Sentences with phrase «ife as»

Kia's GT Concept Car come to ife as a true Grand Touring vehicle, complete with rear or all - wheel drive, luxury amenities, and head - turning design.

Ooni who described members of the Hausa Community in Ile - Ife as his subjects, said the cordiality being extrenched by the two tribes had been the source of relative peace being enjoyed in the town.

The Government had earlier commissioned the Salvation Government Middle School, Alekuwodo, Osogbo, Baptist Elementary Government School, Ilare, Ile Ife as well as the Ansar - rul - Deen Government Elementary School, Isale Osun, Osogbo.

«Dispersal through slavery took large swaths of the Yoruba to Cuba, Brazil, United States, United Kingdom, Trinidad and Tobago, Bahamas, Columbia, Venezuela, The Caribbean and other disparate lands, near and far, where the indigenous people refer to themselves as ethnic Yoruba and view Ile - Ife as their ancestral home.

Ooni described members of the Hausa community in Ile - Ife as his subjects and co-owners of the town with whom he has enjoyed tremendous loyalty in the last 14 months of his reign.

Just as Oba Ademola Elegushi, fate singled - out youthful Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi for rulership of Ile - Ife as the Ooni.

He said the opinion of those fanning the embers of discord between the Hausa and Yoruba should be disregarded, stressing that it is unwise and wicked for anybody to describe the violence in the Sabo area of Ile - Ife as a religious or tribal war.

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The prevalence of formula distributions, from all kinds of sources, was illustrated by images of formula donations from national armies and individuals, Karleen mentioned having to, in her role as part of the IFE Core Group, intervene to stop some of these inappropriate and unhelpful donations.

The IFE Core Group is an international community of practice around infant and young child feeding in emergencies (IYCF - E) that functions as an interagency collaboration, with members including the likes of UNICEF, ENN (Emergency Nutrition Network), Save the Children, International Rescue Committee, etc..

He said, «I am very elated that the commencement of this year 2016 Flag - off of Cashew Planting season starts in Ife and with this significant move, we have proven our stand as the ancestral home of yoruba nation

In his remarks, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi disclosed that 2,000 hectares of land had been acquired and cultivated for cashew plantation, adding that as soon as the people are showing interest in farming, more land would be released for that purpose.

The post to seek in the nearest future also depends very much on God and my people... I see myself as the chief servant of Ife.

Making money in life should be secondary, making life meaningful and better for our society should be our priority, if I so think of money, I would not set up this station in Ife, I love my people, I see this little effort as my contribution to lift a little burden off the teeming unemployment rate in Ife lands.

The Governor who first paid homage to the Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi in his palace said it is traditional for his party to commence any political journey from Ile Ife which is regarded as the source.

Shogunle in his response to Ife said the Inspector was arrested just as he promised to follow up and ensure justice.

While acknowledging the role played by the late Ooni of Ife, Oba Adesoji Aderemi in the mutual respect that existed between them, Awujale described Oba Enitan Ogunwusi as a man of history and prayed that his reign as a paramount king in Yorubaland will be fruitful.

Mr Sola Fasure, media aide to Gov. Rauf Aregbesola, said in a statement issued in Osogbo that a patient who died at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile - Ife, as a result of the fever, was not from the state.

«We are ready to support the government, but we want your agency to try to dialogue with concerned associations in Ile - Ife so as to succeed in the task», the monarch reiterated.

Describing his demise as tragic, Senator Babafemi Ojudu who mourned him via his Facebook wall said «Dele was one of the youngest in our class of 75/79 at Ife.

Oba Ogunwusi while addressing staff of OIRS led by the Acting Chairman, Mr. Dayo Oyebamiji on the importance of taxation and other levies to human and capital development, he urged the people of Ife and the entire citizens of the state to always discharge their civic responsibilities as part of efforts to complement developmental agenda of the government.

The newspaper had listed some prominent personalities contained in the current list to include, the owner of telecommunication giant, Globacom, Mike Adenuga; Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sadiq Sani Bello and the late Ooni of Ife, Okunade Sijuwade, Chairman of Arik Airlines, Joseph Arumemi - Johnson and his wife, Mary, as well as two serving senators, Andy Uba from Anambra, Ibrahim Gobir, Sokoto among others.

Students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile - Ife have cried out over what they described as rising cases of sexual assault on female students by randy lecturers.

The minister also assessed the condition of the Ifetedo - Ile Ife road as well as the Ilesa - Ife dual carriage way.

«This is the first time I would be celebrating my birthday on earth; and I see that I can not do such without informing the Ooni of Ife and the entire people of Ile - Ife who are my direct siblings because this place is the ancestral home of all the Ijesa people and Yoruba as a whole.

Feuding traditional rulers in Osun State on Thursday brought their differences to an end as the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi attended a meeting of traditional rulers in his palace of Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi.

«Kabiyesi, you will recall that I have visited you twice at your palace in Ilesa since I was enthroned as the Ooni of Ife less than two years ago.

«I thank you so much for this honour, this place undoubtedly belongs to you and all other descendants of Oduduwa as we Ife people are just the ones keeping home for everyone.

The governor, who condemned the killing of innocent people and destruction of properties in Ile - Ife, said crime must be treated as crime; «whether committed by Yoruba, Ibo, Hausa or any tribe.

The governor wondered that the same police that intervened promptly in the Ile - Ife crisis, made arrests and paraded 20 people as alleged masterminds of the mayhem had not been able to arrest and parade any of the killer Fulani herdsmen that had wasted and still wasting the lives of thousands of Nigerians across the country.

Adedoyin, who is the Maye of Ife Kingdom, noted that young men who engage in criminal activities like kidnapping, armed robbery and terrorism as well as women who engage in prostitution are partly affected by their growing up experience.

His Imperial Majesty, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has crowned the afro pop singer, Innocent Ugah Idibia popularly called 2Face Idibia as the ambassador of his new initiative - «Violence Free World».

Makinde, a former National Assembly member in Ife Federal Constituency, described the commissioning as the birth of a hub of professional unbiased broadcasting in Nigeria.

«When the crisis started in Ife and we saw the reports on the internet, I immediately called Mr Governor to ensure that the crisis doesn't escalate and Governor Aregbesola assured us on this as his efforts had really helped in quelling the crisis.

Meanwhile, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi who was represented by Obalufe of Ile - Ife, Oba Idowu Olaniyi Adediwura and Father of the Day who doubled as Asiwaju of Ile - Ife, Chief Alex Eluyemi, eulogized the owner of the station (Rotimi Makinde) for his contributions towards human and capital developments in Ifeland.

Prince Babajide Fadiaro, CEO of House of Oduduwa Foundation, also said Olojo Festival continues to be an event that the city of Ife can be proud of, as it represents many of the qualities that make Ile Ife so unique.

«Since I arrived, I have been duly briefed that our people have been living for over 100 years ago with Yoruba people in Ile Ife which is the centre of this crisis and as a matter of fact, Hausa community have become part and parcel of Ifes.

Professor Osinbayo who described the stool of Ooni as the most famous position by all Yorubas in Nigeria and worldwide stressed that the new monarch must be reminded of the great responsibilities attached to the throne as he is expected to discharge the task ahead to the best satisfaction of the people of Ile - Ife, Osun, Nigeria and other parts of the world.

According to him, «It gives me even greater pleasure that the throne of Ooni as an institution has assembled a panoply of eminent personalities from all over the world to the ancient city of Ile - Ife, nay our state.

Earlier in his remark, the Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo admonished the new monarch not to see his position as a clarion call to serve his subjects not only in Ile - Ife but in the entire world as the ancient town represents the cradle of black race and human civilization.

The ancient city of Ife is agog today as the new Ooni of Ife Oba Enitan Ogunwusi gets staff of office.

The MYM in the letter signed by its Chairman, Femi Ojeleye and General Secretary, Seyi Oloke, described the allegations of the Ife youths as falsehood, saying neither the Modakeke monarch nor the people had violated any of the 1999 Peace Agreements.

Aregbesola who described the throne of Ooni as institution that has successfully assembled a panoply of eminent personalities from all over the world to the ancient city of Ile - Ife, in Osun State expressed greater pleasure in the fact that the ancient town has tremendously lived up to the legend of the spot where creation began.

But let me use the following to pay tribute to our traditional rulers: the Alaafin of Oyo, Iku Baba Yeye, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III who has deemed it fit to honour me with this prestigious title, the Ooni of Ife, Oonirisa Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II; Chairmen of Council of Obas and Chiefs and all traditional rulers in Yorubaland, and not forgetting my root, the Zaki of Arigidi - Akoko, Oba Yisa Olanipekun, and all traditional rulers in Akokoland; all the Obas who bestowed me with 52 titles, which invariably laid the foundation for my emergence as the Aare Ona Kakanfo.

The Osun State Police command has arrested a herbalist identified as Adeniyi Adeyeye with a human skull at Moro in Ife North Local Government Area of the state.

The Obafemi Awolowo Ile Ife, Osun State is in the eyes of the storm as a conversation between a lecturer and his female student has gone viral.

How could one explain that a common slap could lead to pandemonium and later death as we witnessed in Ife.

Aregbesola explained that the northerners in Ile - ife and other parts of Yoruba land are not strangers but part and parcel of their host communities, as many of them were born and bred in those places.

The duo who described the recent inter-tribal chaos that ensued between Hausa residents in Ile - Ife and Ife indigenes as unfortunate, said no efforts would be spared to promote the diversity of Nigerian nation.

Affirming the existing cordial relationship between Yorubas, Hausas and other tribes in the state, Governor Aregbesola attributed the cause of the recent violence in Ife to what he described as intrusion of miscreants to the midst of Hausas and Yorubas who have been living together in peace and harmony for years.

Coroborating similar gestures, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, described the incident as unfortunate, promising to do whatever humanly possible to unravel the perpetrators.