LASU lecturer Adeyinka Bello has sparked intense discussion online after reacting to Davido's Igbo by blood tweet. Her ...

A former General Secretary of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, Senator Femi Okurounmu, has faulted claims made by a former Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, that he ...

Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Owoade has declared that the Itsekiri people are direct descendants of Oduduwa and an integral part of ...

Gasali now resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and continues to share the rich artistic traditions of the Yoruba people through global workshops and exhibitions. We invite you to join us to meet ...

the first king of Ife from whom the Yoruba people are descended. Olokun was furious that her ocean had been encroached upon without her permission--not even a heads up from Obatala-- so she sent ...

He was buried and we dispersed. There was no eating or drinking. I learnt that among the Yoruba people, the death of a young person does not attract a celebratory ceremony. The Yoruba believe that ...

The secessionist group stated this in a statement, signed by its leader Professor Banji Akintoye, arguing that no Islamic provisions mandate Yoruba Muslims to accept Sultan as their leader.

Ghommids is an umbrella term for creatures in Yoruba folklore ... The festival renews the covenant between Ọ̀ṣun and the people of Òṣogbo. The Ọ̀ṣun river, especially near the ...

Gods and heroes is book 1 of the Itan – Legends of the Golden Age Trilogy, which tells the 1,000-year story of Yoruba people with a blend of myth, history and fiction. According to the author ...

The Yoruba are a prominent people group in West Africa, with large populations in Nigeria, Benin, and Togo, and a diaspora around the world. Many Yoruba people practice the Yoruba traditional religion ...

not a president of the Nigerian Yoruba. “Some people may today find this funny, but for us, the distinction was quite important at that time. “However, we thought that Obasanjo could ...