STORY THAT BIRTH THE YORUBA ADAGE: “ENI TI O LE SE ALAABARU L’OYINGBO, KO LE SE BI ADEGBORO L’OJA OBA” Just like most hardworking, energetic, and focused Yoruba youths, Adegboro left Ibadan for Lagos in search of greener pasture. On getting to Lagos, he couldn’t get a...
In the late 80s, there used to be a signboard in Fiditi that pointed to the path to the village, the signboard had the inscription : “WAY TO ILU AJE, HOME OF SCIENCE!”. Lots of people used to fear the indigenes of Ilu Ajẹ because it was said that every man...
Olumo rock is a massive outcrop of granite rocks of primitive formation from which Abeokuta the capital of Ogun state derived its name. Olumo rock sits in the heart of Abeokuta – a name which means ‘under the rock’. It serves as home to many caves and...
“Eekun Iyawo” It is a tourist centre in Lanlate, One of the seven Ibarapa towns in Oyo State, Nigeria. Lanlate shares a common boundary with a neighbouring town called Eruwa, which is about ten minutes drive. Onifade was my tour guide to Olofin rock, Lanlate. Ifaseun...
THE OLD OYO EMPIRE From the 12th to the Late 18th century, the Oyo Empire grew to become the largest in West African. It rose through the outstanding organizational and administrative skills of the Yoruba people, wealth gained from trade and its powerful cavalry. The...