Abdulsalam, the son of Shehu Alimi, became the first Fulani ruler of Ilorin following the Fulani Jamma’s assassination of Are-Ona-Kakanfo Afonja and their subsequent takeover of the city. This demonstrated that the Yorubas had completely ceded control of Ilorin, a Yoruba town, to the Fulanis because Abdulsalam ruled under the title of Emir rather than…
In Nigeria, the burial ground of the biblical and mythical Queen of Sheba, which the Yoruba call Bilikisu Sungbo, is now a place of worship and tourism. Every year, millions of people from all over the world come to the Oke-Eri, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Nigeria, grave-turned-shrine to unravel the mystery surrounding Bilikisu Sungbo. It was…
The Anglo-African came in second place among Nigeria’s twelve major newspapers, following Iwe Irohin. On June 6, 1863, printer and entrepreneur Robert Campbell established Anglo-African. The newspaper was the first of its kind in Lagos and was published in English. Robert Campbell was a businessman from Jamaica who had moved his family to Lagos. One…
Oba (Dr.) James Adedapo Popoola, JP, CON, Odundun I Adimula, a first-class traditional ruler who previously served as Chairman of the Ekiti State Traditional Council of Obas and Chiefs, is the current Oore of Mobaland. He is an economist and a Chartered Accountant. He spent about 20 years working for the Central Bank of Nigeria,…