Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Sunday Dare yesterday inaugurated a Mini stadium to honour the sporting memory and community development legacies of the late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi. The stadium is sited on a former dump site…
Alaafin Of Oyo’s wife is dead
Olori Kafayat, one of the wives of the late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi, is dead. She died barely two months after the death of the Alaafin. Olori Kafayat, who was the fourth Olori of the late traditional…
Bees attack mourners at Alaafin’s palace
Some residents of Oyo town who thronged the Oyo Palace to mourn the death of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi on Saturday were stung by bees. This happened around 10 am after Islamic clerics had arrived at the…
*Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, dies at 83 (PremiumTimes)*Agents to shut down Lagos ports Monday over 15% levy (Vanguard)
Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, dies at 83 (PremiumTimes) Top Yoruba monarch, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has passed on, PREMIUM TIMES can report. Alaafin Adeyemi, the third from the Alowodu Ruling House, died in the late…
Why we’ll continue to promote Sango festival – Alaafin (Punch)
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has said future generations would not forgive him if he failed to accord Sango (god of thunder) his pride of place as one of his predecessors. The Alaafin Sango, according to Oba Adeyemi,…
Salawa Abeni: A queen for the ages
Salawa Abeni is queen in a music genre where all the men are kings. Think back to her duet with Kollington. Remember her singing – Kollington professor, Salawa Waka Queen. Thisislagos reminds us why she is queen… Salawa Abeni’s…