
I shall be great, be next Alaafin, by Femi Kehinde
In 1968, the powerful Alaafin Bello Gbadegesin Ladigbolu passed on to join his ancestors. He succeeded Alaafin Adeniran Adeyemi II, in 1955. The 30-year-old young Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi, then an Insurance executive, with the Royal Exchange Assurance Limited, gleefully pronounced himself as the succeeding Alaafin in an article in major Nigerian newspapers ably titled: “I …

Alaafin of Oyo Oba Lamidi Adeyemi joins ancestors after over 50 years on reign
Foremost Yoruba monarch, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi has passed on. The monarch who was the third from the Alowolodu ruling house was reported to have died in the late hours of Friday, 22 April, at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State. Oba Adeyemi was 83 years old and the …