Culture

Aside the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)-recognised Osun Festival, which draws a community of tourists from home and diaspora to Osogbo in the month of August, another cultural event,  now attracting congregants […]

Interview of 86 contestants to the throne of the Alaafin of Oyo is scheduled to take off on Monday in the ancient town. A release by Director, Media and Publicity to the Alaafin’s Palace, Mr […]

The age-old Osun Osogbo Festival again drew hundreds of culture enthusiasts to the Osun State capital yesterday, August 12, 2022. The ancient Osun grove, where traditional rites were performed by the Osun devotees led by […]

For a few hours yesterday, the Orita Gbaemu and Oja Oba section of the Station Road in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, played host to a sizeable number of legs and colourful costumes, marking beginning […]

In his exquisite ‘Ojaja Arena’ inside the Ife Grand Resort on Ife-Ibadan expressway, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Eniitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II dispelled what could have been dismissed as a mere computer manipulated image […]

Hours after his installation as the Asipa of Osogbo in the Oja-Oba palace of the Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Oyetunji Olanipekun, that Alhaji Ajadi Adekilekun Badmus was Oba Olanipekun’s choice was as confounding to […]

Still struggling to come to terms with reality of the transition of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi on April 22, 2022, the Aragbiji of Iragbiji, Oba Abdul-Rasheed Ayotunde Olabomi, Odundun IV, has […]

In what has turned his annual festival for youths since he ascended to the throne in 2014, The Elerinmo of Erinmo land, Oba Michael Odunayo Ajayi Arowotawaya (II) hosted in his palace tens of school […]

The Elegun Sango of Oyo, the late Sangodele Atanda Ibuowo passed away in November 2021 at 74 and left Sango devotees in mourning mood. In this interview with TheTabloid.net publisher, cultural Ambassador to the Alaafin […]

Religious clashes have been a recurring decimal allegedly caused by intolerance and domineering tendencies among groups. Many have narrated their tales giving picturesque accounts of their survival, while many did not make it to recapture […]