The burial ceremony of Oba Balogun involved the two-rakat Janazat prayer, the Islamic prayer for the deceased.
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This was contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngalale, on Friday.
The late monarch, who reigned for two years, joined his ancestors at the age of 81 late Thursday evening at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, after a brief illness.
This is coming barely six months after Oladoja was briefly suspended as Mogaji by the Olubadan Advisory Council.
Oba Balogun, in his message on Nigeria’s 63rd Independence Day anniversary, issued in Ibadan by his Personal Assistant on Media, Mr Oladele Ogunsola, urged the labour leadership to have a re-think.
A statement issued on Sunday in Ibadan by the Olubadan’s Personal Assistant on Media, Oladele Ogunsola, said the atrocities were perpetrated by some hoodlums hiding under the cover of the Egungun festival in Ibadan.
This was decided at the meeting presided by the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade II.
Kalu’s greetings is contained in Kalu’s congratulatory message issued Tuesday in Abuja.
Balogun made the assertions in a statement he personally signed on Saturday in Ibadan, following the announcement of the death of the great oba.
Prof. Osinbajo stated this when he paid a courtesy call at the palace of the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Lekan Balogun.
He made the disclosure on Friday in Ibadan during a parley with delegates od the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State.
He made the call Friday in Ibadan city shortly after his promotion from Bada Balogun of Ibadanland to Are Onibon by Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun.
The occasion, his first official function since his coronation, was held at the Olubadan’s ancestral Ali-Iwo palace in Ibadan.
Momodu stated this on Monday during a consultation visit to the residence of the Olubadan designate, Oba Lekan Balogun.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Ibadan monarchs were led by Oba Lekan Balogun, Otun-Olubadan.
The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that the twins, abducted seven days ago, were released in Lagos on Monday afternoon by the abductors after collecting a ransom of N10 million
He made the plea while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Ibadan.
The traditional rulers, led by Oba Lekan Balogun, the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, gave the notice on Monday at a press conference at the Mapo Hall, Ibadan.
The colourful ceremony, held at the arcade of the historic Mapo Hall, Ibadan on Sunday, was attended by prominent Ibadan elders, socio-cultural groups, opinion leaders and a large number of Ibadan citizens
The government explained that its decision was in line with the provisions of the recently amended 1959 Declaration of Olubadan and other related chieftaincies in Ibadanland as well as the government White Paper as conveyed in Government Gazette No 14, Notice 27 Vol. 42 of August 23, 2017 and Gazette No. 15 Notice 28 Vol. 42 of August 24, 2017