Oyo Herald

Iyake International Festival, Ado Awaye will hold between November 16 and 19 2022. According to a press statement signed by the Chairman, Iyake festival central planning committee, Bola Olalere, the festival, an annual celebration of wonders of Africa's only suspended lake, Iyake,  will hold at the foot of Ado Hills and it's expected to attract dignitaries and tourists from all over the world.  Parts of the activities lined up for the festival includes mountain climbing, traditional dance, festival discuss, bike race and the 5th coronation anniversary of His Royal Majesty, Oba Rev'd Ademola Olugbile Folakanmi Mekunledoye II, the Alado of Ado Awaye.  "Ado Awaye and indeed Africa is blessed to have this natural gift from God and that is why we gather every year, roll out drums and invite tourist enthusts from across the world to come and celebrate with us. Festival tourism is a powerful economic force in contemporary society, it generates employment, foreign exchange, ta...

High Prince Leye Babalola, an High Prince of Oyo Empire, has mourned the death of late Alaafin, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Lamidi Atanda Olayiwola Adeyemi lll. High Prince Babalola in his condolence message release on Saturday expressed rude shock on the sudden transition of the most revered Yoruba monarch while commiserating with the immediate family, Oyo Mesi, subordinated Obas, Baales, fellow illustrious sons and daughters of the entire Yoruba land As contained in the statement, the sudden passage of Iku Baba Yeye has left me jolted of the eternal loss of a precious father, invaluable mentor and staunch supporter who unquestionably believed in my projects. According to him, the late Oba Adeyemi was a passionate royal father and traditional ruler who strongly believed in and assiduously worked for the human and community development as his 52 years reign as Alaafin witnessed unprecedented and countless turnarounds in physical and economic development in Oyo town Baba as a gracious fa...

It was a gathering of who is who in Oyo state APC over the weekend at the residence of Prince Kolawole Asasola has he holds the end of the year party.  From the Senator representing Oyo central senatorial district, Senator Teslim Folarin,  Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Niyi Akintola to party faithfuls from all the 11 local governments in Ibadan,  the Akobo residence of the  senatrial hopeful, Prince Kolawole Asasola was a behevee of activities.  In his welcome address, Prince Asasola thanked the people for associating with him and assured them that, the relationship shall produce a better future for the state.  He advised the people  not to loose hope in the country despite many challenges assuring them that things will be better very shortly.  Prince Kolawole Asasola, son of the late Olubadan Asanike   also used the occasion to commensurate with the people of Ibadan and Oyo State over the passing of His Imperial Majesty, Oba Soliu Adetunji, the Olubadan of Ibadan land who joined the Anc...

The maiden edition of Iyake festival, the celebration of wonders of Ado Awaye Hills, will holds between December 1st and 4th this year.  The four day program is put together by the Ado Awaye Tourism Heritage Development initiative under the leadership of His Royal Majesty, Oba Rev'd Olugbile Folakanmi, the Alado Of Ado Awaye. According to the press statement signed by the Chairman, Central Planning Committee of the festival,  Alhaji Alade  Bello, the program will kick start with a Bike Race from Ibadan to Ado Awaye and a four aside football competition on day one .  The second day tagged " Exploring the wonders of Ado Hills is an Uphill activities at the bank of the only supended lake in Africa and second in the world, Iyake lake.   Third day is a Fitness day,  Festival Discuss, Documentary and Games. There will also be vigil at the foot of Ado Hills where Gelede dancing troops from Ado Awaye  and Ijio will be entertaining people all night. The fourth day which is the grand fi...

My friend Ariyo has four children. It was tough; as would be expected for him to send the kids to school. In a school term, he usually have to cough out a minimum of N500, 000.00 (half amillion naira) because his children attended a 'mid-priced' school. Coughing out such amount every 3 months was killing my friend. He also have to pay house rent. My friend was perpetually in debt. He ran helter-skelter to make available the best he could through savings, goodwill assistance and difficult loans. Often times he was only able to pay a quarter or half of the half a million. His debt burdens mounted every 90 days. By the time he was owing nearly N2M in school fees, he finally came to his senses. He withdrew his first two children from the so-called private school and enrolled them in a public school! He told me in confidence that despite his 'huge' investments, his wards were only 'dragging by' academically as a result of poor quality of teaching, teaching staff and ...

As  Ghanians are planning big for the funeral of their departed leader John Jerry Rawlings a Ghanian Professor, Kwame Addo has written a book about the life and time of the late Hero and the book is expected to hit Nigerian market soon. The book 'CHANGES’ the Dawn of a Revolution, tells the story of Ghana’s June 4th 1979 revolution and the events directly related to it. It reveals an African uprising captured in ‘real time’ (1979) by Kwame Addo, an artist, as the continent continues to rediscover the true essence of its democracy; reminding us of the people’s power and their desire to survive in a free, just and accountable society. This insightful illustrated document is timely and informative after incubating for forty years. The A4 size, 34 pages comic format, cloaked in a captivating semi hard cover is available in English, French and Spanish. Professor Kwame Addo, a Visionary and great personality from Ghana has achieved so much at the international level. Some of his major ac...

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