AKPABIO: IBADAN IS AN INCOMING STATE

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has renewed hope for the creation of Ibadan State, describing it as “an incoming state—the only state in Nigeria that is needed to be created by popular demand.” He made the remarks during a visit to the private residence of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, in Ibadan, the state…

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TWO RULERS AND TRADITIONAL AUTHORITY BY LOLU AKINWUNMI

The supremacy contest between the Ooni and the Alaafin persists, with each recently appointing an “Okanlomo” of Oduduwa/Yorubaland. Both seek respect and gravitas, yet their actions and public pronouncements increasingly undermine, and even ridicule the very offices they occupy. For all the grandeur they project, it bears recalling that, constitutionally, they remain subject to, and…

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SOUN PALACE CLEARS AIR ON OGBORI ELEMOSO

The Palace of the Soun of Ogbomosoland has issued a clarification over allegations surrounding the remaking of the Ogbori Elemoso narrative, following claims credited to Baba Lere Paimo.In a press statement signed by the Media Assistant, Office of the Soun of Ogbomosoland, the Palace described the allegations as misleading and said clarification became necessary to…

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