The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has honoured several notable citizens with chieftaincy titles to encourage continued dedication and service to the community. This is contained in a statement on ...

Oba Adefunmi II also spoke about how his father became king. The title was not self-proclaimed, he emphasised, recalling that the people of Oyotunji made his father king in 1972 when they felt the ...

After Oba Adefunmi joined his ancestors on February 11, 2005, one of his princes, Adejuyigbe Adefunmi, was crowned king on July 3, 2005, and Oyotunji kingdom grew in leaps and bounds under his ...

This vision berthed the Oyotunji African Village located in Beaufort County, South Carolina, in 1970. Efuntola Adefunmi the visioner was installed Oba of the “village.” ...

He maintained that the Ooni of Ife had crowned both late monarchs of Oyotunji—Oba Adejuyigbe Adefunmi I and II—and had issued them official recognition after traditional rites in Ile-Ife.

Findings by The PUNCH revealed that the friction may have started earlier in March 2025 during a traditional rite in the Oyotunji African Village in South Carolina, United States. According to ...

Oba Owoade succeeds the 45th Alaafin of Oyo, late Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, who died on April 22, 2022, at the age of 83. The coronation event took place at Oliveth Baptist High School in Oyo town ...

This comes 49 years after her demise. The funeral rites could not be performed until the now-oba, who was Edaiken (Crown Prince), was crowned the Oba of Benin in accordance with Benin Customs and ...

Speaking at a press conference today, OBA leader Jarion Richardson said, “I will be blunt. Multiple non-PLP candidates in any given constituency will ensure the Burt Administration retains its ...

He took over as the village’s ruler in 2005 following the death of his father, Oba Adefunmi I, who founded the Oyotunji African Village in 1973 in hopes of bringing African culture and religion ...