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Ladoja’s Vision for Ibadan: A Call for Urban Renewal

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Oba Rashidi Ladoja, the Olubadan-designate, has fervently urged Ibadan’s Mogajis (compound heads) and community leaders to actively participate in reviving the city’s traditional neighborhoods. Hundreds of Mogajis paid him a courtesy call at his home on Ondo Street in Bodija, Ibadan, to congratulate him on becoming the next Olubadan. Oba Ladoja asked leaders to improve the living conditions and dignity of the ruins of old family homes. Despite being wealthy, he voiced concern that many Mogajis have left their ancestral compounds for wealthy neighborhoods like Bodija, Oluyole, Iyaganku, Jericho, and…

Ibadan: I lost ten shops, millions of naira goods to Alesinloye market inferno

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A middle-aged woman simply identified as Alhaja Balikis has expressed her sorrow over the loss of ten shops and goods worth millions of naira due to a fire that engulfed over 70 shops at the popular Alesinloye market in the Southwest local government area on Wednesday. The incident occurred around midnight on Tuesday, leaving all the traders in the market devastated as they continue to assess their losses. Balikis, who has accepted her fate, explained that the fire started in two shops directly facing the State Fire Service at Alesinloye…

Olubadan Of Ibadanland, Oba Mohood Balogun Is Dead

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Olubadan Of Ibadanland, Oba Mohood Balogun Is Dead The 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Dr. Mohood Balogun, CFR, Alli Okunmade II, has died. Reports revealed that the Yoruba monarch passed away peacefully at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, after a brief illness, just 72 hours after celebrating his second year on the throne at Age 81, the late monarch was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday morning after experiencing a slight malaria fever. The announcement of his passing was made by his younger brother, Dr. Sen.…