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Exclusive: Failed Coup planned against Tinubu driven by ethnicity

By Omolade Adegbuyi and Ahmed Adio The coup plotters who planned to kill President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and top government…

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The First Visit of Fela Anikulapo Kuti to Great Ife

By Prof Moyo Okediji The University of Ife professors who agreed to share the high table with Fela—on that fateful…

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1966 Coup was an Igbo Agenda

By Adedamola Adetayo Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Sir Ahmadu Bello Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun…

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Marxism and Yoruba Ifa

By Prof Moyo Okediji “Much of what is theorized as Marxism is already in Ifa,” Baba D8 told me. D8—“Dẹ̀jọ̀,”…

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IBADAN IS OYOAlaafin needs Reconciliation instead of war, he needs to repair, before its too late

By Lasisi Olagunju On Monday, 25 March, 1946, Chief I. B. Akinyele, Chief James Ladejo Ogunsola, Messrs D. T. Akinbiyi…

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Ooni, Alaafin and dynamic colour of reality

By Dare Babarinsa Prince Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi and Prince Okunade Sijuwade were good friends in the 1960s and early 70s.…

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A TIME TO PONDER: Strange Things in Yorubaland

by Moses Oludele Idowu I have heard strange things today. Just opening this Platform this morning. I have heard and…

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Is S.L Akintola Heroe or Villain?

By Jamiu Ajiboye Owolabi Yoruba Ronu is a popular phrase that has been passed down to two generations in Yorubaland.…

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99 percent of today’s Lagos State was Western Region

By Seun Ogunseitan Lagos State was never Nigeria’s capital. Lagos State could never have been as it was only created…

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The Age of Empires is here as NIGERIA sleeps on the highway

By Chimazuru Nnadi-OforguDuruebube The world just changed on January seven. America did not simply withdraw from sixty six global bodies…

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