Category: Oyo State

Olubadan Oba Saliu Adetunji who has joined his ancestors Ladoja’s lawyer says Balogun not qualified Kingmakers to follow traditional guidelines The succession crisis over the Olubadan of Ibadan vacant tool gets messier by the day as Ibadan chiefs are divided while a high ranking chief and former Governor of the state, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, is […]

A former Attorney-General of Oyo State, Michael Lana, has petitioned Governor Seyi Makinde claiming that Otun Olubadan, Chief Lekan Balogun who, traditionally is next in rank to the departed Olubadan Oba Saliu Adetunji, is not qualified to be crowned as the next Olubadan of Ibadan. In the petition to Oyo State Governor, which was dated […]

President Muhammadu Buhari, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde; Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu; and Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, were among dignitaries who on Sunday commiserated with the family of the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, indigenes […]

The University College Hospital, Ibadan has narrated that the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, died at the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital at 01.15 am. The hospital in a statement by its Deputy Director of Information and Public Relations Officer, Toye Akinrinola, said the monarch was referred to UCH from a private hospital […]

Ibadan, the historical political capital of the Yoruba people and the entire South West Region of Nigeria, may get a new royal father, the Olubadan of Ibadan this week, following the death of Oba Saliu Adetunji. The revered first class monarch, who, at 93,  joined his ancestors yesterday after a brief illness, was buried around […]

A mammoth crowd of sympathisers on Sunday thronged the Mapo Hall and Popoyemoja Palace of the late Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji as the earthly body of the first class monarch was buried. While his remains were being taken to Mapo Hall for prayers, scores of residents were seen in groups discussing the demise […]

Following the passage of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji on Sunday, leadership of markets across the state, have directed all markets and shops to remain shut on Monday. The directive, which was issued by the Babaloja-General of Oyo State, Asiwaju Yekini Abass, popularly called “YK Abass,” was said to have been reached at […]

Makinde, speaker, others pay last respect Otun Olubadan, other chiefs absent at burial The earthly body of the late Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, Ogunguniso 1, who joined his ancestor on Sunday, January, 2, at the age of 93, was buried in his Popoyemoja palace, Ibadan, on the same day, according to Islamic rites. […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has extended heartfelt condolences to the government and people of Oyo State, the Royal Family, the Olubadan-in-council and the people of Ibadan on the passing of Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji. The President in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina affirmed “that the late […]

The Arole Oduduwa and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has described the departed Olubadan, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji Ogunguniso 1, as a monarch whose old age did not deter him from working for his subjects’ welfare. Oba Ogunwusi in a condolence message issued by his spokesperson, Moses Olafare following the passing away […]