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The Contrasting Legacies of Two Olubadans: Oba Yesufu Kobiowu and Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade I
By Ayoola Faseyi

Ibadan’s traditional institution has produced monarchs with compelling personal histories. Two figures in particular, Oba Yesufu Oloyede Kobiowu and Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade I, stand out for the sharp contrast in the timing and duration of their reigns.

In a world where youth often suggests longevity, Ibadan’s throne offered a different story. One became king in old age and reigned for years. The other ascended young and ruled for only months. That irony defines the lasting memory of two unforgettable Olubadans.

Oba Yesufu Kobiowu became Olubadan in 1964 at the age of 55. That made him one of the youngest to ascend the throne in modern Ibadan. He was seen as a modern and energetic ruler, full of promise. Unfortunately, he spent only six months on the throne before passing away. His reign was brief, but it remains significant in the city’s royal records.

Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade I, in contrast, was crowned in 2007 at the remarkable age of 93. Before his ascension, he had served the country as a teacher, soldier, civil servant and legislator. He reigned for nearly a decade and died in 2016 at the age of 101. His long and steady leadership brought dignity and stability to the stool at a time when continuity mattered.

These two monarchs reflect the unique nature of Ibadan’s succession system, where ascension follows seniority rather than popularity or political clout. While one rose early and reigned briefly, the other waited patiently and served with distinction. Together, they capture the richness and unpredictability of Ibadan’s royal tradition.

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Yvonne Nelson loathed her father, Mr Nelson until he was about to die.

She gave him the tag of an irresponsible father.

She never stops to sub him even on father's day.

She would rather put up the picture of her mum and celebrate her on father's day instead.

In 2020 father's day for example, she wrote publicly:

“Happy FATHER’s Day to the woman who did it all for me! My beautiful MAMA”

She would regal her with praises of how she has been everything to her, father and mother.

The father took this all in for the larger part of his life. She do bear his name, Nelson but that was all.

It was until the man wanted to die, and was on his sick bed that she got the shocking news, he was not her biological father and her mum still could not tell her who her biological father was.

Before she could apologise to Mr Nelson for the way she treated him, he gave up the ghost.

Yvonne Nelson and her mum do not currently see eye to eye. She hasn't also told her who her real father was till now.

Yvonne decided to write a book, I AM NOT YVONNE NELSON.

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Some media personalities for strategic reasons have to remain anonymous for them to do their job more effectively. For instance, Africa’s arguably best investigative journalist, Anas of Ghana goes behind a veil as his face is hidden from the public glare while his controversial works which have greatly rattled different corrupt governments precede his name and reputation. In his/her case, his anonymity is necessary for security reasons since he has stepped on so many powerful toes and there is the need to adequately protect his life and those of his loved ones.
In Nigeria, two popular blogs have anonymous owners – Instablog9ja which Linda Ikeji once erroneously said was owned by John Abayomi, a former online Editor with Vanguard and Punch to which she later recanted and apologized, and Gistlover.


Nobody really knows who owns Gistlover and the blog is a huge poodle for fish market gossip and to use the words of Prof Wole Soyinka – a ghetto tract. They frequently spew out gibberish aimed at tarnishing the image of popular personalities all in their sinister and morbid bid to drive traffic to their gutter-like platform.

My last piece on Gistlover was seen by the toxic blog as an attack from politicians. I was even accused of being sent by the government.


What these blogs do is latch on the popular social trends and tell people what they need to hear or read: play on the minds of the people, especially on the perceived misgivings against the government, to give themselves a sort of legitimacy. To appear to be on the side of the masses.

What Gistlover blog and other toxic blogs do is add a half-truth, and mix it with dozens of lies to drive a certain narrative to feed the minds of its ever-pliable and gullible followers.
The followers, oblivious of the damage the blog has done/is doing to their psyche, are being entertained daily with what they called gists laced with ‘vawulence’.

Little did they know their minds are being towed to become dark, only if they know.
Blogs like Gistlover are popular because we edge them on due to our penchant for gossip and news that do not add positive energy to our minds.


The blog has over the years displaced Instablog9ja, another faceless Instagram blog but it has come with more bile than the latter.
The blog had some months back released a list of actresses purported to have dated Pastor Johnson Suleiman in the past and present. Names like veterans, Ngozi Ezeonu, Omotola Jalade, Lilian Bach, Shan George, and actresses like Iyabo Ojo, Mercy Johnson, Anita Joseph, Ini Edo, Ruth Kadiri, Nengi, and many others made the list.


The blog goes further to assert categorically that the listed actress dated him, with some of them having spiritual issues after that.
The associated reaction of its followers was to go to the pages of these celebrities to bully them, leading to some of them locking their comment sections.


Some have come out to debunk the allegation, and some kept mum but the social media mob does not want to hear of that;
Gistlover is always right!


Even if the allegations are not proven, it is true so far Vawulence Headquarters had said it.
The society is encouraging anonymous, faceless blogs like Gistlover to run riot without caution, giving it the power to unilaterally defame, and malign people at will without recourse to a fair hearing.


The blog has arrogated itself the moral compass to determine what is right, the behaviors expected of people et al.
The blog has over the years replaced critical fair reportage with a mixture of conjectures, falsehood, and little correct information about its target.


To some people, it is their daily dose of news tonic.
The blog is one of the nemeses of 21st-century social media and must be stopped before it ingrains into the minds of the average youth the culture of Bilic wokeism.


The culture of such destructive journalism isn’t new in the country and precedes the internet age. The older especially the baby boomer generation will recall the presence of Prime People in the mid-1980 which took the nation by storm. It was published by veteran journalist Muyiwa Adetiba former Sunday Editor of Punch and later Pioneer Editor of the Vanguard. It was so popular that it sold well over two hundred thousand copies every week and it was the hard-copy clone of Gistlover for its stories which were soft-sell-like in nature.

After a disagreement between Adetiba and his investors, he went solo to found Vintage People which was an even greater success before its surprise demise in the 1990s. These two magazines were the tonic that led to Seye Kehinde berthing City People in 1996 that was a thorn in the flesh of the elite whose peccadilloes real or imagined were regularly exposed before the era of social and the new media arrived which saw its displacement with Gistlover and Instablog9ja.


The damage done by Gistlover has made it imperative to regulate the social media space so as to adequately protect the interests of the members of the public who have the right not to have their minds polluted by salacious gossip laced with outright lies and impudent half-truths.


For starters, the identity or identities of the owners of Gistlover should be known so that they can be sued for libel. Their anonymity is against public interest as they have caused untold damage to the lives of many Nigerians, especially the elite.

I also advise that the website be permanently pulled down in national interest given the incalculable damage it has done to many prominent members of our society who have been reduced to mere laughing stocks by people who ought to emulate them.

Enough is Enough!


Ayoola Faseyi
Abuja, Nigeria.

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