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COVID-19: Don’t take precautionary measures with levity, group warns
A concerned charitable organisation, the District Grand Lodge of Nigeria, has warned Nigerians not to take the precautionary measures of the novel coronavirus pandemic with levity.
The Assistant District Grand Master of the organisation,…
OID empowers Oyo victims of Lebanon human trafficking
A socio-political group, Omitutun Initiative in the Diaspora (OID), has empowered victims of human trafficking recently rescued from Lebanon and returned to Oyo State with a one million naira.
Nigerian Tribune gathered that the National…
We are over-due for truly united Yoruba nation —Adagba of Iyanfoworogi
The Adagba of Iyanfoworogi, Osun State, Oba Adetayo Oladele, was crowned in 2018. The US-returnee, in this interview by TUNDE BUSARI, takes a retrospective look at his one year on the throne, his relationship with the Ooni of Ife, Oba…
I came to open up Erinmo to the world — Elerinmo
The Elerinmo of Erinmo, Oba Michael Odunayo Ajayi is often called Atobatele (A royal personage) long before he ascended the throne of his Osun State town. The monarch, however, differs with the moniker attributing his ascension to divine…
Oyo Assembly bemoans low IGR generation, recurrent industrial actions
THE 2019 appropriation bill of Oyo State to the tune of N285,151,248,190.48 was, on Thursday, passed into law with the state Assembly decrying the below average performance of Ministries, Departments and Agencies in generating revenue…
Why nobody harms monkeys in Ibodi Ijesha —Oba Agboluaje
In this interview, the Oloja of Ibodi Ijesha, Osun State, Oba Omisade Agboluaje flaunts the rich pedigree of Ibodi community, attributing the community’s affinity with monkeys to the long history its people share with this species of…
Iho Eleru: Inside Ondo’s 13,000-year-old cave of ashes
Empirical studies of archaeologists show that the oldest (arguably) living creatures hailed from Isarun and lived where today is known as “Iho Eleru,” loosely translated as Cave of Ashes. However, the cave which is said to have attracted…
The house I must not enter again —Gegun of Ayetoro-Ile
The Gegun of Ayetoro-Ile in Iwajowa Local Government Area of Oyo State, Oba Rasheed Omobolanle Olayiwola, was a photographer in Aiyetoro before he relocated to Lagos for the greener pastures. In this interview by TUNDE BUSARI, the monarch…
Attackers of sacked Baale of Olode arraigned, granted bail
TWO men, Odeyemi Abdulwasiu and Musibau Lawal, suspected to be responsible for the attack on the sacked Baale of Olode, Chief Lukman Ilufemiloye Alao, were on Friday arraigned and granted bail by Chief Magistrate Taiwo Oladiran of the…
Oyo to empower 717 rice, cassava farmers
Oyo State government has revealed that it would empower 450 cassava producers in the state through the state’s funded Anchor Borrower’s programme and another 267 rice and cassava farmers under the FADAMA III.
Commissioner for…