ORIKI OF THE ALAAFIN OF OYO

By -

PRAISE SINGING FOR THE ALAAFIN OF OYO AT THE CHILDREN'S DAY 2018 THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE PALACE OF THE ALAAFIN OF OYO

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Who Is A Traditional Ruler?

By -
Image
By a resolution of the Council of Obas and Chiefs of Oyo State meeting at Ibadan on Thursday, 9th August, 1984, I, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Olayiwola Adeyemi III, (J.P, C.F.R, LL.D) the Alaafin of Oyo, was mandated to present before this august assembly, a paper on the Role of Traditional Rulers in the Governance of Nigeria. Accordingly, I feel highly honoured and delighted to accomplish the wishes of the members of the Council in presenting the paper before you all today. You will pardon me for my inability to treat everything in details by time constraint. The purpose of this exercise, of course, is not to exhaust everything about traditional rulers in Nigeria, but most importantly create the awareness for scholars of history to conduct more researches in that direction. Perhaps, it may be germane even from the out set to pose the above question. The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Erediauwa II, C. F. R., in a memorandum titled, The Traditional Ruler in the...
Read more

FIRST IDERA DE RAMADAN FOOTBALL CLASSIC*

By -
Image
  OGASIBE FC TANGO WITH HS IN FINAL MATCH ON SUNDAY All is now set for the epic final of the Maiden edition of the IDERA DE RAMADAN FOOTBALL COMPETITION , that has held sports loving people of Oyo Alaafin and its suburbs spellbound for the entire 29days Ramadan fasting period as the two major fans favorites, Ogasibe FC , Iseke area and HS FC from Fola Tyre, Araromi area, battle it out in the final match on Sunday 23rd April.  In the fiery Semi final matches that produced the 2 finalists, Ogasibe FC had survived the firepower of giants, All Stars FC 2 goals to 1 while HS FC came from 2 goals down to out-muscle  gallant, Oladokun FC 3 goal to 2. Earlier on Saturday,  battle for the *3rd place shall be determined às All Stars FC clash with Oladokun FC for the consolation prize. Sundày's final shall be preceded by a novelty match between TEAM RRA IDERA DE and TEAM HYZIK by 12pm while the final match is slated for 3pm, all at the newly commissioned Oba Lamidi Adeyemi II...
Read more

NEW ALAAFIN OF OYO SELECTION UPDATES

By -
Image
Alaafin Oba Adeyemi III  Written by Oladotun Oladele (Senior Media Director to the Alaafin of Oyo 08037250845)  Today is the second day at the palace of the Alaafin of Oyo, the selection process continued as more Princes showed up for the screening exercise given that the number count is 86 and after the screening we are having 66 more prospective Alaafin candidates to go.  The world must busy watching and praying because there is a great need to make the right choice of who will ascend the throne given the antecedents and exploits of the predecessor in office. Alaafin Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III is a renowned personality whose influence and reach far reaching. Until tomorrow, the screening continues and expectedly another set of 10 princes will be screened under very tight security. The world awaits who will ascend the great throne of the Alaafin of Oyo.  Until then, be on the lookout for updates and subscribe to this page. 
Read more