Johnson Okùnadé 
Professor N.D Oyerinde was the first Ògbómòsó man to be educated and rose to become the first professor in Nigeria, perhaps also among the earliest educationalists in Black Africa to have a Ph.D and become a professor.
Generically, the Yoruba refer to alcoholic beverages as “Oti” long before we were colonized. Our indigenous alcoholic beverages (Oti) has become roadside drink; tagged illicit. We could have upgrade it to compete among well known drinks in the world.
Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola,GCFR (24 August 1937 – 7 July 1998) was a Nigerian Yoruba businessman, publisher, politician and aristocrat of the Yoruba Egba clan, he was the Aare Ona Kankafo of the Yoruba land. MKO Abiola ran for the presidency in 1993, for which the election results were annulled by the preceding military president Ibrahim Babangida because of allegations that they were corrupt and unfair.
Abiola was awarded the GCFR posthumously on 6 June 2018 by President Muhammadu Buhari and Nigeria’s democracy day was changed to June 12.
Although Africa is regarded as the poorest continent in the world, yet we can’t but identify numerous business magnates and self-made richest billionaires who rose against all odds and imprint their footsteps on sands of time. The list of African richest people below and how they have amassed great wealth in a continent regarded as the poorest in the world arrests the misconception that all Africans are subjected to poverty.
Chief Samuel Ládòkè Akíntọ́lá, otherwise known as SLA was born in Ogbomosho. Samuel Ladoke Akintola was a Nigerian politician, lawyer, aristocrat and the last premier of the Western Region. He was also the 13th Aare Ona Kakanfo (generalissimo) of Yorubaland
On March 18, 1907, Dr. and Mrs George Green arrived Ogbomosho where they started the Ogbomoso Baptist Hospital [Now Bowen University Teaching Hospital (BUTH)]
THE ORIGIN OF YORÙBÁ’S “GUDU GUDU MEJE AT YA YA MEFA” Some Ibadan Chiefs went to a meeting with an Oyinbo District Officer. In the course of the meeting, the Oyinbo man was so happy with what the Ibadan Chiefs had to report via an interpreter and he kept saying good good good good … Read more
biography of His Royal Majesty Alayeluwa Oba Jimoh Oladunni Oyewumi Ajagungbade III JP, CON, is an intruiging one. To be born into royal lineage does not confer automatic kingship status on all princes, princes are born but kings are made through divine intervention. His Royal Majesty Oba Jimoh Oladunni Oyewumi Ajagungbade III JP, CON, Soun of Ogbomosholand was born on May 27, 1926- a month after the birth of another monarch, Queen Elizabeth II of England.
A List of Oba (Kings) Traditional Titles in Yorubaland In Yoruba land, the Oba is an unquestionable monarch. He is not primus inter parels (first among equals), he is revered and widely known as being second only to the gods- “Igbakeji Orisa”. Below is a list of Obas (kings) Traditional titles in Yorubaland ••• ••• ••• … Read more
A RECIPE FOR YAM PANCAKES WRITTEN BY GBEMISOLA AKINLOYE Welcome! You are on your path to discovering how to prepare a mouth-licking, palatable recipe… You can and will prepare a sensational Yam Pancakes conveniently. INGREDIENTS Yam Flour Grounded pepper Egg Oil for greasing DIRECTIONS Peel and grate the yam. Soak for about 20 minutes In … Read more
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