By: Odewole Funmilayo DorcasTHE ancient city of Ile-Ife, Nigeria is known for its culture, traditions and art. The city was founded around 500 BC by the Yoruba people, a kwa speaking group from ...

A Lagos-based cleric, Pastor Bolaji Idowu recently trended on social media platform X, formerly TwitterThis comes after Pastor Bolaji, in a viral video from his ministration, made comments about the ...

Many Yoruba people voted for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, former President Atiku Abubakar or the Labour Party candidate, Mr Peter Obi, during the 2023 general election. This ...

Osun politics is a micro battleground for 2027 elections. Osun is a war space for Yoruba agenda. It is a war between ...

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The national leader of the Yoruba Self-Determination Movement, Prof Banji Akintoye has stated that suspected Fulani bandits killed no fewer than 29,000 Yoruba people and continue to rape women and ...

The five kings who ruled Nigeria for decades were royal fathers who stood out for their extraordinary longevity on the ...

My dear OMO KAARO OJIRE, I address you today with a heavy heart, but also with an unwavering hope for our future. As a son of ...

In Yoruba culture, tribal marks are inscribed on the body by burning or cutting the skin during infancy. The marks may be etched on the arm, chest, or stomach, but they are usually on the face.

And because some 90 percent of Yoruba people today are either Christian or Muslim, the traditional religion of Yorubaland doesn’t have precisely the same significance as it did in the past.