THE STORY OF ADEGBORO

THE STORY OF ADEGBORO

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...
Ilu Aje (Town of Witches): A Town in Oyo State, Nigeria

Ilu Aje (Town of Witches): A Town in Oyo State, Nigeria

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...
#EGBALAND: THE FAMED OLUMO ROCK, ABEOKUTA OGUN STATE

#EGBALAND: THE FAMED OLUMO ROCK, ABEOKUTA OGUN STATE

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...
THE HISTORY OF LANLATE, OYO STATE

THE HISTORY OF LANLATE, OYO STATE

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...

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