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Governor Makinde announced that the chairmanship of the council would rotate every two years among the three leading traditional rulers ...

At the end of the deliberations, both traditional rulers jointly announced the establishment of the Joint Council of Yoruba Unity ...

As part of the Goldberg big weekend, held immediately following the coronation of the new Alaafin, Goldberg rolled out the ...

Mr Gbadegesin gave Governor Makinde 30 days to meet his demands or risk legal action.

The governor made the presentation during a special event held at the governor’s office, Ibadan, on Monday.

The process of selecting a new Alaafin has been marred by controversy and litigation.

“You didn’t buy a car for me, but your wife moves around in different vehicles. I move around, jumping from ...

The Bashorun and head of Oyomesi, Yusuf Akinade, says kingmakers unanimously selected Lukuman Gbadegesin as the next Alaafin

The Alaafin of Oyo throne has been vacant nearly 18 months after Oba Lamidi Adeyemi's death, despite the Oyomesi unanimously ...

This newspaper reported that the Oyomesi, the kingmakers in the kingdom, forwarded the name of the selected candidate to the ...

Seven months after the kingmakers submitted the name of the winning candidate to Governor Seyi Makinde, anxiety is rife in ...

“The people are actually urging me and appealing to me to join the race."

The ruling house submitted the names less than two months after the death of Alaafin Lamidi Adeyemi III, who died ...

"It is saddening and we want this to be on record that we as a body are protesting this act."

The president said the Alaafin's reign witnessed transformations in his domain.

The longest-reigning Alaafin ever, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi died on Friday night in Ado-Ekiti.

The Alaafin passed last night in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, where he sought treatment for a yet undisclosed ...

A book about the Alaafin of Oyo was launched on Saturday.

Olori Ola is very popular on Instagram and boasts over 35,000 fans.

The monarch calls on Osun people to pay their taxes.

The petitioners have now complained to the International Criminal Court “in a bid to further press for justice”.

The town has been torn between warring groups from the APC and Labour Party.

“The festival is also to establish the relevance of Yoruba culture in promoting global peace ...”

The traditional ruler made a passionate appeal to the US to whisk Nigeria out of its security quagmire. The Alaafin ...

The palace fire was caused by PHCN's actions.The Oyo monarch, Lamidi Adeyemi, has said the palace had the premonition of ...