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Alaafin Adeyemi III was born Lamidi Olayiwola Atanda Adeyemi on 15 October 1938 [3] into the Alowolodu Royal House, and as a member of the House of Oranmiyan to Alhaji Kareem Adeniran Adeyemi (born 1871–1960), who later became Alaafin in 1945, and Ibironke of Epo-Gingin, who died when he was young.
However, on 10 January 2025, the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, approved the selection of Abimbola Owoade as the successor to the late Oba Lamidi III. [11] [12] [13] On 13 January, the state governor presented a certificate and staff of office to the new traditional ruler. [14] [15] [16] He will be coronated on April 4, 2025. [17] [18]
Oyo, Oyo State, is the seat of the line of the rulers of Oyo.Their territory, a constituent rump state, is located in what is now Nigeria.Since the 1900 political absorption into Southern Nigeria of the kingdom that it once served as a metropolitan center, the traditional monarchy has been either a tool of British indirect rule or a legally recognised traditional polity within the republic of ...
The man's cause of death was determined Wednesday to be compression of the neck, or a chokehold, according to Julie Bolcer, spokesperson for the New York City medical examiner's office.
He also released many live albums after his death. The non-album single "Love Will Tear Us Apart" was released in June 1980, a month after the suicide of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis on May 18 of that year. Its music video was also released. The remaining members of Joy Division later went on to form New Order.
Chief Lamidi Ariyibi Akanji Adedibu (// ⓘ; 24 October 1927 – 11 June 2008) was an aristocratic power broker in Oyo State, Nigeria. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo described him as the "father of the PDP". [1] Adedibu was born on 24 October 1927 at Oja-Oba, Ibadan, a member of the Olupoyi chieftaincy ruling house. [2]
Ọ̀rànmíyàn, also known as Ọranyan, was a legendary Yoruba king from the kingdom of Ile-Ife, and the founder of the Benin Kingdom and the Oyo Empire. [1] Although he was the youngest of the descendants of Oduduwa, he became the prime heir of Oduduwa upon his return to claim his grandfather's throne.
K1 De Ultimate (born Wasiu Omogbolahan Olasunkanmi Adewale Ayinde Marshal, 3 March 1957), is a Nigerian Fuji musician. He popularized a brand of the fuji genre based on the work of the fuji creator Ayinde Barrister known as Talazo fuji that appeals to all age groups, irrespective of tribe and background.