Igbo community in Ibadan under the umbrella of Igbo Community Development Association (ICDA) on Thursday said they will summit to rule of law in response to the order given by the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji on the leadership of Igbo community in Ibadanland. The Olubadan had last Friday endorsed Chief Alloy Obi as the […]
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Forty-six days after the demise of the last Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Samuel Odulana, his successor Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji, ascended the throne yesterday and immediately tabled a list of his demands before the government. Oba Adetunji who adopted the title of Aje Ogunguniso 1 pleaded for the creation of Ibadan State and the upgrading […]
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ALL marketers in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, are to be closed today to honour the late Olubadan, Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade I, who would be buried in the ancient city today. Expected at the burial rite are: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, governors and other notable Nigerians.In a statement by market women in the city […]
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The Balogun of Ibadanland, High Chief Saliu Akanmu Adetunji, has said his first agenda as Olubadan is to ensure speedy creation of Ibadan state. He spoke at his Popoyemoja palace on Tuesday while receiving visitors among whom are the leaders of the Ibadan Elders’ Forum, Oluyole Club of Lagos, Onisese Osemeji Ibadan, Old Students of […]
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The Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has described the claim by the Otun Seriki of Ibadan, Chief Adebayo Oyediji, that he is the next Olubadan of Ibadanland, as futile. Ajimobi said this in an interview with State House correspondents shortly after a meeting he had with President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja […]
Read More ELDEST son of the late Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Samuel Odulana, Prof Femi Lana, yesterday said his father was the fourth longest-serving monarch of the ancient city. Lana, who spoke when he hosted the management of the University of Ibadan (UI), led by Prof Idowu Olayinka, at the Monatan home of the late Oba, said […]
Read More The Olubadan-in-Council on Thursday dismissed the call by the Head of Seriki family line in Ibadan, Chief Adebayo Oyediji, that the kingmakers should install him as the new Olubadan of Ibadanland. The last occupier of the throne, Oba Samuel Odugade, died on Tuesday at the age of 101, having reigned over the ancient city for […]
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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said that Nigeria would miss the wise counsels of Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Samuel Odulana. While commiserating with the people of Ibadan and the government of Oyo State on the passing away of the monarch at the age of 101 years, the President, who also expressed his condolences in a […]
Read More THE next in line as the Olubadan, Chief Saliu Adetunji, the Balogun Olubadan of Ibadanland, yesterday expressed appreciation to God, saying he is ready for the throne. Hundreds of indigenes converged on his residence of Popoyemoja in the heart of the city to rejoice with him. Amidst the felicitation, High Chief Adetunji, 87, after meeting […]
Read More The Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade 1, is dead, sources said last night. The monarch was 101. He would have been 102 in April. The Olubadan lost consciousness before he eventually passed on, it was gathered. Details about Oba Odulana’s death were sketchy but he had been indisposed for some time on account […]
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