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OBA LAOYE:  TIMI OF EDE

OBA LAOYE: TIMI OF EDE

“T his is Nigeria Broadcasting Service – (B’olu badan ba’ku ta ni o joye (who is the next king, if Olubadan passes on) ojogede dudu inun takun (he eats an unripe plantain and suffers stomach discomfort) ko so ni gbese ni bi lo si le keji (there is no debtor here, go to the next house) Eko je Ibadan lowo 130 ( Lagos owes Ibadan 130 thousand pounds)” was the famed signature tune of the Nigeria Broadcasting Service, the precursor of today’s Radio Nigeria. It was the drumming creativity in 1956, of the drummer-King, Oba John Adetoyese Laoye 1, Timi of Ede ( December 1946- May 16, 1975).eded

A greater dawn

A greater dawn

Forget about yesterday. The future is too bright. The pains, shame, sufferings and humiliations that you may have gone through in the past is nothing compared to the glory that is ahead of you. The glory of the latter house shall be greater than the former.