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
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
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...