Alaafin

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“You are a fantastic gift to us” – Alaafin’s wife remembers him today

One of the wives of the late Alaafin of Oyo, Queen Memunat Omowunmi Adeyemi remembered her late husband, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi two years after his death. Queen Omoh took to social media to pour out her heart and feelings about her husband’s demise. She said life is somehow unfair to her for taking her husband […]

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Traditional Death Union

NUJ Zone B mourns Alaafin of Oyo,commiserate with Oyo people, Yoruba race and Africa

The Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ), South West zone, has mourned the demise of our dear father, mentor, patriot and guardian, the late Alaafin of Oyo, His lmperial Majesty.Oba Lamidi Adeyemi 111, the 45th Alaafin of the great Oyo empire, and longest serving Alaafin of this generation before it pleased the Almighty to take him […]

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Traditional Death

Alaafin: NUJ mourns loss of a father, best media-friendly monarch 

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Oyo State Council on Tuesday described the passing of Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III as shocking and one death too many to bear for the media professionals in the State and beyond. Alaafin died at the age of 83years last Saturday after reigning for 52years on […]

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Politics Death Traditional

Alaafin: Yoruba race, Oyo have lost a great ruler, a worthy father-Makinde

Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Saturday, declared that the death of the Alaafin of Oyo, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, is a huge loss to the state, Nigeria and the Yoruba race. The governor, who described Oba Adeyemi’s death as a personal loss to him, noted that he was an ever-supportive […]

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Politics

Alaafin, Ooni Meet Ex-Osun Governor, Aregbesola Move To Reconcile Rift With Tinubu.

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi and Ooni of Ile-Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi have met with the immediate past governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola. The meeting of the two prominent traditional rulers in Yoruba land took place in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital on Tuesday. We gathered from sources that the meeting which […]

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