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  • June 26 2025

    by owolabi
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    Daniel O. Fagunwa: The Man Who Gave Yoruba Mythology Its VoiceLong before fantasy novels became a global phenomenon, a Nigerian writer named Daniel Olorunfemi Fagunwa was already leading readers into forests filled with spirits, gods, monsters, and moral parables. In 1938, he pub...

  • May 10 2025

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    I want to begin with History. Most people have heard the phrase : - "Too little, too late,"- but very few know the origin of that phrase and what it was actually created to serve.Β  In the 1930's - 40's the world moved on precariously and dangerously, tethering and staggering on t...

  • April 22 2025

    by owolabi
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    SEE THE FIRST OBA WHO REFUSED TO STAND UP FOR A GOVERNOR IN NIGERIA.Β  OBA ADEMUAGUN PhD Law VS PREMIER OBAFEMI AWOLOWO Oba Ademuagun was installed as Deji on the 28th October, 1957. In the same year 1957 he was inducted into the Western House of Chiefs which we know as "Ipade Lob...

  • Apr 14 2025

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    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:Β  Β Oranyan (1000 – Β 1050) – Founder of the Oyo dynasty and a grandson (or son) of Oduduwa. Β Ajaka ( 1050 – Β 1075) – A...

  • Apr 12 2025

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    Every ascension of an Alaafin is an important moment in Yoruba history. Β 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. Β The Alaafin traditionally represents Yoruba military po...

  • Mar 18 2025

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    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. β€œAs the war raged on, some radical universi...

  • Nov 27 2024

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    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...

  • Aug 19 2024

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    It was in 1974 that the news broke. Chief Bolarinwa Abioro, the Balogun of Ipokia, the Chairman of African Songs Limited, had taken his star musician to court! Everyone who knew KSA knew Abioro. Everyone who knew Abioro knew Sunday Adeniyi. Sunny was the son. Abioro was the fath...

  • July 4 2024

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     ⁃ By Zackarys Gundu ,Professor of Archeology, Ahmadu Bello University, taking Nigeria through Facts and authentic HISTORY.Β Fulani feudalism is real and it is why we cannot reason same way. What Islam means to FULANI is β€˜OCCUPATION AND USURPATION OF THE CONQUERED BY FULANI OLIGAR...

  • Feb 11 2024

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    In Yoruba culture, AROKO is a non-verbal semiotic system of communication. For Example, Sending a broom to someone means - you no longer want to see them in your house. PÁKΓ’ (chewing stick) When you receive a chewing stick from an opposite sex, hmmm... It means "I LOVE YOU" ỌSΓ€N...