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26/03/2023

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19/03/2023

OONI ARRIVES BRASIL FOR “BACK TO HOME”, MEETS PRESIDENT LULA

The Arole Oduduwa and Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, on Saturday morning touched down in Sao Palo, Brasil to commence the “Back To Home” initiative of the House of Oduduwa.

According to a statement by his Director of Media & Public Affairs, Otunba Moses Olafare, the visit is in furtherance of the Arole Oduduwa’s structured agenda to reconnect persons of African origin to their root and bring socio-economic benefits to Nigeria and the entire Africa.

“This is not the Ooni’s first visit to Brasil but the new twist is that the Federal Government in Brasil has acknowledged the Arole Oduduwa's good works and that is why the President, His Excellency Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be leading top government officials to receive our father.

"The Arole Oduduwa's last visit to Brasil and several delegations to the country's State functions and other sociocultural activities have yielded so many positive results including the approval of the prestigious Yoruba language as an official language in Brasil.

“It is a common knowledge that Brasil is home to over 80 million persons of African origin who left Africa particularly Yoruba land back home in Nigeria many years ago through slavery and other means. They left with our culture and tradition which is what dignify them in a country of many culture like Brasil.

“Over the years, the Ooni has been consistent about the "Back to Home" initiative with a view to opening the Nigerian market particularly tourism to the world through the South American country." The statement read in part.

The Ooni is accompanied on the trip by his Queens; Olori Aderonke-Ademiluyi Ogunwusi , Olori Mariam-Anako Ogunwusi, his brother brother who is also the Sooko Laekun of Ife, Prince Adegboyega Ogunwusi and some notable Yoruba Monarchs including the Alara of Ilara, Oba Olufolarin Ogunsanwo, the Ajero of Ijero Ekiti, Oba Joseph Adewole, the Alapomu of Apomu, Oba Kayode Afolabi, the Alayemore of Ido-Osun, Oba Adedapo Aderemi among others.

19/03/2023

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19/03/2023

Seyi Mákindé ni ó já ewé olúborí ni inú ìbò gómìnà ti ìpínlè Ọ̀yó, gẹ́gẹ́ bí INEC ṣe kéde rẹ̀

19/03/2023

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08/09/2022

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10/08/2022

Àwọn tí wọ́n fi òfin mú lórí ọ̀rọ̀ àkọlù sí ilé ìjọsìn Francis Mímọ́ tí ó wà ní Ọ̀wọ̀

29/03/2022

Moremi Ajasoro, Princess of the Yoruba..

(Yoruba: Mọ́remí Àjàsorò) was a figure of high significance in the history of the Yoruba peoples of West Africa. Born a princess, she was a courageous queen whose fame contributed to the victory of the Yoruba people over a neighbouring people.

Moremi was a member by marriage of the royal family of Oduduwa, the Yoruba's fabled founding father.

The Ayaba Moremi lived in the 12th century, hailed from Offa, and was married to Oranmiyan, the heir to the king of Ife and founding father of the Yoruba people, Oduduwa. Ile Ife was a kingdom that was said to have been at war with an adjoining tribe who were known to them as the Forest people. (Ìgbò in the Yoruba language, though the said tribe is believed by scholars to have had no relation to the contemporary Ìgbòs of modern Nigeria). Scores of Ife citizens were being enslaved by these people, and because of this they were generally regarded with disdain by the Yoruba city-states. Although the people of Ile-Ife were furious about these raids, they did not have the means to defend themselves. This is because the invaders were seen as spirits by the people of Ife, appearing as masquerades completely covered in raffia leaves.

Moremi was a very brave and beautiful woman who, in order to deal with the problem facing her people, pledged a great sacrifice to the Spirit of the river Esimirin so that she could discover the strength of her nation's enemies.

She is said to have been taken as a slave by the Igbo and, due to her beauty and Esimirin's help, married their ruler as his anointed queen. After familiarizing herself with the secrets of her new husband's army, she escaped to Ile-Ife and revealed this to the Yorubas, who were then able to subsequently defeat them in battle.

Following the war, she returned to her first husband, King Oramiyan of Ife (and later Oyo), who immediately had her re-instated as his queen. Moremi returned to the Esimirin River to fulfill her pledge. The river demanded she sacrificed her only son, Oluorogbo. The demand was inconceivable and Moremi pleaded with the god for a less terrible offering. But in the end, she kept her promise and paid the price. The offering of Oluorogbo to the river god grieved not only Moremi but the whole kingdom of Ife. The Yoruba people consoled Moremi by offering to be her eternal children a promise kept until today.

The Edi Festival is said to have then been started as a means of celebrating the sacrifice the princess made for the people of Yorubaland. Furthermore, a number of public places are named after her in contemporary Nigeria, such as the female residence halls at the University of Lagos and Obafemi Awolowo University.

In 2017, Oba Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ile Ife, Osun State, erected a statue of Moremi in his palace. The statue is the tallest in Nigeria, displacing the previous holder of that record (a statue in Owerri, the Imo State capital). It is also the fourth tallest in Africa.

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