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and total collapse. In 1754, Gaha was named the Basorun of Oyo. He was a descendant of the famous Basorun Yau Yamba. He was well-loved by his people because...

leadership of the existing city led by Iba Oluyole, a descendant of Basorun Yamba and Basorun Gaa, which became today's Ibadan.Oke Badan Festival and Ose Meji...

mild mannered to a warlike emperor, and was similar to his brother. The Basorun or prime minister and commander-in-chief during his second reign was Salekoudi...

Earlier in the 18th century, in 1747, after Dahomey was added to the empire, Basorun Gaha of the House of Yau Yamba, the head of the Oyo Mesi, the most senior...

his son, Pasin, a powerful warrior who became a threat and target to, Basorun Gaha, because of his rising profile. He was driven into exile and killed...

took the form of parrot eggs delivered in a covered calabash bowl by the Basorun the head of Oyomesi (the lawmakers) after Judgements from the Ogbonis which...

The first Lagos outlet was opened in 2019. Just in 2020, her son Ade Sun-Basorun stepped in as chief executive officer of FoodCo Nigeria Limited, while...

selection of a new king. From 1570 to 1750, several Basoruns had Ibariba or non-Yorùbá origins such as Basorun Magaji, Woruda, Biri, Yamba, Jambu, and Gaa. The...

Eesa, Afin, Laaropo, Eleesi, Sobaloju, Aaje, Alasape, Ooye, Asade, Ile Basorun, Ile Oba, etc. too numerous to mention. It is a great kingdom of the descendants...

member of an American delegation to visit detained Nigerian president-elect Basorun Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola. During this meeting, Abiola had a fatal...

kingdom and conferred titles. Among those was the Basorun title to Oluyole of Ibadan, a descendant of Basorun Yamba. Oluyole's father was Olokuoye and his...

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1730–1746 Gberu, Alaafin He conferred Basorun title to his friend, Jambu, out of fear of the existing Basorun's power. Jambu then engineered Gberu's rejection...

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father swore avengence. His father then poisened Ọmọsún, Aláàfin Ọsinyago, Baṣọrun Apalà and various other nobles, who all died. Johnson, Samuel (August 2011)...

after late Nigerian business mogul and winner of 12 June 1993 election, Basorun Moshood Kasimawo Olawale Abiola as Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY)...

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Aminu; Amusun; Aro Elemo; Asalu; Awokunle; Awoniyi; Awoyale; Bara; Barohun; Basorun; Bolorunduro; Egan Aje; Elemo; Esa; Folarin; Idi Ape; Idi Iroko; Idi Osan;...

political decisions with the prime minister and principal kingmaker (the Basọrun) and the rest of the council of leading nobles known as the Ọyọ Mesi. Traditionally...