Category: People
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Traditionally, the Awujale of Ijebuland title, which connotes a kind of mediator, is the title of the ruler of the Ijebu Ode town. The term Awujale must have been a corruption of Amujale- someone who summoned supporters from the underground to fight for him- a reference to Oluiwa, who was supposed to have performed this…
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Adele Ajosun was the Oba of Lagos between 1775 and 1780 and then in 1832 till his death, two years later. Immediately after installation as king, Adele Ajosun had faced up to the need to consolidate his position on the throne. His reign was marked by dramas for the rift between him and his brother,…
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Idewu Ojulari was the brother to Adele Ajosun and Eshilokun who became Oba of Lagos. Idewu Ojulari became Oba of Lagos in 1819 with the death of Eshilokun and the unresolved expulsion of Adele Ajosun. His initial popularity was blemished by his excessive materialism. He was advised to either go on exile or commit suicide,…
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Eshilokun was the Oba of Lagos from 1780 to 1819. Eshilokun became king following the expulsion of Oba Adele Ajosun, who was accused of negligence in the keeping of cultural sanctity. Like his Great Uncle’s, his reign was uneventful, and he also had to grapple with his brother, Adele who attempted to regain the seat…
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Adekunle Ajasin was a politician, who as follower of Obafemi Awolowo had the distinction of being architect of the free education which transformed the old Western region. Ajasin was also governor of Ondo State from 1979 to 1983. In 1962 he had become the President of Egbe Omo Oduduwa and with the passing of Chief…
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Adegbenro Dauda Soroye was a politician in the Nigerian first republic and acting leader of the Action Group during the party crisis that preceded the military take-over of government in 1966. Born 1909 in Ago-Owu, he schooled at Baptist Boys High School, Abeokuta and Abeokuta Grammar School. He served at the Nigerian Railway Corporation from…
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Abipa was the Alaafin who finally moved the capital of Oyo Empire from the Savannah called Oyo Igoho to its former location. Abipa had done this in keeping faith with his father, Ajiboyede, who initiated the plan. The story is told of how the nobles, and some influential subjects who were born in Oyo Igoho,…
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Olugabi Awolana was the Akogun of Owu in the year of the disastrous civil war waged against the old Iwo by the Ijebu with the aid of the Ife and Oyo. Awolana was appointed by the king of Owu to protect the peace and welfare of of the market patrons of people who made transactions…
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Lisabi is the traditional hero of the Egba people, who are the native occupiers of Abeokuta, a Yoruba town some 77 kilometers from Lagos. Lisabi was a giant man who lived in Igbehin but he was from another Egba village called Itoku. He conspired to achieve independence for the Egbas from the Alaafin of Oyo…