₦airaland Forum

sagitariusbaby:
Shut up. Obi is more recognised and also controls more influence in Nigeria than that unpopular name you just mentioned.

Okpo!! Obi influence ends in onitsha local govt area, the custodian of igbo culture is held by eri kingdom and aro kingdom, the Benin run away has no influence in igbo tradition per say, when osu caste was denounce by igbos, that ceremony was conducted in eri kingdom by the eri king in conjuction with aro kingdom. Na to follow mumu arusi most of you understand. Go n read about the aro kingdom and how we control the east of the Niger up to opobo so you understand better. We have aro settlements till date in all south east states upto rivers state.. calm down and learn and dont pass this madness to your kids

That list is trash
You forgot to add

The Obong of Calabar
The Alake of Egbaland
The Amanayabo of Grand Bonny


These are very powerful kings

Alake of Egba land nkor??

Richtaiwo:
How is obi of Onitsha the 9th?

The Attah of Igalla, the Ohinoyi of Okene, the Emir of Zuru, king jaja of Opobo and that one in Benue are all ahead of Obi of Onitsha.

Hehehehe 😀

Nigeria has much more first class kings

List compiled by a Yoruba man. Travel you will say no, I prefer to stay in Iwo. To even use Google na wahala.

Lamido of Adamawa
Emir of Zazzau
Aku uka of Kwararafa kingdom
Atta of Igalaland

Amazingify:
Some people getting this wrong,
I believe we talking living Kings and not the dead

Then I should be there

goslowgoslow:
No king is above another king, they rule in their respective states.

That's a lie. There are kings who have installed other kings.

Don't say it in the Palace of the emir of sokoto or else your head will be on the stake .

tunjijones:
https://www.legit.ng/ask-legit/top/1112549-first-class-kings-nigeria/

Any appointed king is not first class in my opinion

No Ijaw, No Tiv.

Weldone OP.

tunjijones:
https://www.legit.ng/ask-legit/top/1112549-first-class-kings-nigeria/

You better edit your post...

There is nothing like the Olu of Itsekiri

What we have is the Olu of Warri.

Itsekiri is a Tribe Warri is a domain / Territory

Kings rule over Territory and not tribes.

The list is incomplete. You did not add Eze Gburugbala of Ezamma kingdom Ebonyi State

zealousayo:
There are many kings in Yorubaland that are ahead of Olubadan e.g. Owa Obokun of Ijeshaland, Akarigbo of Remo, Soun of Ogbomoso, Oluwo of Iwo, Ataoja of Osogbo, Timi of Ede, Osemawen of Ondo, Olugbo of Ugboland, Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, etc. Historically, Olubadan is nowhere near these Obas.

Ondo state council of obas
Deji
Osemawe
Olowo
Owa idanre
Olukare
Abodi ikale
Olubaka
Jegun ileoluji
Amapetu
Olugbo
The olugbo u wrote doesn't even have class among the snr obas in ondo state, olugbo throne was upgraded to first class in 2001.
From Time immemorial in old ondo province only the Deji akure, Osemawe, Olowo that belong to the same class of obas with Ooni,Alaafin in the whole of ondo state others are upgraded to first class at different times. Alake,Awujale aren't snr to the Deji,Osemawe or Olowo no time. During the British era
The set of obas are known as sole Native authority I'm their respective Divisions then Ooni,Alaafin,Deji,Alake,Awujale,Osemawe,Owa ijesa,Olowo,Orangun ila, Akarigbo Remo, Ewi of Ado ekiti. No other oba belong to their class and in the 60s all this obas were permanent members western region house of chiefs other whose name I didn't mention are temporary members western region house of chiefs till 1970s when the council of abolished

You dey maaad!

Ebubu8:
Number 9 Obi of Onitsha does not have any wide influence and didn't even resist British colonialism.

Eze Aro whose influence even reached Opobo, Cross River and most of Abia state, Akwa Ibom, Imo state, Ebonyi state had wider influence, spirituality of Long juju, and wealth as they raided slaves and traded in Oil.

Arochukwu held greater and vaster influence in pre-colonial Nigeria than Obi of Onitsha the Benin man.

nesphil:
You dey maaad!

You dey craze

Infact bomb dey ur head

Arochukwu Kind had influence in Ibibio land go and make your findings ewu

Apart from waiting for government to pay them homage and collect deve from companies in their locality what else do they contribute to society?

Saladdin:
The Governors of each respective states have the powers to enthrone, dethrone and upgrade.

At least each Nigerian state has one first class king. When it comes to influence, power and wealth of these monarchs, that's another ballgame entirely.

But Edo state is an exception as the gov has no power over the Oba. Infact the Gov must stand to address the Oba in his Palace. Every important dignitary that visit Benin must pay homage to the Oba of Benin. I don't know if such is applicable in other states. Yes the Nigerian constitution places traditional stool under a local govt chairman, but in reality Edo is an exception. The Edos/Benins revere not just the Oba but elevate him to d status of a god. That why fomer gov obaseki had to thread with caution when he was dealing with the Oba concerning returned looted artefacts. Every political be its president or gov must stand to address d Oba in his Palace. Politicians thread with caution cos labelling u as "oghionba" enemy of the Oba carries with it the anger of the people.

Remove number 9. He's a touch bearer to the rest. He's Atiku toilet man

Yoruba people and hyping their mediocre things with their Lagos Ibadan Expressway (LIE) media houses Make una wake up, we are now in the era of social media and internet where everybody know the truth


Who made Oba Akiolu and Olubadan of Ibadan First Class Kings in Nigeria Na wa oh. If Alaafin of Oyo was alive he ought to have made the list than these Thief.nubu's political stooges you call kings


King Jaja Nwachukwu of Opobo, Attah of Igala are supposed to be there....remove those Yoruba 10th class political kings from the list abeg

I don't know about the other kings on the list, the one I know is the Olu of warri, most people in the comment section are going on about how the kings have not done anything for their people, but as an itsekiri man, I can tell you without bias that Olu of warri has helped his people a lot.

Yes, including Aladdin of Oyo

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2. Emir of Kano, yes, but the person ruling the throne now is Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi
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4. Aláàfin of Oyo, yes, but not Oba Lamidi Adéyemí, because he's late. The seat is vacant for now.
5. Remove
6. ✓
7. Remove
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9. ✓
10. Remove

Bro, you're not current; I want to believe you use Google and your Google is outdated.

•• 5. Dein of Agbor is a second class king.
•• 7. Ọba of Lagos throne is a second class king.
•• 10. The Olubadan is a second class Ọba. Moreover, Ọba Olalekan Balógun is late. The new Olubadan is Ọba Olakuleyin).

Replacement:
1. Awujale of Ijebu
2. Olúwo of Ìwọ
3. Timi (agbale) of Ẹdẹ.

These are first-class kings.

tunjijones:
https://www.legit.ng/ask-legit/top/1112549-first-class-kings-nigeria/

cyrilamx:
But Edo state is an exception as the gov has no power over the Oba. Infact the Gov must stand to address the Oba in his Palace. Every important dignitary that visit Benin must pay homage to the Oba of Benin. I don't know if such is applicable in other states. Yes the Nigerian constitution places traditional stool under a local govt chairman, but in reality Edo is an exception. The Edos/Benins revere not just the Oba but elevate him to d status of a god. That why fomer gov obaseki had to thread with caution when he was dealing with the Oba concerning returned looted artefacts. Every political be its president or gov must stand to address d Oba in his Palace. Politicians thread with caution cos labelling u as "oghionba" enemy of the Oba carries with it the anger of the people.

Great expository. I enjoyed reading this, thanks.

Wetin oba of Lagos dey do there? Where's Awujale of ijebu,Alake of Egbaland, soun of Ogbomosho,Alaketu of ketu,orangun of ila,Osemawe of ondo,Okere of saki,Those are more recognizable and culturally valuable obas, remove that oba of Lagos abeg

Zonefree:
Remove number 7 abeg.

No be that king they sold his staff of office for Jiji?

Same Oba Seyi dey use do caricature

hes not even a first class monarch but a chief.

RealityOfReason:
Alaafin shouldn't rank above the heir and successor to Oduduwa himself. He is called Arole Odua for that reason. I understand that Alaafin was able to build an empire and exercise defacto control over most Yoruba kingdoms for a large part of the precolonial, but that's it. Oonirisa should be number one as the dejure leader, and the defacto leader i.e. Alaafin should be second.

Anyways, I don't really care because I am a republican, and if I had overriding powers, I would scrap the traditional institution and political clergy in Nigeria.

You see that Alaaafin and ooni supremacy fight na till eternity,as Oyo Alaaafin man,how did you expect me to agree that oni of ife is supreme over sango,iku baba yeye himself. But they're both First class king in Yoruba land,Odua agbe wa o

zealousayo:
There are many kings in Yorubaland that are ahead of Olubadan e.g. Owa Obokun of Ijeshaland, Akarigbo of Remo, Soun of Ogbomoso, Oluwo of Iwo, Ataoja of Osogbo, Timi of Ede, Osemawen of Ondo, Olugbo of Ugboland, Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, etc. Historically, Olubadan is nowhere near these Obas.

The Olowo of Owo. He's even mentioned in Ifa corpus. The quintessential compendium of Yoruba history, science, medicine, pantheon and religion. Only few other direct progenitors of modern kings like Sango (Alaafin), Obalufon, etc are mentioned.

Truly, the Alake and Olubadan are just about 200 years old. Olowo stool has existed since about 1019 AD and already a well-established Kingdom by 1400 AD.

Remove Oba of Ibadan

kaltonga:
When then prince Charls visited Nigeria, the sitting arrangement for the monarchs are
The sultan, the Oni and the Emir of Kano sitted in front row.
Behind are the Obi of Onitsha, the Oba of Benin and one other monarch that I can't remember.

But as of today in Nigeria, the following kings are included as first class in addition to your list
The Obong of Calabar
The Igwe of Asaba
Shehu of Bornu
Tor Tiv
Oche Idoma
Attach of Igala
Emir of Zauzau
Gbom vom Jos

Gbom Gwom Jos.

You can only place Ooni 3rd if you know nothing. He is number one.

Artscollection:
Okpo!! Obi influence ends in onitsha local govt area, the custodian of igbo culture is held by eri kingdom and aro kingdom, the Benin run away has no influence in igbo tradition per say, when osu caste was denounce by igbos, that ceremony was conducted in eri kingdom by the eri king in conjuction with aro kingdom. Na to follow mumu arusi most of you understand. Go n read about the aro kingdom and how we control the east of the Niger up to opobo so you understand better. We have aro settlements till date in all south east states upto rivers state.. calm down and learn and dont pass this madness to your kids

keep fooling yourself. Your old glory is over "if there was glory at all". Obi of Onitsha is the for mist traditional ruler in the whole of South East and there is nothing anyone can do about it. Onitsha is the only enclave that understands kinship as the rest of Igbos do not practice such till the white people can. So grow up and give honour to whom it belongs. By the way, have you ever seen an Osha man that's not proud of his Benin origin?