OYO KINGDOM: KNOW THE DIFFERENT TITLES OF ALAAFIN’S AYABAS & THEIR FUNCTIONS

-Asa Orisa Alaafin Oyo The Alaafin’s wives are referred to as Ayabas. A new Ayaba is initiated into the Palace by the old ones. When The Alaafin brings in a new wife, he chooses a Palace mother for her from older Ayabas who will mentor the new wife. This is because they have experience of the Palace life. She will be introduced to the other Ayabas after which feasting and merry making follows. This Palace mother guides the new Ayaba, trains her on how to comport herself in the Palace…

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ALAAFIN OF OYO SENDS SOLIDARITY MESSAGE TO NIGERIANS & THE WORLD AMID PANDEMIC

  A solidarity message has been sent from the revered throne of Alaafin Oyo, Iku Baba Yeye, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III toย families across Nigeria, and around the world who are in a period of great concern with the novel of COVID-19. The letter reads as follows; “Our lives are in some way affected by this,ย  besides Africans being used to face epidemics as Lassa, Ebola, Malaria and now COVID-19 pandemic outbreak never in the history of the humanity sojourn on earth had there been a threat of extermination of human…

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COVID-19 NIGERIA: NIGERIA CONFIRMS 5 NEW CASES; 0 Death, 27 Cases Altogether

In a Twitter post by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) at 11am on Sunday 22nd March 2020, a total number of 27 infected persons was confirmed in Nigeria. This includes 3 new cases confirmed in Lagos State and a new case each in Oyo State and FCTย  respectively. The breakdown down of cases are as follows: TOTAL: 27 DISCHARGED: 2 LAGOS: 19 FCT: 4 OGUN: 2 EKITI: 1 OYO: 1 DEATH: 0 This is following the post shared by the Governor of Oyo State, H.E Seyi Makinde at…

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Baba Alaafin @ 81

Yepe l’Atanda ko nibi kan alagba mi gbogbo ara lomo eegun gbon ri Asa fi noomi. Atanda iwo lalagbala aayayo, iwo ni igi nla abi iboji kanrin, loogun leko ti ba won ja to tun abode baba won koba lo. O tilekun mo alaseju o fi kokoro pamo. Orun dake jeje bi eni ti I rojo Atanda baba kudira. Filaniย  Adeniran Atanda baba Bioye Alekileki Abuja arodorodo akehinsi Layiwolata Berkeley o niย  iyawo ku o mi see ti omo Adeyemi. Aseyi s”amodun o Iku baba yeye!!! Happy birthday Iku Baba…

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