Abiodun (reigned c. 1770–1789) was an 18th-century alaafin, or king, of the Oyo people in what is now Nigeria. Coming to the throne shortly after the...

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recorded to have been practiced in Oyo during the reign of Alaafin Abiodun in the 18th century. The architecture within the Oyo Empire, exhibited an intricate...

Oyo, Oyo State, is the seat of the line of the rulers of Oyo. Their territory, a constituent rump state, is located in contemporary Nigeria. Since the...

increased as well. This state of affairs continued until Oba Abiodun, Oyo's last great ruler, engaged his opponents in a bitter civil war that had a ruinous...

Olufioye (a prince of old Oyo - one of the surviving sons of Alaafin Abiodun Adegoriolu). Abiodun Adegoriolu the Alaafin of Oyo, who reigned between C1750...

the Oyo Empire who died after ruling for two months in 1797. In the List of rulers of the Yoruba state of Oyo, Makua is the 32nd Alaafin of Oyo. Oyo Empire...

public connect with news, event and people in Ibadan and Oyo State as a whole. Aminatu Abiodun, 14th Iyalode of Ibadan Victor Adeboyejo, British Championship...

Oyo, the rulers of the Yoruba-speaking kingdoms of Oyo, Egba, Ketu, and Jebu styled each other "brothers" while recognizing the leadership role Oyo plays...

is sometimes translated as "emperor" in the context of ruler of empire. He ruled the old Oyo Empire, which extended from the present-day Benin republic...

legendary Yoruba king from the kingdom of Ile-Ife, and the founder of the Oyo empire. Although he was the youngest of the descendants of Oduduwa, he became...

Prince Dapo Abiodun, A member of the All Progressives Congress, who heads the Executive Council of Ogun State. On Wednesday 29 May 2019, Abiodun was sworn...

the first woman to become "king" of the Oyo in the imperial era, and the first woman since the pre-imperial ruler Yeyeori. Orompoto assumed the throne because...

Shango is a royal ancestor of the Yoruba as he was the third Alaafin of the Oyo Kingdom prior to his posthumous deification. Shango has numerous manifestations...

founded New Oyo. Atiba's father, his great-great-grandfather, was Alaafin Abiodun, and is a direct descendant of Oranmiyan, the founder of the Oyo Empire....

of Africans in the New World. Henry Drewal, John Pemberton and Rowland Abiodun propose the following stages in the development of art in Ife: Archaic...

of Oyo was a Yoruba emperor of the Oyo state, in present-day Nigeria. He was said to have been the fourth Alaafin (traditional ruler) or old Oyo. Aganju...

Mosunmola Abudu (b. 1964), Nigerian media mogul and philanthropist Oluremi Oyo (1952-2014), Nigerian veteran journalist Omoyele Sowore (b. 1971), Nigerian...

described as Shango's brother. Both Shango and Aganju were, at one time, rulers of the Oyo empire who became deified. In the Yoruba areas of Nigeria and Benin...

fiftieth traditional ruler or Ooni of Ife from 1980 to his death in 2015, taking the regnal name Olubuse II. He was the traditional ruler of the Yoruba Kingdom...

built in Ọyọ-Ile in AD 1550 although, there were no Yoruba Muslims, the mosque only served the spiritual needs of foreign Muslims living in Ọyọ. Progressively...

Oyetunde II, 1972–1976. She became Iyalode in July 2019, succeeding Aminatu Abiodun. Following the death of Oba Saliu Adetunji, the 41st Olubadan of Ibadan...

authority vested in Yoruba rulers. Referred to as an Adé, the bead-embroidered crown is the foremost attribute of the ruler and the greatest mark of honour...

Ajaka was an Oyo emperor who was twice on the throne. His father was Oranyan or Oranmiyan and his brother, according to the historian Samuel Johnson,...

State for 73 km, to the south by Ogun State for 84 km and to the west by Oyo State, mostly across the River Osun. Named for the River Osun—a vital river...

Yoruba and a master's degree in English Literature (1988). He lectured at the Oyo State College of Arts and Science in Ile-Ife, between 1982 and 1983 while...

the promised land) is the Iwo kingdom. The city was formerly part of old Oyo state and was later separated and became one of the major townships in Osun...

Bunuland. This group of people were eventually met on ground when migrants from Oyo - Ile or Ile - Ife wandered into Okunland. thus, the peopling of Okunland...

Daud. "Gov Abiodun re-elected in Ogun". The Punch. Retrieved 22 March 2023. Akinlotan, Olasunkanmi. "It's Official: APC's Dapo Abiodun wins Ogun governorship...

Ishaga, Imasayi, Ibooro, and Ketu. Other groups found include Eguns (Ogu), Oyos, Ijebus, and Egbas as well as non-Yoruba elements, particularly the Hausa...