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The Oluwo of Iwo land, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, was denied entry to the VIP area of the Eagle Square, venue of the Democracy Day celebration in Abuja on Wednesday. Plain-clothed security men positioned at the VIP entrance at the venue accused the first class monarch of possessing someone else’s invitation…
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By David Abiola Succour would soon be provided to the victims of a rainstorm in Iwo as Hackman Microfinance Bank in collaboration with the Oluwo of Iwoland, HIM Oba (Dr.) Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi is making necessary efforts to assist victims of the last month’s rainstorm that destroyed buildings in Iwo,…
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By David Abiola In continuation of efforts geared towards empowering resourceful minds, the Oluwo of Iwoland, HRM Oba (Dr.) Abdul Rasheed Adewale Akanbi has concluded all plans to launch a football club, named Telu Football Club. Oluwo who disclosed this at his palace earlier today noted that the initiative behind…
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Oluwo of Iwoland in Osun State, Oba Adbulrasheed Akanbi, has called on the Federal Government to make provision for security votes for the traditional institution to help fight insecurity in the country. Akanbi, who spoke to journalists in Osogbo yesterday, said the traditional rulers were closer to the grassroots and…
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As the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdul-Rasheed Adewale Akanbi, Telu I, called for urgent reform of Yoruba traditional system, he charged the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II and the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, not to be silent on the lingering disunity among Yoruba traditional institution…
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Attempts to thwart the hearing of the suits filed by Chief Abiola Ogundokun against Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, suffered a setback as an Osun State High Court of Justice sitting in Osogbo asserted its jurisdiction over the matter. Oba Akanbi and Chief Ogundokun Justice A. O. Ayoola…
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Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyetola at the weekend visited Iwo in continuation of his “thank you” tour of the state’s nine Federal constituencies. The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdul-Rasheed Adewale Akanbi, Telu I, urged the people to pay their taxes promptly to generate funds for the development of the state….
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The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdul-Rasheed Adewale Akanbi, Telu II, will today Sunday commission two public schools in Iwo. The Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, members of his cabinet and supporters of the All Progressives Congress in the state will join the Oluwo to commission the Methodist Middle School, Araromi,…
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The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, says he will on Thursday donate medical equipment valued at N1.5bn to some selected public hospitals in Osun State. In a statement by his Press Secretary, Mr. Alli Ibraheem, the monarch said the donation was to complement government’s commitment to quality health delivery…
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Muslims on Saturday held a solidarity rally for the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdul-Rasheed Adewale Akanbi, over his purported adoption of Emir title. Leading the rally, the National President/Founder of Jamaatul Ta’awun Muslim Organization of Nigeria, Sheik Daood Imran Molaasan, said the “outburst of the misinformed people against the Oluwo…
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