Awele, a young girl with eyes full of curiosity, stood at the crowd's edge, her heart pounding. “I wonder where the Ooni goes,” she whispered to her friends, her voice barely audible over the hushed excitement. “Some say he travels to the land of the ancestors.” For generations, the Ooni’s mysterious seven-day seclusion during the…

One of the wives of the Ooni of Ife, Folashade Ashley Adegoke, has explained why she referred to her newborn son as the "crown prince." On September 3, 2024, the couple welcomed their baby boy, and Folashade, in an Instagram post, explained that the joyful event came after the painful experience of losing a twin…

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has inaugurated a foundation for traditional rulers' intervention on truancy prevention, school enrolment and engagement. The Foundation is expected to officially unveil plans and programmes to curb the out-of-school menace in South-West, including Kogi and Kwara states, ahead of his 50th birthday anniversary. The Foundation, headed by…

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has unveiled plans to tackle truancy and the out-of-school menace among school children in the Southwest region of the country. As part of efforts to achieve this, the monarch inaugurated a Foundation for Traditional Rulers' Intervention on Truancy Prevention, School Enrollment, and Engagement in the six Yoruba…

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has thrown his weight behind the traditional approach to food price control introduced by some traditional rulers in the state, describing it as “a local innovation to lower increasing food inflation across the state.” In a statement issued on Friday by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, the governor tasked the State…

.Say death huge loss, sad blow to Yoruba race, nation The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has described the demise of Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, as a huge loss to Yoruba race and Nigeria at large. Ooni, who stated this in a statement, yesterday, said that the late governor was an epitome of…

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has restated the bond of friendship and unity between Igbo and Yoruba, even as he charged Igbo investors to return home and develop the South East economy.