Before going into detail about the Ijebu Ode land itself, we think it is important to talk a little bit about its inhabitants, who they are and where they have come from.
Who are the Ijebus?
Ijebu people are considered to be the first among the Yoruba speakers to come into contact with the Europeans, who came to them in the beginning of the 14th century. Ijebu Empire has always been (and still is) an organized and strong nation that was able to protect itself from harm. The nation was divided into five parts: Ijebu-Igbo, Ijebu-Ife, Ijebu-Ososa, Ijebu-Ode and Ijebu-Remo. Now, it remains the largest ethnic group among all Yoruba people.
What is curious - Ijebus were the first Yoruba-speaking people to invent money. The empire was big on metal work and metal production, so it is not surprising at all that it decided to create their own coins. They were called Owo Ijebu, and many nations in Africa and Europe accepted the coins. There was also money made out of cowry shells that were called Owo Eyo. It was also accepted in many Yoruba kingdoms.
There is a lot of origin legends of the Ijebus. Many claim that the origin of Yoruba people and Ijebu in particular are related to the Jebusites and other biblical people. However, it is not very likely. Among other legends, there is one that connect Ijebu to Mecca. According to it, the legendary ancestor of the Yoruba, Oduduwa, had to leave Mecca, so he went and created Ijebuland where today’s Lagos and Ogun State stand.
We can recite all of these legends for hours, but it will get too boring. Therefore, here are the most famous ones we haven’t touched on:
★ Ijebu came to their current place of residence from Waddai, Sudan;
★ The ancestors of Ijebu migrated from Owodaiye Kingdom, Ethiopia;
★ Ijebus share traditions and rites with the Nubians, Tigrians and Axumites.
There are about as many opinions on the matter as there are people. However, nobody can know for certain where the ancient Ijebus actually came from. Therefore, without further ado, let’s talk about Ijebu Ode.
What is Ijebu Ode?
READ ALSO: History of Ibadan land
Ijebu-Ode is a historic Yoruba town in Ogun State, which was established in the 16th century. It is about 15 minutes away from Ijebu Igbo. The city is located between Benin City and Shagamu. It is considered to be the largest town where Ijebus live. It is also known for being the capital of Ijebuland. The Ijebu Kingdom ruler or Awujale, as he is called in Ijebuland, has his residence there.
Today, it is a quiet and cozy city in southwestern Nigeria, which lures people in with its history, culture and tranquility. Below, you can find out about top 5 facts about Ijebu Ode history.
Top facts about the history of Ijebu Ode
1. The origin of Ijebu Ode title
It is traced to two names of original founders, Olode, who was a relative of the first Awujale, and Ajebu. Some people said that these two men existed at different times. However, as the legend went, they encountered a third man, Ajana in a dense forest, which is now Ijebu-Ode. Together, they asked Ifa (oracle) for advice on where to build their homes. The oracle sent Ajeba to the place now known as Imepe. The other two men ended up staying together and settling in the place of today’s Ita-Ajana.
2. The historical division
Ijebu-Ode had an interesting division system. The town was comprised of two wards, Porogun and Iwade, and the latter was further divided into North and South Iwade (Oke and Isale). Wards, in turn, were subdivided into Ituns (quarters). There were 25 Ituns in total, each with its own head called Oloritun. Together, all of the heads were called Oloritun Medogbon, and they represented the ancient council of the Ijebu-Ode.
3. Economic and political importance of the city
Back in the day, Ijebu-Ode used to be a very big deal, both in the economy and the political life of the region. As it was the capital of a large empire, it was a prominent figure on the trade market at that time. It oversaw the trade between Lagos Lagoon and the Yoruba periphery. However, when the Yoruba civil war struck in 19th century, Ijebu closed the trading routes as a way to oppose Ibadan. But then the British came in 1982, defeated the Awujale and destroyed the trade monopoly the Ijebus had.
4. The Ojude-Oba festival
One of the main attractions of Ijebu-Ode is its traditional festival. Starting about 100 years ago, it is still held annually on the third day after Eid al-Adha. On this day, people celebrate the king, the traditions and culture of the Ijebus and honouring the founders of the Ijebu-Ode. The festival usually attracts people from all over the world.
5. The current Awujale
Today’s Awujale comes from a royal ruling family of Anikinaiya. His name is Sikiru Kayode Adetona. He was born on May 10, 1934 and became the Awujale on April 2, 1960 during a formal ceremony. Sikiru has been an Awujale for 57 years now, and the 83-year-old king still rules strong. However, these days, his post is mostly ceremonial.
Yoruba history and culture are vast and beautiful. It was just a small peak into one of its many peoples’ history. Now you (hopefully) know more about Ijebu-Ode, its history and traditions. And you might even have a new holiday destination!

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Nigeria has recorded two types of armed robbers: Lawrence Nomanyagbon Anini and others. No armed robber has ever held the entire country on ransom as Anini. In fact, his reign was so bloody that he was even discussed at the State Security Council meeting.
He held the old Bendel State captive in the 1980s. Bendel is now known as Edo and Delta State. His main area of operation was Benin City to be precise.
His early life
Anini was born in a village about 20 miles from Benin City in present-day Edo State.He was dreadfully called ‘The Law’ or ‘Ovbigbo’. An only son of his Evbueisi-born mother, he had two sisters. His father died when he was still a young boy. Anini was brought to Benin where he was admitted at the Oza Primary School but from a young age, he started manifesting the signs of truancy. He struggled to finish his primary school then entered the Igiedumu Secondary School. He did not spend more than three years when he dropped out of school, preferring to be an apprentice at a local mechanic workshop. That was around 1976.
He started work as a lorry driver (some say taxi driver) after his master fired him and slowly transformed into a leader of the local motor parks, controlling and commanding touts.
Following the sudden overthrow of the politicians in the early 1980s and banning of politics in 1984 by the Buhari regime the highly-skilled driver (now of of criminal gangs and godfathers) discovered that armed robbery was far more lucrative and decided to form his own deadly gang which included, Monday Osunbor, Friday Ofege, Henry Ekponwan, Eweka and Alhaji zed zed or Zegezege who was never captured.They started out as car hijackers, bus robbers and bank thieves. He sealed a pact with corrupt police officers and ruled with reckless abandon. The complicity of the police is believed to have triggered Anini’s reign of terror in 1986.Highway robberies, car jackings, bank raids, Anini was a specialist in all aspects of pilfering with the gun. Gradually, he extended his criminal acts to other towns and cities far north and east of Benin.
In early 1986, two members of his gang were tried and prosecuted against an earlier under-the-table ‘agreement’ with the police to destroy evidence against the gang members.
The incident, and Anini’s view of police betrayal, is believed to have spurred retaliatory actions by Anini. In August, 1986, a fatal bank robbery linked to Anini was reported in which a police officer and others were killed. That same month, two officers on duty were shot at a barricade while trying to stop Anini’s car. During a span of three months, he was known to have killed nine police officers.
In an operation in August of 1986, the Anini team struck at First Bank, Sabongida-Ora, where they carted away N2, 000. But although the amount stolen was seen as chicken feed, they left the scene with a trail of blood. Many persons were killed.
On September 6, same year, the Anini gang snatched a Peugeot 504 car from Albert Otoe, the driver of an Assistant Inspector General of Police, Christopher Omeben. In snatching the car, they killed the driver and went to hide his corpse somewhere.
Three months later, the skeleton of the driver was spotted 16 kilometers away from Benin, along the Benin-Agbor highway. A day after this attack, Anini, operating in a Passat car believed to have been stolen, also effected the snatching of another Peugeot 504 car near the former FEDECO office, in Benin.
Two days after, the Anini men killed two policemen in Orhiowon Local Government Area of the state. Still in that month, three different robbery attacks, all pointing to Anini’s involvement, took place.
A day after the operation, Anini, visited a village near Benin and threw wads of naira notes on the ground for free pick by market men and women.
Between August and December 1986, he led a four-month reign of terror. He also reportedly wrote numerous letters to media houses using political tones of Robin Hood-like words, to describe his criminal acts.
The search for Anini
The then military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, saw the nation’s fear for the daredevil and ordered a massive manhunt for the kingpin and his fellow robbers. The police thus went after them, combing every part of Bendel State where they were reportedly operating and living
However, the more they were hunted, the more intensified their activities became. Some of the locals in the area even began to tell stories of their invincibility and for a while, it felt like they were never going to be caught.
At the conclusion of a meeting of the Armed Forces Ruling Council in October 1986, General Babangida turned to the Inspector-General of Police, Etim Inyang, and asked, ‘My friend, where is Anini?’
At about this time, Nigerian newspapers and journals were also publishing various reports and editorials on the ‘Anini Challenge’, the ‘Anini Saga’, the ‘Anini Factor’, ‘Lawrence Anini – the Man, the Myth’, ‘Anini, Jack the Ripper’, and ‘Lawrence Anini: A Robin Hood in Bendel’. The Guardian asked, emphatically, in one of its reports: ‘Will they ever find Anini, “The Law”?’
His arrest
The Anini terrror finally came to an end thanks to the courage of Superintendent of Police, Kayode Uanreroro. On December 3, 1986, Uanreroro caught Anini at No 26, Oyemwosa Street, opposite Iguodala Primary School, Benin City, in company with six women.
Acting on a tip-off from the locals, the policeman went straight to the house where Anini was hiding and apprehended him with very little resistance. Uanreroro led a crack 10-man team to the house, knocked on the door of the room, and Anini himself, clad in underpants, opened the door. “Where is Anini?”, the police officer quickly enquired.
Dazed as he was caught off guard and having no escape route, Anini all the same tried to be smart. “Oh, Anini is under the bed in the inner room”. As he said it, he made some moves to walk past Uanreroro and his team.
In the process, he shoved and head-butted the police officer but it was an exercise in futility. Uanreroro promptly reached for his gun, stepped hard on Anini’s right toes and shot at his left ankle. Anini surged forward but the policemen took hold of him and put him in a sitting position.
They then pumped more bullets into his shot leg and almost severed the ankle from his entire leg. Already, anguished by the excruciating pains, the policemen asked him, “Are you Anini?” And he replied, “My brother, I won’t deceive you; I won’t tell you lie, I’m Anini.”
While in the police net, Anini who had poor command of English and could only communicate in pidgin, made a whole lot of revelations. He disclosed, for instance that Osunbor, who had been arrested earlier, was his deputy, saying that Osunbor actually shot and wounded the former police boss of the state, Akagbosu.
The daredevil robbers also revealed that some policemen assisted them in the criminal operations in Bendel State and the entire country.
Anini particularly revealed that George Iyamu, who was the most senior police officer shielding the robbers, would reveal police secrets to them and then, give them logistic supports such as arms, to carry out robbery operations.
Because of the numerous gunshots, Anini had one of his legs amputated in a military hospital. When his hideout was searched, police recovered assorted charms, including the one he usually wore around his waist during “operations”. All charms were disposed after his arrest.
His execution
Due to amputation of his leg, Anini was confined to a wheelchair throughout his trial. He was sentenced to death by Justice James Omo-Agege and executed on March 29 1987



Nigerian award-winning rapper, Olamide proposed to his baby mama Bunkumi, on her birthday which was today, the rapper and his baby mama have been together for years and she finally got a ring from him.

Olamide’s son Batifeori Maximilliano Adedeji with Bunkumi was born on 30th January 2015. According to reports, Bunkumi and Olamide started dating from the beginning of his music career way back in 2014 before the ‘Science Teacher’ crooner became very popular

See how some social media users reacted to the engagement,

Congratulations� baddo nla



Congratulations to them. This is the only thing we’ve ever heard abt his wife unlike them social media baby mama. I respect u bukunmi



Olamide got his girlfriend pregnant, stuck with her all through and now He’s wifed her. She was there for him from the onset and stayed till now. Men and women, learn from this ���

Olamide is one of the most famous Nigerian rappers with many awards and his millions of fans are perhaps one of the most loyal fans in Nigeria.

Olamide Adedeji was born on the 15th of March, 1989 in Bariga, Lagos State Nigeria. He attended both primary and high schools in Lagos but for his tertiary education, Olamide attended Tai Solarin University of Education where he studied Mass Communication.

Professional music for the talented Yoruba singer began in 2010 with the release of his first single; ‘Eni Duro’ Eni Duro was released under the Coded Tunes record label which Olamide was signed unto at the time. The song received wide critical acclaim and instantly shot Olamide to limelight.

In 2011, he released his first album titled ‘Rapsodi’ in which he featured several top Nigerian artistses like ID Cabasa, Wizkid, Dbanj, Reminisce and 9ice. It’s needless to say that the album was a huge success.

Olamide didn’t rest on his oars after the success of his first album, in 2012; he went on to release another album titled YBNL. The album had several hit singles like ‘First of All’, ‘Voice of the street’, ‘Ilefo Iluminati’ ‘Stupid love’ ‘Durosoke’ and ‘Owotabua’. Once again, the album which featured several major Nigerian artistes like Tiwa Savage, Dammy Krane, Kayswitch, Samklef, Davido and a couple of up and coming artistes, was well received.

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Before going into detail about the Ijebu Ode land itself, we think it is important to talk a little bit about its inhabitants, who they are and where they have come from.
Who are the Ijebus?
Ijebu people are considered to be the first among the Yoruba speakers to come into contact with the Europeans, who came to them in the beginning of the 14th century. Ijebu Empire has always been (and still is) an organized and strong nation that was able to protect itself from harm. The nation was divided into five parts: Ijebu-Igbo, Ijebu-Ife, Ijebu-Ososa, Ijebu-Ode and Ijebu-Remo. Now, it remains the largest ethnic group among all Yoruba people.
What is curious - Ijebus were the first Yoruba-speaking people to invent money. The empire was big on metal work and metal production, so it is not surprising at all that it decided to create their own coins. They were called Owo Ijebu, and many nations in Africa and Europe accepted the coins. There was also money made out of cowry shells that were called Owo Eyo. It was also accepted in many Yoruba kingdoms.
There is a lot of origin legends of the Ijebus. Many claim that the origin of Yoruba people and Ijebu in particular are related to the Jebusites and other biblical people. However, it is not very likely. Among other legends, there is one that connect Ijebu to Mecca. According to it, the legendary ancestor of the Yoruba, Oduduwa, had to leave Mecca, so he went and created Ijebuland where today’s Lagos and Ogun State stand.
We can recite all of these legends for hours, but it will get too boring. Therefore, here are the most famous ones we haven’t touched on:
★ Ijebu came to their current place of residence from Waddai, Sudan;
★ The ancestors of Ijebu migrated from Owodaiye Kingdom, Ethiopia;
★ Ijebus share traditions and rites with the Nubians, Tigrians and Axumites.
There are about as many opinions on the matter as there are people. However, nobody can know for certain where the ancient Ijebus actually came from. Therefore, without further ado, let’s talk about Ijebu Ode.
What is Ijebu Ode?
READ ALSO: History of Ibadan land
Ijebu-Ode is a historic Yoruba town in Ogun State, which was established in the 16th century. It is about 15 minutes away from Ijebu Igbo. The city is located between Benin City and Shagamu. It is considered to be the largest town where Ijebus live. It is also known for being the capital of Ijebuland. The Ijebu Kingdom ruler or Awujale, as he is called in Ijebuland, has his residence there.
Today, it is a quiet and cozy city in southwestern Nigeria, which lures people in with its history, culture and tranquility. Below, you can find out about top 5 facts about Ijebu Ode history.
Top facts about the history of Ijebu Ode
1. The origin of Ijebu Ode title
It is traced to two names of original founders, Olode, who was a relative of the first Awujale, and Ajebu. Some people said that these two men existed at different times. However, as the legend went, they encountered a third man, Ajana in a dense forest, which is now Ijebu-Ode. Together, they asked Ifa (oracle) for advice on where to build their homes. The oracle sent Ajeba to the place now known as Imepe. The other two men ended up staying together and settling in the place of today’s Ita-Ajana.
2. The historical division
Ijebu-Ode had an interesting division system. The town was comprised of two wards, Porogun and Iwade, and the latter was further divided into North and South Iwade (Oke and Isale). Wards, in turn, were subdivided into Ituns (quarters). There were 25 Ituns in total, each with its own head called Oloritun. Together, all of the heads were called Oloritun Medogbon, and they represented the ancient council of the Ijebu-Ode.
3. Economic and political importance of the city
Back in the day, Ijebu-Ode used to be a very big deal, both in the economy and the political life of the region. As it was the capital of a large empire, it was a prominent figure on the trade market at that time. It oversaw the trade between Lagos Lagoon and the Yoruba periphery. However, when the Yoruba civil war struck in 19th century, Ijebu closed the trading routes as a way to oppose Ibadan. But then the British came in 1982, defeated the Awujale and destroyed the trade monopoly the Ijebus had.
4. The Ojude-Oba festival
One of the main attractions of Ijebu-Ode is its traditional festival. Starting about 100 years ago, it is still held annually on the third day after Eid al-Adha. On this day, people celebrate the king, the traditions and culture of the Ijebus and honouring the founders of the Ijebu-Ode. The festival usually attracts people from all over the world.
5. The current Awujale
Today’s Awujale comes from a royal ruling family of Anikinaiya. His name is Sikiru Kayode Adetona. He was born on May 10, 1934 and became the Awujale on April 2, 1960 during a formal ceremony. Sikiru has been an Awujale for 57 years now, and the 83-year-old king still rules strong. However, these days, his post is mostly ceremonial.
Yoruba history and culture are vast and beautiful. It was just a small peak into one of its many peoples’ history. Now you (hopefully) know more about Ijebu-Ode, its history and traditions. And you might even have a new holiday destination!
READ ALSO: Yoruba proverbs and their meanings
Source: Naija.n

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