Browsing: Olubadan

The Otun Balogun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Abimbola Ajibola, on Tuesday, declared that the Olubadan-designate, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, is still ill and not physically fit to rule at the moment. The PUNCH reports that the Olubadan stool became vacant after the demise of the late Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, who reigned for two […]

The Senate on Wednesday resolved to name one of its committee rooms after the late Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun. Oba Balogun, aged 81, died on Thursday, March 14, 2024, at the University College Hospital Ibadan two years after ascending the throne on March 11, 2022. The Senate’s resolution on the immortalisation of the […]

A group of Yoruba traditional rulers under the aegis of the Yoruba Obas Forum, on Monday, condoled with the government of Oyo State and indigenes of Ibadan on the demise of Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Olalekan Balogun. Oba Balogun, who ascended the throne on March 11, 2022, died last Thursday aged 81 and was laid […]

The Peoples Democratic Party has called on the Federal Government to immortalise the late Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Lekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade II, for his contributions to national development. Balogun died on Thursday at the age of 81 at the University College, Ibadan. (https://punchng.com/breaking-olubadan-lekan-balogun-dies-at-81/) The late Olubadan reigned for two years, having been presented the […]

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, said on Friday that the late Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun (Alli Okunmade II), was a highly intelligent king and a likeable person. He made this known at the late king's Alli Iwo compound in Ibadan, the state capital, following the burial prayer for the deceased. Makinde, in a statement by his […]

Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, stated on Friday that the achievements of the late Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, in Nigeria’s politics and the development of Ibadan will have a lasting impact. Oba Balogun, who reigned for two years, passed away on Thursday at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, after […]

The body of the former Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade II, was buried at his Aliiwo ancestral home at around 4.30pm on Friday. PUNCH Online reports that the late king, who ruled for two years, died at the age of 81 on Thursday at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, after a […]

President Bola Tinubu has expressed his condolences over the death of Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade II. Balogun died on Thursday at the age of 81. The late Olubadan reigned for two years, after receiving the Staff of Office from Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on March 11, 2022. Tinubu, […]

A member of the National Assembly, Senator Sharafadeen Alli, on Friday, expressed profound shock and sorrow over the demise of the revered Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun. The PUNCH reports that the late monarch, who reigned for two years, joined his ancestors at the age of 81 late Thursday evening at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, after a brief illness.

The Balogun of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, will be crowned as the next Olubadan of Ibadanland subject to the approval of the state governor, Seyi Makinde. He will be crowned following the demise of the 42nd Olubadan, Oba Lekan Balogun, on Thursday. He is the next in line to the late Olubadan. Confirming the death […]