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Afonja of Ilorin was the "Are-Ona-Kakanfo", or chief military leader, of the Oyo Empire. Laderin, the great-grandfather of Afonja, was the founder of Ilorin city. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was succeeded by his son, Pasin, a powerful warrior who became a threat and target to, Basorun Gaha , because of his rising profile. [ 1 ]
Defeated Bashorun Gaa with the support of Oyabi, the Aare Ona Kakanfo in 1774. The Egba got their independence during his reign 1789 to 1796: Awole Arogangan, Alaafin: Son of Agboluaje, he installed Afonja of Ilorin as Aare Ona Kakanfo, a distant relative to the Oyo royal family. He was overthrown by Afonja and his army where he committed ...
Afonja took cause with Awole when the latter commanded him to attack Alaafin Abiodun's maternal home, Iwere-Ile. Afonja, being bound by an oath and also desirous not to fall under a curse from a previous Alaafin made to the effect that any Aare Ona Kakanfo who attacked Iwere-Ile (his paternal home) was to die miserably, refused to comply.
Heartbroken family members of the two 14-year-old boys who were killed by a drunk driver in a wrong-way drug-induced crash in Long Island blasted the man responsible for cutting their lives short ...
The Palace of Aare Latoosa in Ibadan. Obadoke Latoosa Oyatoosa (c. 1820s - 1885), but more commonly referred to as Latoosa (or Latosisa), and later Mohammed Obadoke Latoosa, [1] was a Yoruba General, Warlord, and Chief who was the Aare Ona Kakanfo of the Oyo Empire, the ruler of the self proclaimed Ibadan Empire, [2] and the commander and leader of the Western forces of Ibadan during the ...
A proposed class action accusing Microsoft's LinkedIn of violating the privacy of millions of Premium customers by disclosing their private messages to train generative artificial intelligence ...
He promised to install both the Basorun and Are-ona-kakanfo, respectively. [4] [5] After the death of King Oluewu of Oyo in 1835, the Eleduwe War, and the destruction of the old Oyo Empire, it was decided there was a need to install a prince who had the power and wealth to rebuild. [4] The Oyo Mesi sent emissaries to Prince Atobatele. [4]
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