The burial of late Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, has been fixed for this Saturday, February 12, 2022. This was announced by the Oyo State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Wasiu Olatunbosun. The Commissioner told reporters at the Governor’s Office in Ibadan that Governor Seyi Makinde had assured that the state government would give the…
All is not well in the search for a new Olubadan of Ibadan-Land in Oyo State. This follows the death of Oba Saliu Adetunji, who died last Sunday at the age of ninety-three. One of the leading candidates for the vacant stool of Olubadan is Lekan Balogun, but he is being challenged. A former Attorney-General of Oyo…
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has expressed shock at the death of the Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Adetunji, describing him as a true definition of royalty. Makinde, stated that the death of the royal icon, who he described as a great leader of his people and an exemplary royal father, was painful despite his old…
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji has died at the age of ninety-three. The monarch reportedly passed away in the early hours of today at the University College Hospital in Ibadan, Oyo state. Oba Adetunji was crowned the forty first Olubadan of Ibadan following his coronation on March 4th, 2016. Oba Adetunji was the Balogun of…