By Ola Ajayi – Ibadan Like a bush fire during harmattan, the Ibadan traditional crisis appears to have defied all solutions. The more solution is sought, the more it festers. All efforts to resolve the squabble did not yield result. When Governor Seyi Makinde assumed office and said there would be no interference in the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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—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.