Browsing: Olubadan of Ibadan

He made this announcement in a statement issued on Thursday night by his spokesman, Sulaiman Olanrewaju.

This is coming barely six months after Oladoja was briefly suspended as Mogaji by the Olubadan Advisory Council.

Following the demise of the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, on Sunday, The eagleonline has stumbled on the list of likely successor among the high ranking chiefs of the ancient Kingdom.

The Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, and two traditional worshippers in Oyo State,  Dr Biodun Agboola and Dr Fayemi Fakayode, made the call at the installation ceremony of Fakayode as the Mogaji of Onibudo family at Oke Aremo, Yemetu, Ibadan.

For he alone, as a point of fact, has the rare distinction till date of being the only monarch in Nigeria who has not only reigned, but also has the rare honour and privilege to dine and wine along with 15 Nigerian Presidents, 23 State Governors, about 40 Council Chairmen in his own primary domain of Ijebu-Ode, three Ooni of Ile-Ife, two Alaafin of Oyo, four Alake of Egbaland, two Akarigbo of Remoland and 11 Olubadan of Ibadanland

This is as the Executive Chairman, Oyo State Internal Revenue Service, Aremo John Adeleke, has described sufficiency in Internally Generated Revenue as a sure way to move the State from poverty to prosperity.

The annual festival is scheduled to begin on Monday (today)

Governor Abiola Ajimobi, who signed the law that had seen the crowning of 21 new obas in Ibadanland, had on Friday during the Eid-el-Maulud celebration at the Remembrance Arcade at Agodi in Ibadan, said there was no going back on the reform

The Commissioner said the Governor of the state, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, responded to the call of prominent Ibadan elders, Chiefs, Baales and leaders of thoughts who have consistently called for the review of the Ibadan Chieftaincy Law over the years

The party in a statement by its Director of Media, Research and Strategy, Dr. AbdulAzeez Olatunde, said it discovered that contrary to the position that Obi Adetunji had not been paid in the last six months, his salary and allowances, like those of other chiefs, was up to date

A report in the gossip column of a national newspaper had claimed that Tinubu turned down the conferment of the chieftaincy title of Balogun on him by Oba Adetunji

The association is made up of all market associations in Ibadanland

Those who benefitted were High Chief Owolabi Olakunlehin, who moved from Otun Balogun to Balogun of Ibadanland, and High Chief Olufemi Olaifa, who moved from Osi Balogun to Otun Balogun

In his address, the governor said that the choice of Oba Adetunji was in accordance to the unique traditional selection process, adding that he had also fulfilled legal conditions attached to the ascension to the throne

The President calls on Oba Adetunji to also do his utmost best, in his new role as the chief custodian of the traditions of his people, to preserve and propagate the admirable culture and customs of Ibadan

The statement, signed by Zaccheaus Jayeola, the Director of Chieftaincy Matters in the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, said the Olubadan-in-Council, after notifying the state government of the move to elevate the chiefs, did not wait for final approval from Ajimobi before going ahead to announce the elevation of the chiefs

Jonathan, in a statement by his media aide, Dr. Reuben Abati, said attaining 99 years was remarkable for Odulana