Tag: Ile-Ife
We didn’t approve book misrepresenting Yoruba history – Ministry
The petition complains about a history textbook written by Tony and Ijeoma Duru and published by Tones Publishers. It says…
Sexagenarian Olajide Dauda docked for alleged N1.4m fraud
The magistrate also held that the sureties should show evidence of tax payment with three recent passport photographs and their…
Illicit drugs: Osun village head, corps member busted
Babafemi said that the head of Akarabata community in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Ba’ale Ige Babatunde, 50, was on Friday, July…
Ooni inaugurates Ife development institutions
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja 11, has inaugurated the Ife Development Board (IDB) and Ife Board of…
What you don’t know about Ile-Ife history – Ooni
“We are leading the team globally, nobody has documented the three dynasties, only the last dynasty, Ife Akanlubebe, of which…
‘How Oro worshippers attacked Muslims inside Mosque in Ile Ife’
Some Muslims had embarked on protest in the ancient town over the attack by Oro worshippers on Friday
Osun govt reacts as gunmen kill five in Ife
According to the State Commissioner for Information, Funke Egbemode, the state government officials have met with heads of security agencies,…
Ooni to commission Ife Grand Resolt
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, would on Friday 16 July , 2021 lead top dignitaries…
Teenager arrested for raping a sick 4-year-old girl
A Nineteen-year-old Damilola Akintilo has been arrested by the Osun State Police Command for allegedly raping a four-year-old girl in…
Bedbugs cause Sniper war between students in OAU
Hell was let loose on Saturday at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife when two students engaged in fierce fight and…
3 cultists remanded over alleged breach of public peace
An Osun Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ile-Ife on Thursday, remanded three suspected cultists: Adeoti Tosin, 29; Temitope Adeyemi, 26; and…
39-year-old woman docked for allegedly stabbing pastor with broken bottle
A 39-year-old woman, Esther Olawale, was on Wednesday docked before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court, Osun, for allegedly stabbing a pastor…
Prices of goods soar in Ile-Ife as Christmas approaches
As the Yuletide celebration approaches, prices of goods and services have soared in major markets in Ile-Ife, Osun State.
Ile-Ife: FRSC confirms 11 deaths in Sunday’s accident
Mr Anthony Oko, Osun Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Monday confirmed that 11 persons lost their lives…
Ife boils again, 10 injured in fresh communal clash
Few days after the violent clashes between Hausa and Yoruba communities in Ile-Ife, a fresh communal clash has broken out…
Ile-Ife Crisis: Ooni Inaugurates Truth & Reconciliation Committee
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi has inaugurated a truth and reconciliation committee to ensure peace between the Hausa…
Ife feud: Gov. Aregbesola vows to prosecute perpetrators
Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has assured the Hausa Community in the state of adequate protection of their lives and…
Ile-Ife crisis: I-G deploys special force to restore peace
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim, Idris has deployed a Police Special Intervention Force (SIF) to Ile-Ife, Osun to restore…
Ile-Ife Unrest: Sen. Omoworare Appeals For Peace
Sen. Babajide Omoworare, representing Osun East (APC Ife/Ijesa) Senatorial District, has appealed to indigenes and residents of Ile-Ife to end…
Ile-Ife Crisis: Osun Govt. Declares 2-day Curfew
The Osun Government on Wednesday declared a two-day curfew in Ile-Ife over the crisis that erupted between Yoruba and Hausa…
Ooni of Ife to turn Ile-Ife to tourism haven
The Ooni of Ile- Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has pledged to turn the ancient city into a tourism haven to…
Osun CJ frees 16 inmates
Osun Chief Judge, Justice Oyebola Ojo, on Thursday freed 16 inmates of both Ile-Ife Prisons and Ilesa Prisons awaiting trial.…
New Ooni of Ife presented with traditional “Ade-Are” crown
The new Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, was on Monday presented with the traditional “Ade-Are” crown as the 51st…
Ooni of Ife to be formally announced dead on Wednesday
The Obawara of Iwara-Ife, Oba Layi Adereti ,on Monday said the official proclamation of the demise of Ooni of Ife,…
Final rites of Ooni’s passage continues, body arrives Ile Ife
Jamiu Yisa The final rites of passage for the late Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade, Olubuse II continued at…
Ile-Ife: Anxiety mounts, women remain indoors as Oro festival enters second day
Many women in the ancient town of Ile-Ife remained indoors on Saturday as the annual Oro festival entered its second…
Ile-Ife mourns Ooni of Ife, markets shut, commercial activities halted
Nicholas Ojo-Awo/Ile-Ife As news of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade demise continues to circulate, his subjects, admirers and…
Adejobi, OAU lecturer assassinated
A Lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Dr. Deji Adejobi has been killed…
Aregbesola unveils symbol of Yoruba culture
Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Nigeria’s state of Osun on Saturday in Ile-Ife unveiled an Ife ancestral monument, popularly called Ori-olokun,…
Twin-X Marries
Keni Akintoye of the Twin-X Hip Hop group has tied the nuptial knot with his heartthrob, Olabisi Adeoti, a medical…