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Once upon a time, before money displaced Ifa in the Land of Oduduwa, decency was the crest on the Yoruba crown. This was before government’s filthy hands slowly opened the palace gate, grabbed the glittering crown and tore off the crest. So, the crown, crest-broken, tumbled into the mud, crestfallen. Étiquette is not strange to […]
Continue ReadingNature was enveloped in darkness as dawn quickened in the womb of time, pushing towards the birth canal, carrying on its head daylight. The cock, being nature’s timekeeper, knew the water was about to break. So, it sounded like the flute in its throat, cookooorooocooo! And nature stirred awake. Upon hearing the cock crow at […]
Continue ReadingThe beautiful, busty and plumpy Nigerian actress, Peju Johnson, has said that if the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, proposes marriage to her, she might accept it. Recall that within months, the Ooni had recently married six wives in quick succession. The Osun State born actress told Punch “I may accept. But, it’s a ‘may […]
Continue ReadingThe Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has been a public fascination for some weeks since he embarked on what seems like a race to inscribe himself in the book of records. Within two months, the 51st Ooni has wedded six women. It is possible that by the time you are done reading this, the […]
Continue ReadingArole Oduduwa, my second mental image of you left me in pure dazzlement of your unfolding personality, which I thought was a perfect fit for the big shoes left behind by the departed Ooni Okunade Sijuwade, Olubuse II. But William Shakespeare warns, “There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face.” Kabiyesi, it’s […]
Continue ReadingKABIYESI Onirisa, I call your name in awe and utter fear; it’s the impudent subject that the king kills. I stand at a respectable distance away from the crown, may the second-in-command to Adimula not kill me. May my mouth not kill me. May the king’s hoe and the king’s machete not strike my feet. […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Chairman, Nigerian Governors’ Forum are among the prominent Nigerians that have arrived for the coronation of Senator Lekan Balogun as the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland. Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun; former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; Ondo State Deputy Governor, Lucky Ayedatiwa and Osun […]
Continue ReadingOoni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, have called on Nigerians across state demarcations to defend the sanctity of their ancestral lands against usage for Ruga cattle settlements. The call was contained in a communiqué issued on Sunday to document highlights of last Thursday’s meeting between the monarch and Soyinka […]
Continue ReadingMore photos of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi welcoming his new Olori, Evangelist Naomi Moronke into the palace in Ile Ife. The new queen is from now to be addressed as: “Her Majesty, Olori Moronke Naomi Silekunola Ogunwusi. She is The New Yeyeluwa Oodua. The Ooni’s palace in a statement said, necesary rites have […]
Continue ReadingThe Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi whose marriage to Olori Wuraola crashed in August 2017 seems to have found love again. LIB has quoted an exclusive report by TheCable, stating that: ‘Ooni of Ife is head over heels in love again. And the subject of his affection is none other than a drop-dead beauty, Tope Adesegun’ Oba […]
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