In Yorùbá, Orí literally translates to mean “head”, however, the spiritual significance of the word is far deeper. Orí is human consciousness. It is our direct connection to Olódùmarè, the Supreme Force.

SHARE THIS POST:Fellow Nigerians, I had cause to visit Yakooyo, a very small town in the State of Osun days ago. I had not been here I’m sure in over two decades. As tiny as Yakooyo is, this rural settlement boasts of one of the most famous military icons in Nigeria, Lt. General Alani Ipoola ...

Oyotunji African Village is a village located near Sheldon, Beaufort County, South Carolina that was founded by Oba Efuntola Oseijeman Adelabu Adefunmi I in 1970. Oyotunji village is named after the Oyo empire, a pre-colonial Yoruba kingdom lasting from the 1300s until the early 1800s in what is now southwestern Nigeria. The name literally means ...

Late Alhaji Safiriyu Tiamiyu's quality item, S.T Soap, immediately turned into an easily recognized name during the 80s into the 90s, due to its potency, packaging, and rhythmic advert jingle which practically turned into a public hymn, particularly in the South West, which obviously was responsible for the fame and excessive demand in the market ...

SHARE THIS POST:WHO DESERVES THE HONOUR TO BE CALLED A KING? – ÌRẸTẸ̀ IFÁTỌ́BA   Ọ̀rúnmìlà said he is a king I admitted, he is worthy to be king Bara-mi-Àgbọnìrègún He asked, who deserves the honour To be called a king I said Alárá-mọkọ Who is as clever as the falcon One who fashioned thirty ...

This is of course applies to any country president. The point is that there is power in having friends in high places, the purpose is not to encourage any corrupt practices. The idea being promoted is for collateral purposes. Knowing a king

SHARE THIS POST:ILE-IFE, LAND OF THE MOST ANCIENT DAYS: OLOJO FESTIVAL 2020. The archeological existence of Ile Ife was dated as far back as the creation of the Earth. In the beginning, Olodumare created the Earth with the emergence of light and the light struck from the epicentre of the world which is believed to ...

The fall of Adegun at the Kanla war left the kingship of Ikoyi vacant. There were two aspirants to the title; Siyenbola, the son of the late Adegun, and Ojo, the son of Adegun's predecessor. The majority of the people was for Siyenbola, and Ojo's partisans were but few. Ojo, however, went to Oyo to ...

The combined forces encamped at a place called Pamo. The conflict was very fierce, and Ikoyi, hemmed in on all sides, was nearly taken, when Asegbe the Olofa's Ilari, who was then with his master, a refugee at Ikoyi, saved the city by wise and judicious measures.

SHARE THIS POST:THE THIRD ATTEMPT TO EXPEL THE FULANIS AND RECOVER ILORIN: THE KANLA WAR Get started by reading: THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO RECOVER ILORIN FROM THE FULANIS: THE BATTLE OF OGELE And: THE SECOND ATTEMPT TO EXPEL THE FULANIS AND RECOVER ILORIN: THE MUGBAMUGBA WAR Amodo was ill at ease under the yoke of the Fulani ...