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The royal father’s power is likened to that of the gods! Kabiyesi Oba alaase ekeji Orisa. This paean places the king on the same pedestal as the gods. Yet, the Oba is accountable to his people and the gods of the land. His primary duty is to develop his domain, as well as secure every aspect of the socio-cultural well-being of the land. 

The power politics that defines Ilorin ensued in the 1820s with the defeat of Are Ona kakanfo Afonja, in the Alimi (the Fulani spiritual consultant to Afonja) insurrection against the political status-quo (personified by the former).The insurrection rapidly resolved in the jihadist incorporation of Ilorin into the Sokoto Caliphate. More than any historical figure, Afonja |

Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, has an identity crisis. Although its language and dominant culture is Yoruba, the people insist that they are not Yoruba but ‘Ilorin,’ an amorphous identity that does not draw from ethnicity but rather from a fluid cultural identity that evolved due to the unique history of the people and the

Why Ilorin Is Yoruba, by Julius Ogunro. Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, has an identity crisis.  Although its language and dominant culture is Yoruba

Until the announcement is made, Oyo indigenes will still have to continue the waiting game before they know the next Alaafin who will succeed the departed king.

The looming religious crisis in Ilorin, by Kazeem Akintunde. I do not envy Ebunoluwa Rotimi Adelesi, the newly minted Kwara Comm of Police

Despite various pleas by universalists and modernists to the Ilorin Emirate to allow peace to reign by following the constitution that enshrines freedom of worship, they have ignored nationalistic considerations and hell-bent on pushing their civilizational agenda. Therefore the Original African civilization has no choice but to unite to defend their inalienable rights.

A little over a week ago, Professor Wole Soyinka turned the attention of Nigerians from their current harrowing economic existence to one of the tyrannies that religion inflicts on them. Prof was apparently in his elements

The Fulanis studied the Yorubas weaknesses and misrule,

Stoppage of Isese Festival in Ilorin, by Festus Adedayo. A little over a week ago, Professor Wole Soyinka turned the attention of Nigerians