On March 18, 1907, Dr. and Mrs George Green arrived Ogbomosho where they started the Ogbomoso Baptist Hospital [Now Bowen University Teaching Hospital (BUTH)]

SHARE THIS POST:THE ORIGIN OF YORÙBÁ’S “GUDU GUDU MEJE AT YA YA MEFA”   Some Ibadan Chiefs went to a meeting with an Oyinbo District Officer. In the course of the meeting, the Oyinbo man was so happy with what the Ibadan Chiefs had to report via an interpreter and he kept saying good good ...

His Royal Majesty Oba Jimoh Oladunni Oyewumi Ajagungbade III JP,CON, Soun of ogbomosoland was born on May 27, 1926- a month after the birth of another monarch, Queen Elizabeth II of England.

On December 23, 1985, the Vatsa family had just concluded plans to travel to Calabar because, usually, they spent the yuletide in the Cross River State capital, (Sufiya is Efik), the Id-el-Fitri in Minna, Niger State (Vatsa is Nupe) and the Id-el Kabir in Kaduna.

SHARE THIS POST: Oba Samuel Afolabi, the onilua of ilua was said to have passed on in the early hours of Saturday, 23rd of May, 2020 after a brief illness, related to old age. Here are 9 things you should know about Oba Samuel Afolabi, the late Onilua of Ilua who lived 141 years: Oba Samuel Afolabi, ...

SHARE THIS POST:  Did you know that the concept of Yoruba Nollywood movies showing that Babalawo foresee through walls, clothes or even pot is wrong? Read through to know the truth. It is rare to watch Yoruba movies especially village movies and not see a Babalawo. Ifa is an integral part of Yoruba culture, hence ...

SHARE THIS POST:Even in the colonial time, Ogbomoso was fully represented in the struggle for emancipation. Only a few people know the fact that an Ogbomoso man, Nathaniel David [ND] Oyerinde was the first Nigerian professor. By 1904, he was a teacher at the Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary [NBTS], Ogbomoso, also, he later found himself ...

But Afonja perceived his error when it was too late. Haughty and passionate, his very egotism and trust in his Fulani friends was the cause of his fall. Fortune had carried him to such a high pitch of glory, he thought his fall was impossible; besides, he had unlimited confidence in Alimi and the Jamas, and ...

In order to strengthen his hands in the enterprise he was about to undertake, he invited a Fulani Moslem Priest named Alimi to Ilorin to act as his priest.

None of Alaafin Abiodun's numerous children succeeded him on the throne. Aole, a tall and handsome. Prince, a cousin of the late King was elected in his stead. But unfortunately, Alaafin Aole Arogangan's reign was a very unhappy one; it marked the commencement of the decline of the empire until it terminated in the tragic ...