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

The 83-year-old monarch ruled for 52 years, making him the longest reigning Alaafin ever. He reportedly breathed his last at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, the capital of ...

As the curtain falls on the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi 111, Deputy Editor EMMANUEL OLADESU writes on the unique life and times of one Africa’s most powerful and colourful monarchs. Yorubaland ...

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 ...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, on Friday in Abuja celebrated Alaafin Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III as he clocked 83 years, In a statement issued by his ...

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 ...

Ibadan — A major crisis is now brewing in Isale-Oyo quarters of the ancient town of Oyo over the appointment of a new Ashipa as members of his lineage are now sharply divided over whether the Alaafin ...

The battle for cultural and traditional supremacy between the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade, appears to have deepened following the installation of Seyi ...

There are strong indications that the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, may head to court to challenge the emergence of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rasidi Ladoja, as Chairman of the Oyo State ...