Events

First Year Remembrance: Family Plans Classy Ceremony For Late Oba Okunade Sijuwade

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8 years ago

July 27, 2016

The 50th Ooni of Ife, Late Oba Okunade Sijuwade, Olubuse II”s first year rememberance has been fixed to hold this week. The two-day event will kick off tomorrow thursday, 28 July, 2016, with a Thanksgiving Service at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Ayegbaju, Ile-Ife. This will then be followed by a grand reception at the Castle of Mercy, Ede Road, Ile-Ife.

The following day, Friday. 29 July, a Colloquium, titled, “The Life and Times of Oba Okunade Sijuwade, Olubuse II, The 50th Ooni of Ife, will be hosted by The Institute of Cultural Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, at Oduduwa Hall, OAU. Another reception will follow at Motel Royal, KM 4, Ede Road, Ile-Ife.

It will be recalled that Oba Sijuwade joined his ancestors, last year on the evening of that fateful Tuesday, July 28, 2015, at around 7pm. He was aged 85.

The Oba passed on at Saint Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London, United Kingdom (U.K), where he was being treated, after he was flown out of the country.

Entertainment

40yr-old Joel Oyatoye Emerges as The New Oloro of Oro Kingdom.

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2 months ago

October 26, 2024

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His Royal Highness, Oba Joel Oyatoye, born on January 27, 1984, to the family of Late Prince Titus Oyatoye Titiloye of the Olufayo Ruling House of Aafin-Oro, Irepodun Local Government Area, Kwara State.

The Governor of Kwara State, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (CON) has approved the appointment of His Royal Highness Oba Joel Olaniyi Oyatoye Titiloye as the new Oloro of Oro.
The new monarch is a 2nd Class Monarch in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.

According to a statement issued by the Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Community Development, Hon. Abdullahi Abubakar Bata, the presentation of Staff of Office to come up Sunday, 27th October, 2024.
His Royal Highness, Oba Joel Olaniyi Oyatoye Titiloye is a renowned Cultural Ambassador and Business Consultant.

Celebrities

Is Love Without Billing Possible In Southern Nigeria? —Reno Omokri

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10 months ago

March 4, 2024

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I can understand why Moses Bliss married a Ghanaian. I have been to Ghana, and their women tend to be easier to relate with than many Southern Nigerian women. In fact, is love without billing still possible in Southern Nigeria? In our part of the world, ‘He is loving’ means ‘He is spending’. When you tell many Southern Nigerian girls, ‘I love you’, they hear, ‘You owe me’. Especially those with Industrial Money Obtainer culture. If you marry the Industrial Money Obtainers, I pity you. The billing will become industrial. You will look after her and her entire family. No capping. And better not expect gratitude. In their eyes, you are doing your duty.

If Nigeria had visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to more countries, there would be an epidemic of unmarried women in Nigeria. Because when Southern Nigerian men travel within Africa and outside Africa and encounter beautiful women who are not money conscious, they quickly lose their appetite for Nigerian women. Already, Nigerian men are considered a catch by South African and Kenyan women.

We urgently need a cultural reorientation amongst our women. Especially in Southern Nigeria. The monetisation of relationships in Southern Nigeria is just too suffocating. I am well-traveled, and I am yet to see the level of commercialisation of romance I have seen in Southern Nigeria. I call it as I see it!