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IjebuRewa CEO Hosts Radio Personality OmoAkin, Pledges Support for Community Initiatives
The Chief Executive Officer of IjebuRewa, Ambassador Sijuade Olalekan, on Thursday received popular radio personality OmoAkin and members of his team during a courtesy visit to the organisation’s office, where both parties discussed collaboration and community-focused initiatives. The meeting centred on ideas aimed at promoting development within Ijebuland, with OmoAkin presenting a number of proposed […]
Why Ijebu Needs Remo, and Remo Needs Ijebu, to Build a Viable State
The renewed campaign for the creation of Ijebu State has once again placed an old aspiration at the centre of public conversation. For generations, political leaders, traditional institutions and community stakeholders across Ijebuland have argued that the region possesses the history, identity, population and economic potential required to stand as a state within the Nigerian […]
YESIR Foundation Rewards Ogun East’s Top Four Public School Students with ₦2 Million for Outstanding 2026 UTME Performance
Four exceptional public school students from Ogun East Senatorial District have been rewarded with a total of ₦2 million by the YESIR Foundation in recognition of their outstanding performances in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The presentation, held in July 2026 as part of the Foundation’s 3rd Academic Excellence Award for Exceptional Talents, […]
One Year Without Awujale: Remembering Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona and the End of a Defining Era in Ijebuland
One year ago today, Ijebuland stood still. The ancient kingdom bid farewell to one of its most influential monarchs as His Royal Majesty, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, GCON, the Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, was laid to rest in Ijebu Ode. His passing marked the end of an extraordinary reign that shaped not only […]
Ojúde Ọba 2026: How a Festival of Memory Became a Global Cultural Moment
Ojúde Ọba had always been a celebration held in honour of the Awujale, but in 2026, the man whose reign had defined the festival’s modern identity was no longer physically present, that absence should become the emotional centre of the story. There was colour everywhere, but beneath the colour was memory. The horse-riders still entered […]