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The Needless Traditional Rulers Power Tussle In Yorubaland

Daily Dispatch January 19, 2026

By Kazeem Akintunde In the last couple of months following the installation of Oba Akeem Owoade as the Alaafin of Oyo, the Ooni of Ifa, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi added new nomenclature for himself. He is no longer just the Ooni of Ife, he now goes about with the unnecessary and mouthful

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𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗢𝗼𝗻𝗶’𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 — Dangote

Daily Dispatch December 12, 2025

Businessman and President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has credited the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, with making the construction of his multi-billion-dollar refinery possible by intervening to remove 19 shrines from the project site. Speaking in a video shared by The Cable via X on Friday, the billionaire industrialist revealed that construction workers […]

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Open Letter To Alaafin Owoade

Daily Dispatch August 25, 2025

By Kazeem Akintunde Kabiyesi o, k’ade o pe lori, Ki bata pe l’ese. May your reign be long.Sir, I am compelled to write this open letter to you in view of the recent letter you wrote to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, on a matter that should not warrant such a degrading letter. […]

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Ooni, Alaafin: Needless War Over Okanlomo Of Yorubaland

Daily Dispatch August 24, 2025

By Taiwo Adisa Saturday, August 16, 2025, was set as a landmark date that would witness a unique event in the annals of Yoruba, Nigeria, if not African contemporary history.  The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enita Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, had signed on to a programme tagged the unveiling of the Social Media Website, 2GEDA. […]

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Ooni, Alaafin feud is needless controversy

Daily Dispatch August 24, 2025

By Bola BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 (Published in the ON THE LORD’S DAY column in the Sunday Tribune newspaper edition of Sunday, 24 August, 2025). “Chieftaincy titles, the crux of the current face-off between the Ooni and Alaafin, have these days become so debased they are bestowed on all sorts; it profiteth Yorubaland nothing” These […]

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Alaafin, Ooni Under Spell…..Say Traditionalists

Daily Dispatch August 23, 2025

The Traditional Religion Worshippers Association, Osun State, has said the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade, and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, may be under a spell due to repeated clashes between them. The President of the group, Oluseyi Atanda, said members of the association needed to perform rituals to settle the disputes […]