Olubadan to be buried according to Islamic rites ― Aide
By Adeola Badru The media aide to late Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, Mr Adeola Oloko, Sunday, disclosed that the late monarch will be buried according to Islamic rites today (Sunday) by 4 pm. Adetunji also noted that Ibadan witnessed many accounts of achievements during the reign of the late monarch. Oba Adetunji, joined […]
Olubadan mourns renowned industrialist, Are
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji has mourned the death of renowned industrialist and Laguna Bobajiro of Ibadan land, Dr. Lekan Are. This is contained in a statement signed by his Personal Assistant/Director of Media and Publicity, Mr. Adeola Oloko, and made available to newsmen on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports […]
5 out of 21 Ibadan kings crowned by Ajimobi surrender crowns
Settle for chieftaincy promotion, posting by Olubadan By Adeola Badru The two and half years deadlock over chieftaincy promotion into the Olubadan-in-Council was broken over the weekend as five high chiefs were elevated into their appropriate ranks by the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, at his Popoyemoja, Ibadan palace. Amid jokes and backslapping, the […]
Ibadan: ‘We’ll fight for our crowns through legitimate means’
Ola Ajayi – Ibadan Following an Oyo State High Court judgment that revoked the beaded crowns of 21 new kings promoted by the former governor of the state, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, the high chiefs met at Mapo Hall Thursday vowed to use both “legal and legitimate” means to retrieve their crowns. The high chiefs who […]
IBADAN ROYAL CRISIS: New kings visit Olubadan as CCII wades in
ibadan—IN commemoration of the 91st birthday of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, all the 21 promoted kings, yesterday, visited the monarch in his Popoyemoja Palace, Ibadan.
Olubadan: Mogajis, people happy with Makinde over withdrawal of suit
THE the head of families, otherwise known as Mogajis in Ibadanland on Sunday submitted that the people of Ibadanland are now happy with Governor Seyi Makinde following the withdrawal of suit seeking out-of-court-settlement of Olubadan-in-Council legal tussle from the Court of Appeal by the Oyo State Government.
