Dr Abu Bakr Ibiyinka Olorun-Nimbe was born on 20th September 1908 the first child and only son of Alhaji Abdu Rahman Lawal (Olorun-Nimbe) in the Ita Obadina/ Ita Pashi ( Obadina/Pashi Square) area of Oko Faji District of Lagos Island. His father Abdu Rahman ”...
LIFE OF ALAAFIN ABIIPA OBAMORO (THE GHOST CATCHER) Alaafin Abiipa was the 12th Aláàfin of Oyo. He was preceded by Alaafin Ajiboyede and succeeded by Alaafin Obalokun. He ruled in Oyo-Igboho of the old Oyo empire from 1570-1580. Being the fourth and last king who...
Many won’t believe we have such a rare and astonishing tourist site in Nigeria, least of all Oyo state. A hanging lake is an almost impossible site which is why we only have two of such in the whole wide world. It is one of the most fascinating places to visit in...
Narrated by:Amosun Ifakorede AbiolaTraditional spiritual consultantand Physiologist (Bsc) Transcribed by:Johnson Okunade A very long time ago before the advent of Christianity or Islam in Yorubaland, aborigines depend on Babalawo (Ifa Oracle Priest) to proffer...
Ogbomoso, Home of the brave is a Yoruba town situated close to Ilorin, another Yoruba town that was presided over by Afonja, the Aare Ona Kakanfo (generalissimo) of Yorubaland in the early nineteenth century. Ilorin was taken over by a Fulani scholar of Islam that was...