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The white wedding of Priscilla Ojo, daughter of actress Iyabo Ojo, to Tanzanian singer, Juma Jux, took place in Lagos state today April 19.  The seaside wedding was attended by her close friends and her family. The seaside wedding was attended by her close friends and her family....

Below is the full list of all 45 Alaafin of Oyo, from the founder of the dynasty, Oranyan, to the newly appointed Alaafin, Owoade, along with their years of reign:   Oranyan (1000 –  1050) – Founder of the Oyo dynasty and a grandson (or son) of Oduduwa.  Ajaka ( 1050 –  1075) – A...

IntroductionWe do not wear uniforms. We do not answer to any law, any court, or any conscience. We move under the veil of night, through forests, hills, and dry riverbeds, crossing farmlands that we now call ours. Our name changes with every headline—"bandits," "terrorists," "her...

John Lyly, in his 1579 novel Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit, famously wrote: “The rules of fair play do not apply in love and war.” To that, I would add—nor in politics. This is why Machiavellian political philosophy argues that the end justifies the means. In Ondo State today, poli...

Every ascension of an Alaafin is an important moment in Yoruba history.  So is it with the coming of our father, Alaafin Abimbola Akeem Owoade, who began his reign with the symbolic outing in Oyo on Saturday March 29, 2025.  The Alaafin traditionally represents Yoruba military po...

It was the period of the Nigerian civil war which broke out in 1967 as an immediate consequence of the first military coup of January 15, 1966, that sacked the Nigerian First Republic and the counter-coup that followed six months later. “As the war raged on, some radical universi...

SEN. UMAHI COMMENDS WORK PROGRESS ON LAGOS-CALABAR COASTAL HIGHWAY  PROJECT, RECOUNTS PROSPECTS  OF RENEWED HOPE LEGACY PROJECTS TO  NATION'S ECONOMIC PROSPERITY.  PROJECT REVIEW ON AWARDED SECTIONS OF THE COASTAL HIGHWAY IMMINENT TO FACTOR ADJUSTMENT IN ALIGNMENT AND DELIVERABLE...

Ademola Lookman was named the CAF African Footballer of the Year on Monday at an awards ceremony in Marrakech, Morocco after a stellar season with Atalanta and the Nigeria national team. Zambia's Barbra Banda won the women's prize after firing the Orlando Pride to the NWSL Champi...

Before the 19th century, photography did not exist, so people who wanted a lasting image of their home, their family, or themselves had to have one painted, sculpted, or drawn. In the early 1800s, inventors in France and England were at the center of the effort to create photogra...

Many Yoruba people voted for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar or the Labour Party candidate, Mr Peter Obi, during the 2023 general election. This despite knowing that the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bol...