Here are some interesting facts about the late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi. Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi (Premium Times) In case you're living under a rock, let's inform you that top ...

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has passed away. He ‘joined his ancestors’ at the age of 83, after almost 52 years on the throne – and as the longest-reigning Alaafin of all-time. According to ...

He reportedly breathed his last at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State in South-West Nigeria. Palace sources told the newspaper that the remains of the ...

We thank God that it was during my tenure with the government, with the late Alaafin, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, that I became a crowned monarch, about five years ago. We have every cause to celebrate and ...

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi has called for unity and oneness among the Yoruba speaking people of the country, saying only through that can the desired development of Emir of Kano, Muhammadu ...

The Alafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, joined his ancestors on Friday night, bringing an end to his 52-year-old illustrious reign on the throne. Aged 83, Oba Adeyemi, who died at the Afe Babalola ...

The Oyo Kingdom may have drawn some lessons from the Awujale’s ascension to the throne. They, too, like the Ijebus, chose a young and educated man, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, as king in 1970. Behind the ...

THE Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi, National Leader of Afenifere (Egbe Ilosiwaju Yoruba) Senator Ayo Fasanmi and Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives Idris Wase have congratulated ...