Category: Tradition – Customs
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Osile Traditional ruler of Oke-Ona in Abeokuta, one of the four sectional quaters that constituted Egbaland. Others are Egba Alake, Gbagura and Owu. Oke-Ona is in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State with over 19 communities under it. The Osile throne in Oke-Ona was founded by Oranmiyan who was the son of Okanbi…
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Adetoyese Laoye; Timi of Ede. Before he ascended the throne in the 1940s, he was a church organist, a great dancer, a good singer, a lover of culture, and a historian. He was so culturally minded that he turned Ede to one of the nation’s cultural shrines to which people from far and near made…
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The central figure in Ifa divinity is Orunmila, the God of wisdom who, in Yoruba myth, was witness to earth’s creation. There is no going further in human history than that. Oduduwa’s link with immortality comes from his sometimes being equated with Orunmila in Yoruba myth. Orunmila uses his special insight as a witness to…
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Ekimogun Day: Carnival in Ondo town, incorporating dances, marches and impressive cultural extravaganza. First, the drums roared at sunrise. And the crowd at the civic centre erupted in ecstasy. The tingling sound of gong and tumbrels reverberated in the air, throwing spectacles and spectators into a collective reverie. Then usually a stampede follows as members…
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Osemawe is the paramount traditional ruler of the Ondo, often referred to as ‘Egins’, a Yoruba people with a sub-ethnic identity dating back to the 16th century[i]. Osemawe genealogical tree shows an astonishing completeness. It names every Oba and the duration of their reigns since Oba Pupupu about 1510. Starting with Oba Pupupu in the…
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Ado Bayero; 13th Fulani paramount traditional ruler of the Kano emirate for 51 years. Over the years of his reign, Bayero became an institution of sorts whose counseling and advocacy are treated with attention. It is said no governor of Kano State succeeds without his support and who was to be an exception, the first…
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Ebitimi Banigo; banker and financial consultant argued by some to be the real father of modern banking in Nigeria. Banigo became the managing director of International Merchant Bank at age 33 and many of the top names in the banking industry including Jim Ovia and Bismarck Rewane passed through him. As the MD, he created…
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Arochukwu is the third largest town in Abia State (after Aba and Umuahia) in southeastern Nigeria. The city, consisting of 19 villages is about 120km from Umuahia and shares common boundary with Ohafia, Akwa-Ibom State. Arochukwu is noted for its richness in staple foods and artifacts, a cultural value which has enrolled the city as…
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Ekwueme Lazarus; Nigerian musicologist, an alumnus of Royal College of Music, London and the first professor of music made in Nigeria, University of Lagos. Laz Ekwueme was born January 28, 1936 in Orumba, now in Anambra State. He was educated formally at Ludwig-maxirrias University of Munich Germany. Yale University New Heaven, Connecticut, United States and…
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Rilwan Akiolu; the first Oba of Lagos to be crowned since the creation of the state in 1967. Oba Riiwanu Osuolanie Aremu Babatunde Akiolu was installed as the Oba of Lagos on Friday 23 May 2003. His focus has been the reintegration of social miscreants called area boys into the society. In a build-up to…