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Yinka Odumakin, a dogged fighter, unforgettable hero — Ooni  On By Dapo Akinrefon The Arole Oduduwa and Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II has described late Chief Yinka Odumakin, who until his death was the spokesman of the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, as an unforgettable patriotic descendant of Oduduwa and a positive factor in Nigeria’s democracy. In a condolence piece by his Director of Media and Public Affairs, Moses Olafare, on Saturday, Ooni Ogunwusi described Odumakin’s death as a rude shock, lamenting that Chief Odumakin died when the Yoruba nation i...

Nigeria textile industry is set to receive a major boost with the launch of new Adire Textile Factory in Ile-Ife, Osun State. According to the initiator, Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, and Founder of Africa Fashion Week London and Nigeria, Princess Ronke Ademiluyi, the factory is structured to be the largest in Africa and will provide opportunities for cultural exchange between African and international students of design, to have deeper knowledge of Adire fabric. The launch of the factory will take place during the annual Aje festival on February 22 to commemorate the grand festiv...

Share Ooni’s Director of Media and Public Affairs, Comrade Moses Olafare on Thursday said Ooni Ogunwusi was unperturbed with the abuses of words rained on him by the Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho. Olafare who stated this while answering questions from newsmen in Ile-Ife on the recent misconducts of the Yoruba activist who spoke derogatorily about the monarch personality said “Sunday Igboho still remained a son to the Ooni and he had forgiven him when he tendered an apology via a video clip he produced on social media Wednesday evening. The royal father a...

Share The Arole Oduduwa & Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II, on Thursday congratulated the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi on his 50th coronation anniversary. In a statement by the Director of Media & Public Affairs at the Ooni’s Palace, Comrade Moses Olafare, Ooni Ogunwusi described the Alaafin as a unique descendant of Oduduwa and great Nigerian who lives a life of service to humanity. Ooni Ogunwusi who described Oba Adeyemi as a revered Nigerian monarch who has always dignified the cultural values of the Yoruba people with great passion, thanking God for blessing him with th...

From War to Peace: How Ife, Modakeke have been living together 20 years after last bloody conflict Historians have described the crisis between Ile-Ife and Modakeke as one of the oldest intra-ethnic conflicts in Nigeria. 4 min read Saka Aminu, a retired teacher, and his wife, Saudat, sat in front of their house at Oke Yidi, one of the areas where lives were lost when Ile-Ife and Modakeke indigenes fought 20 years ago. Now septuagenarians, the couple recalled how the conflict tore the people of the two towns apart, including close relatives. Mr and Mrs Aminu said they went thro...