Tag Archives: People & Culture

  “It is difficult to rear and bring up a surrogate child at the advanced age of 44. You cannot have everything in life. Your client preferred to remain single. We are also concerned about society and the institution of marriage. We are not like the West, where many children do not know about their mothers and fathers. We do ...

  “The theme of the festival should be reasserted to project the founding vision of its progenitors. Osun Osogbo is a celebration of VIRTUE, PURITY and CULTURE, let it remain so. Let’s rejig the festival to make it more attractive to local tourists and the international community” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | SEPTEMBER 29, 2023 After a 30 years hiatus (the ...

  “The first-class monarch frowned on the petitioners’ action, recalling that in a meeting he had with them sometimes in the past, he had directed them to follow due process by presenting themselves to the Oba Yoruba of Kano State whose responsibility it is to install them as Baales after which he would lead them to his palace for royal ...

  When trouble erupted in lle-lfe, all the children of Oduduwa fled in different directions of Yorubaland. Ogborogondo, then decided to look for his mother’s father Olu-lwa, who was then the Oba of ljebuland. The ljebus, a major ethnic group occupying almost half of Ogun State, are not descendants of Oduduwa, according to the Oba Sikiru Adetona Awujale of Ijebuland. ...

  Usman Dan Fodio who masqueraded as an Islamic teacher had issues with the leadership in Gobir, the reason he adduced being that a corrupt form of Islam was being practiced and he raised a band of followers that succeeded in violently overthrowing the leadership in Gobir under the guise of purifying Islam. Author: Col. Dauda Gora (Rtd) Nigerians, 50 ...

  The leopard is and will remain, the king of the jungle in Afemailand and Edo, despite the fact that its prowess, reverence and honour have almost been forgotten due to mistranslations and misapplication of its name by Afemai people. By Prince Muhammad Fawaz In Auchi kingdom and most other Afemai counterparts, the name “ekpe” which is leopard is often ...