An Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, has fixed Feb. 12  for hearing on a suit filed by Chief Adebayo Oyediji, challenging the installation of Oba Saliu Adetunji, as the Olubadan of Ibadan land.

THE Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji yesterday lost his elder wife, Olori Kudirat Aduke Adetunji. She was aged 71.

The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji has lost one of his senior wives, Kudirat Aduke.

One of the sins of the Olubadan, according to the new kings, is that he allows his queens to sit at the Olubadan-in-Council meetings

Following the deposition notice given to the Olubadan of Ibadanland, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Saliu Adetunji, by 21 Ibadan new kings, SaturdayVanguard went round the city to find out how the residents of the sprawling city received the news.

THE Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji has described the plot by his kingmakers to dethrone him as the “end-of-the-year entertainment” that will never see the light of day.

The Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Adetunji, has described the threat of 21 new Ibadan kings to recommend him for removal as an affront to the people of Ibadan.

The royal battle between the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji and Obas-in-Council, got to the climax yesterday as the latter issued a 21-day deposition notice on the monarch over alleged denigration of Olubadan stool.

Ibadan – Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu and two others were on Saturday in Ibadan conferred with Chieftaincy titles by the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that Shittu was honoured with the chieftaincy title alongside Mr Ademola Folarin and his wife, Adenike at the Popoyemoja Palace of […]

AS the case filed by the Olubadan of Ibadanland, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Saliu Adetunji against Governor Abiola Ajimobi over review of 1959 Olubadan Chieftaincy Declaration and installation of new kings continues, the monarch has accused the defendants in the case of using application for extension of time as a ploy to delay the case.

THE head of Seriki line in Ibadan traditional institution, Chief Adebayo Oyediji, who lost the Olubadan stool to His Imperial Majesty, Oba Saliu Adetunji, has taunted both the governor and the monarch that nemesis has at last caught up with them for denying his lineage the coveted stool.

By Ola Ajayi THE Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji, has said he does not deserve deposition threat which, he alleged the Oyo State Government reportedly issued. The monarch said this, yesterday, at his Popoyemoja Palace, Ibadan when he received the Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Oyetunji Olaniyan and members of his entourage, who […]

Ibadan—fear that Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State may use his executive powers to depose the Olubadan of Ibadanland, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Saliu Adetunji, in the on-going controversy over installation of new kings, has prompted Ibadan youths to call on President Muhammadu Buhari to prevail on the governor not to make any pronouncement that could further rupture the peace of the city.

The royal rumble in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, which has been on for four months, is yet to abate as the city is now being ruled traditionally from two seats of power. Since Governor Abiola Ajimobi installed the new 21 kings on August 27, 2017, the residence of the Olubadan, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Saliu Adetunji, which is the palace of the Olubada, has ceased to be the meeting venue for the city’s traditional institution.

Mogajis (family heads) have said that Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji and the Osi Olubadan, High Chief Rashidi Ladoja will not attend the peace meeting approved by Governor Abiola Ajimobi until the gunmen who invaded the Popoyemoja palace of the Olubadan are apprehended and brought to justice.