Author: tope_litcaf
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Olumo, meaning, “the lord ends our travail”, is rock in the city of Abeokuta so named because of its usefulness as military fortress to Egba people from 1832 to 1862. The rock, standing at a thousand feet above sea level, is the highest among the rocks that bisect Abeokuta into two. This natural landmark, adopted…
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Moremi was an important historical figure, wife of one of the ancient heroes of post-Oduduwa times, possibly Oranyan. Moremi is today reckoned as a Yoruba legend due to acclaimed moves she made to end the acts of terrorism that threatened the town of Ile-Ife. As a beautiful woman, Moremi tactically took the risk of allowing herself…
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Olurogbo, also known as Ela, was the son of Moremi, an early heroine of the Yoruba nation, possibly queen of the second Alafin, Oranyan. This, if true, will make Olurogbo a Prince. The more important story about Olurogbo, however was the nature of his departure. Moremi, believing her success in uncovering the tricks of the…
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Olusegun Agagu was a politician and scholarly governor of Ondo state from 2003 to 2007. Born in 1948, Agagu, being the only boy on his mother’s side of the family, had a highly-sheltered life until he left Okitipupa at the age of ten, to live with his older cousin who brought him up until he…
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Daily Times is the first substantive Nigerian daily newspaper, founded by a member of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce, Richard Braw, with a group of other European businessmen and Adeyemo Alakija. The first publication of this paper came out in June 1, 1926. Alakija co-founded the Daily Times newspaper in 1926, the tabloid which will…
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Methodist Boys High School, formerly Wesleyan Boys High School. After a decade of envisioning and deliberations by the local Methodist church in Lagos, Methodist Boys High School was finally opened in March 1878. This was partly in response to the Anglican CMS Grammar School, which was opened some nineteen years earlier. The new Methodist Boys…
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Olusegun Osoba, is the journalist and politician who twice became the governor of Ogun state. Osoba was born in 1941 and educated at Methodist Boys’ High School, Lagos between 1956 and 1960. Osoba obtained a diploma on journalism from the University of Lagos in 1965 and also did journalism courses at Indiana University Bloomington. In his…
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Oluyole Private International Comprehensive College is a secondary school in Ibadan, established in September 2005 to complement the success of its primary school precursor. The school is part of the Nickdel Schools inspired by Mr. & Mrs. Adeleke. As one of the new generation schools, counseling is given some attention and the so-called Pastoral Care…
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This account for the beginning of Joseph Ayo Babalola’s Church in 1930, I shall hereby endeavour to report this account word for word to a good extent, as mere summary may not reveal the truth. This file began with a letter from a Wesleyan Methodist Reverend, Rev. Edward Nightingale to the Administrator of the Wesleyan…
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The Yoruba News FEB 10th, 1925 ON TOWN PLANNING OPPOURTUNITY Shakespeare was right when he sang: “There is a tide in the affairs of men, if taken at the flow, leads to success” This trite saying also applies to the affairs of nations and towns. There is presently a good opportunity for the Ibadan Native…