When your King is a child! The age long Ibadan cherished ascension to the throne of Olubadan of Ibadanland was last friday axed by Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, when he threw spanners into the works, to eventually scatter, and throw into abyss the enviable institution of the customs/ traditional hierarchical ascendancy to…
The Federal Character Commissioner from Oyo State, Professor Adeniyi Olowofela, has expressed his condolences to the governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde, and other prominent individuals in the state over the recent explosion in Ibadan. In a statement, Olowofela sympathized with the victims and wished those injured a quick recovery. He also commended the…
Three persons have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office for allegedly duping the Otun-Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun. The arrested suspects are Babatunde Ologunja, Olusola Olaoye Babatunde and Olufemi Lawal. The suspects and others according to EFCC still at large were accused of conspiring to dispossess the…
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, on Wednesday reacted to allegation against him of selling chieftaincy titles for N30 million. The monarch denied allegation by some of the Ibadan Obas who have been at loggerheads with the him recently that he is selling chieftaincy titles for as high as N30 million. But Oba Adetunji…
Estranged and aggrieved High Chiefs of the Olubadan-in-Council have accused the Olubadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, of running a “cash and carry” administration whereby “people now pay as much as N30 million too be installed\appointed as a traditional chief in Ibadanland” The chiefs made the allegation in a letter written in response to an earlier one…
Authentic Mogajis also known as Authentic Mogajis, warned the Oyo State government to respect the stool of Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji and stop inviting his chiefs, who were elevated to kingship status by the last administration, to same event as monarchs. Citing a court judgement which nullified the processes that led the former…
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji, Aje Ogungunniso 1 has said that the procedure for prescribing and consenting to honourary chieftaincy title holders in Ibadan is too sacrosanct to be bent for anybody. Oba Adetunji stated this while welcoming the Fuji Musicians Association executives led by its National President, Alhaji Sikiru Ayinde Agboola…
Ibadan-Fuji star, Alhaji Abass Akande Obesere has revealed why the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, allegedly cancelled his installation as the Agbaakin Bobagunwa of Ibadan title. According to the reports, Obesere had to contact his old friend, who is now the Olowu of Kuta, Oba Hammed Adekunle Makama Oyelude, to install him as the…
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