osun state

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF IKIRUN, A TOWN IN OSUN STATE. Ikirun is situated in the north-eastern part of Osun state of Nigeria in Osun northeast division Ikirun is located within latitude 7 degree 50 feet north of Equator and longitude 4 degree 40 feet east of Greenwich meridian. The town is...

BRIEF HISTORY OF IWO LAND IN OSUN STATE Iwo is one of the ancient towns in Yorubaland. Its early history like the history of most Yoruba kingdoms, started at Ile-Ife early in the 11th century. Tradition relate that Adekola Telu, son of the sixteenth Ooni of Ife, Queen Luwo Gbagida, who migrated...

A BRIEF HISTORY OF MODAKEKE TOWN IN OSUN STATE One such story is the common Ife and Modakeke war of 1835–2000, which according to history was one of the longest intra-ethnic wars in Yorubaland. According to legend, Ifes and Modakekes are the sons and daughters of the same parents. Their...

Men of the Osun state police command have arrested a 35-year-old fake lawyer, Muhammed Aliyu Agbaje. Parading the suspect before newsmen, the state Commissioner of Police, CP Olawale Olokode, said on August 4, one Muhammed Aliyu Agbaje appeared at the CP’s Surveillance station, Obelawo...