By the time Kurunmi became Kakanfo, the Oyo Empire was already in decline as a result of the events leading from the rebellion of the 6th Kakanfo, Afonja, and the loss of Ilorin to the Sokoto Caliphate, in addition to internal wranglings and power plays that saw the crowning and demise of about four Alaafin in rapid succession. One of the Alaafin that succeeded Aole was Labisi, who had a powerful Prime Minister, or Basorun, called Gaha, or Gaa.

Of the 14 Kakanfo so far, the tenures of three of them who were military commanders considerably impacted the history of, first, the Old Oyo Empire, and by extension, the rest of Yorubaland. The three Kakanfo are Afonja of Ilorin, Kurunmi of Ijaye, and Obadoke Latoosa of Ibadan. The last two of the 14, who were civilians and honorary holders of the title nevertheless impacted the history of Yorubaland, and also the entire Nigerian nation.

THE creation of the title of Aare Ona Kakanfo was the direct consequence of the ideas of a former ruler of Old Oyo Empire, Alaafin Ajagbo, who reigned in the 1600s.

THAT Edo State has contributed much to the number of Nigerians migrating to Europe, is certainly not news any day.

ON December 14,  2017, it was reported in the major newspapers that the Minister of Niger-Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani stated that the East-West Road Reconstruction Project awarded in 2006 by the Obasanjo administration “was designed to fail.”