Day: July 2, 2022

Call Them Yewa Or Egbado, This Is Their History

ADEOLA YUSUF

Tsetse fly magic: What their forebears have that made them the darling of the then Alaafin of 18th century. How they achieved independence after the fall of Oyo Kingdom.   The Egbado, according to historians Akinjogbin, Morton-Williams and Smith, appear to have migrated – possibly from the Ketu, Ile-Ife, or Oyo – to their current area early in the 18th century. Egbado towns, most importantly Ilaro, Ayetoro, Afon, Imeko, Ipokia and Igbogila, were established in the 18th century to take advantage of the slave trade routes from the inland Oyo…

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Alaafin’s Senior Wife, Kafayat, Dies 69 Days after Monarch’s Death

Abibat Babalola

How she died in the United States, Palace confirms Olori Kafayat’s death Barely 69 days after the death of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, one of his wives, Olori Kafayat, has also died. It was gathered that Olori Kafayat, who was the mother of Prince Adebayo Adeyemi, popularly known as D’Guv, died on Friday night. READ ALSO: Oranmiyan, Sango to Adeyemi III: List of 44 Alaafin in Yoruba History Kuburat Elegbede Cash Madam, Tale of Mathematician They Call Socialite Again, Nollywood Chacha Eke Announces Split with Producer Husband…

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Kuburat Elegbede Cash Madam, Tale of Mathematician They Call Socialite

Eyiowuawi Toluwalase

The best tributes you may read about 89 Year-old Nigerian socialite and business Tycoon blessed with all multiplication, division, substraction and addition tables for money in her memory   Yegede won o ge ooo x2 Ese tepe won ge lafi n rin yi o Yegede won o ge o eee Adebisi ni o je o Yegede won o ge o eee Olohun doju ti won o Yegede won o ge o eee… That was an extract from the most popular Sakara album of all times: Yusufu Olatunji’s Volume 17; titled,…

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NCDMB Partnering Shell, ExxonMobil, NAOC in Oil, Gas Parks – Wabote

ADEOLA YUSUF

Major international operating oil and gas companies, notably Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and Exxon Mobil Nigeria, and the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) have made significant investments in support of the ongoing development of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Parks Scheme (NOGaPS), the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr Simbi Kesiye Wabote has revealed. He stated this recently at the Nigerian Content Sensitization Programme for Law Enforcement Agencies, organised by the NCDMB in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State with a view to strengthening the existing collaboration with…

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Paul of P-Square Sleeps With Maid, Wife Seeks Divorce In Court

Abibat Babalola

P-square Paul Okoye, also known as Rude Boy, is facing a divorce suit by his estranged wife, Anita Okoye. Ms Okoye has accused the popular singer of extramarital affairs. According to the documents presented in court, Ms Okoye’s lawyer cited an instance of catching the artiste having an illicit affair with their maid. “That I know as a fact that the respondent on 11 June 2020, threw the petitioner’s sister and I out of the house after we discovered that he had started an Illicit affair with one of the…

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