Olubadan of Ibadan LAND

As Muslims across the globe commence this year's Ramadan fast, the Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Lekan Balogun, has called on Nigerians to use the 30-day Islamic injunction to pray for new governments to be formed in about two months' time,…

A traditional ruler in South-West Nigeria, the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Lekan Balogun, has charged the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) with peaceful conduct of elections ahead of the general polls in 2023. The Olubadan of…

The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, has urged Nigerians to lay less emphasis on religion and tribe but focus on the programmes of the political parties which would engender unity, growth, and development of the country. The…

Former Kano State governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has visited the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun over his (Kwankwaso's) presidential ambition. Kwankwanso, a presidential aspirant on the platform of the New Nigerian National Party…

On Tuesday, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State said the Ibadan traditional institution must revert to its original concept in response to the controversies trailing the succession plan to the Olubadan throne. Noting that there would no…

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has stressed the need for synergy among the People's Democratic Party (PDP)'s key stakeholders across geo-political zones in the country. He affirms that it will produce a candidate that Nigerians can…

A former governor of Oyo State and Osi Olubadan of Ibadanland, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, has described the controversy trailing the succession to the throne of Olubadan as needless. On Thursday, the former governor spoke at his Bodija,…

Ten out of the eleven-member Olubadan-in-Council have endorsed and approved the nomination of Dr Lekan Balogun as the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oyo State.The Council also denied insinuations of a legal tussle on the succession to…

On Tuesday, hundreds of Ibadan indigenes and residents gathered at the Popoyemoja Palace of the late Oba Saliu Adetunji for the third-day prayers held for the repose of the soul of the late Olubadan. The prayers started around 9 am…

The leadership of the Action Democratic Party, ADP, has paid its condolence to the Ibadan Council of Chiefs and the Oyo State Council of Obas over the demise of Oba Saliu Adetunji, the Olubadan who is known as Lord of Ibadan in Oyo State…