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  • Smith, Idowu, Olorunnimbe, Akintoye others get chieftaincy titles

    Smith, Idowu, Olorunnimbe, Akintoye others get chieftaincy titles

    The Oniru of Iru-land, Oba Abdul-Wasiu Lawal CON (Abisogun II), has conferred honorary chieftaincy titles on some distinguished Nigerians, including Chief Executive of Temple Company, Idris Olorunnimbe.

    The monarch announced the titles as part of activities to mark his fifth anniversary on the throne.

    Olorunnimbe was honoured with the Asoju Oba of Iru Kingdom.

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    Others are Mrs. Basira Titilayo Smith (Iya Oba of Iru Kingdom); Adeyemi Idowu (Aare Majeobaje); Muyiwa Gbadegesin (Aare So’ludero); Mrs. Bolane Austen-Peters (Erelu Asa); Lukman Olayiwola Mustapha (Aare Fiwagboye); Adegboyega Hakeem Akintoye (Ajiroba of Iru Kingdom)

    Balogun of Iru land.

    Chief Abayomi Daramola, congratulating the new chiefs in a statement, said the official conferment ceremonies would hold on June 14 at the Oniru Palace on Victoria Island.

    The statement said: “To mark the fifth year of his ascension as the 15th Oniru of Iru-land, Oba Lawal has issued a Royal Decree approving the conferment of honorary chieftaincy titles on the underlisted eminent and distinguished citizens.”

  • Akintoye canvasses unity among Southwest Govs, monarchs

    Akintoye canvasses unity among Southwest Govs, monarchs

    An elder statesman Prof. Banji Akintoye has called for unity among Southwest Governors and Obas so as to overcome challenges and build a brighter future for generations to come.

    He said there is need for unity and collective action to address issues around Yoruba’s.

    Speaking in Ibadan a programme tagged “Yoruba Unity Day”, Akintoye urged Southwest Governors and Obas to prioritise unity and well-being of their people, seeking support of traditional rulers, whom according to him played vital role in promoting cultural heritage and fostering community cohesion.

    He urged the stakeholders to embrace Yoruba Unity Day, saying by doing so, Yoruba’s can reclaim its rightful place in Nigeria and address various challenges.

    “Since we have come this far today, this 23rd day of September 2024, I boldly and humbly urge our whole Yoruba to adopt this day, the 23rd day of September each year as Yoruba Unity Day.

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    “I urge that our Obas, the Fathers of our nation, should adopt this Yoruba Unity Day in their Councils of Obas in all our Yoruba States. I urge that our State Governors, when they assemble in their Southwest Governors Meeting, should adopt this Yoruba Unity Day for all our states.

    “I urge that we Yoruba should adopt this Yoruba Unity Day as a public holiday exclusively for our Yoruba people in the context of Nigeria.

    “Many of our non-Yoruba neighbours think of us Yoruba as a people lacking in unity. Even some of our own people are used to lamenting that we Yoruba cannot have one voice. But those who say these things about us are lacking in an understanding of the true meaning of national unity. 

    “On the basis of the essential indices of national unity, I make bold to say that we Yoruba are one of the most truly united nations in the world. The essential roots of our Yoruba national unity are firm and solid. All of us Yoruba people are proud of our Yoruba culture. 

    “We are proud of our nation’s outstanding achievements in history. We are proud of our nation’s distinctive superiority in crucial matters, including love of community harmony, serious acceptance of religious  tolerance and harmony, acceptance of hospitality towards strangers and foreigners, avoidance of cheap conduct in the quest for anything, love of enterprise and achievement.

    “A fundamental belief that power in society belongs to the people and that government exists only to serve the wellbeing of the people, a sincere belief that everybody, young and old, has the right to be respected and the right and duty to contribute his or her wisdom to the affairs of his or her society,” he said. 

  • My self-exile ends with Igboho’s return to Nigeria – Akintoye

    My self-exile ends with Igboho’s return to Nigeria – Akintoye

    The Leader and Founder of the Yoruba group, Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, Emeritus Professor Banjo Akintoye who has been in self-exile since the incarceration of the Yoruba Nation agitator in Benin Republic, Chief Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a. Sunday Igboho , has declared his intention to return to Nigeria following the arrival of Igboho to the country last Friday.

    The historian stated this on Saturday at the funeral ceremony of the late Mrs S.A. Adeyemo, mother of Sunday Igboho in Ibadan, Oyo State capital.

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    Akintoye said he was highly fulfilled as a Yoruba, to witness the victory of Igboho , and his eventual return to Nigeria, after a long battle with the authorities.

    Akintoye spoke through his spokesperson, Chief Gani Alagbala from the United States of America did not mince words to reaffirm that the Nation would soon be realised.

    The burial reception held at Sablak Event Centre , Sanyo, Ibadan has in attendance prominent Yoruba personalities, and traditional rulers including the Ajero of Ijero Ekiti, Oba Joseph Adewole; the Olojora of Ijora , Oba Ogundana; and the Olodogbo of Odogbo-Ijesha,  Oba Tunde Oginni amongst others.

    While reaffirming the resolve to actualise Yoruba Nation in no distant time, the freedom fighter insisted that Tinubu is not responsible for the hardship in the country.

  • Yoruba elders seek return of Akintoye, Igboho from exile

    Yoruba elders seek return of Akintoye, Igboho from exile

    The Yoruba Council of Elders has urged the Federal Government to create an enabling environment for the return of Professor Banji Akintoye and Yoruba self-determination activist Sunday Igboho  who went into exile during the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari.

    The Yoruba elders lamented that those in exile were harassed for advocating proper and dignified treatment of their law-abiding kinsmen.

    The elders’ request  was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the council’s meeting of the Secretary-General and state secretaries held in Ado Ekiti. The communiqué was signed by the YCE scribe, Elder Oladipo Oyewole and Publicity Secretary, Elder Niyi Ajibulu.

    The duo said that the meeting also deliberated on the presentation of a book, ‘Yoruba Renaissance, Challenges and Prospects’.

    They described the book, written by Sir Egunjobi, a renowned educationist, as “a timely enunciation of Yoruba history and contemporary affairs which succinctly illuminates both recurring and emerging challenges and prospects to the Yoruba experience”.

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    They called on the Federal Government to reaffirm its responsibility to provide equal protection to all citizens and constituent groups in the country.

    They equally called on former President Olusegun Obasanjo to apologise to Oyo monarchs for ‘a shameful affront to the dignity of Yoruba tradition and culture.’

    They criticised Obasanjo for desecrating the Yoruba cultural heritage, tradition and values while urging the former president to make restitution.

    The elders stated, “The YCE takes exception to the humiliation recently meted out to various traditional rulers of Oyo State by Chief Obasanjo upon the claim of status as a former Head of State. This malfeasance constitutes a shameful affront to the dignity of Yoruba tradition and culture and thus stand condemned”.

    Oyewole and Ajibulu added: “To start with, the book presentation visits shall be made to the governors of the Yoruba states in due honour of their statuses as the chief executive officers of their various states.

    According to them, Yoruba Renaissance, Challenges and Prospects the Book is a compendium of efforts made to ensure the enviable leadership position of the Yoruba in the “arrangement” called Nigeria. It delves into many aspects of frontline activities (historical, social, economic, political e.t.c). Our author is Sir. Egunjobi a renowned educationist from Ekiti State.

    “The book is a timely enunciation of Yoruba history and contemporary affairs which succinctly illuminates both recurring and emerging challenges and prospects to the Yoruba experience.”