Ahmed ...

With three horizontal lines on each side of his mulatto cheeks complementing the three vertical lines on his forehead, the abaja tribal marks beautifying ...

These tangible snapshots were the best way to revisit old memories: photos of great grandparents, candid moments on vacation, formal family portraits. But they don’t last forever—colors can ...

000 to a friend using her Zenith Ba Leah Sharibu's Mum Celebrates Her 22nd Birthday As She Spends 8th Year In Captivity Abducted schoolgirl Leah Sharibu just clocked 22 years old on May 14th but she ...

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade, has said he will serve as a bridge between traditional institutions and modern governance, even as he assured that his good plans for the people of the ...

Owoade made this declaration during a courtesy visit by a high-powered delegation of royal Warri Chiefs and prominent Itsekiri leaders to the ancient palace of the Alaafin in Oyo town, the cradle ...

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