The royal father revealed that Ghanians had traced their lineage to Aga-Ako in Ile-Ife and that Ethiopians are sons and daughters of Oramiya in Okerewe. Ooni disclosed this on Saturday during the ...

According to Yoruba mythology, it is the garden of Eden for the Yorubas; where civilisation began. It was at Ile-Ife that the gods descended into the earth. This ancient city dates back to 500 B.C and ...

In the story by Yinka Aderibigbe published in The Nation on Sunday, September 25, 2016, in which he featured an interview with Oba (Dr.) Frederick Obateru Akinruntan (CON), Olugbo of Ugboland, ...

The Oluwo of Iwo land, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, has dismissed the claim of Ile-Ife, in present-day Osun State, as the source of the Yoruba race. Oba Akanbi stated this in a video shared on his ...

The Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II, has officially declared Ile-Ife as a tourism zone and called for the support of individuals, groups, government and entire Africans to support him realise ...

Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has tasked indigenes of the ancient town to renew their vow to create the Ile-Ife of their dreams for peace, prosperity and unity of the entire ...

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi has traced the history of the Igbo race to Ile-Ife. While addressing journalists ahead of an International Conference on ‘Ile-Ife and Yoruba Civilization: Nexus ...

THE ancient city of Ile-Ife, Nigeria is known for its culture, traditions and art. The city was founded around 500 BC by the Yoruba people, a kwa speaking group from South-West Nigeria and Benin.

The President of Ghana, Dr. John Mahama, has been honoured with the chieftaincy title of Aare Atayeto Oodua of the Source by the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, in recognition of his efforts in ...

According to the group, rivalries between the Alaafin and the Ooni have long been used as a cover for what they termed a “sinister conspiracy” to weaken Ile-Ife, regarded as the spiritual cradle of ...