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Ojude Oba 2026! 🇳🇬

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— Niyi (@theniyifagbemi) May 30, 2026

Ijebu Ọmọ Alare to the world and making our sophisticated Ile Oodua proud 😍

This year's organization of the Ojude Ọba is so successful in spite of the fact that Ijebu Ode is yet to select a Paramount Kabiyesi for Ijebuland.

The departed Awujale will be so proud of this part of his legacies.

FreeStuffsNG:
Ijebu Ọmọ Alare to the world and making our sophisticated Ile Oodua proud 😍

Ojude Oba is turning out to be the most notorious cultural event out of Africa.

Ijebu and Yoruba people in general cooked with that.

Yoruba culture too sweet.

Misplaced priorities. Our school children and their teachers are still in the kidnapper's den.The terrorists are threatening to exterminate them but na this performative nonsense dey more important

God bless the yoruba people ..Yoruba land ..Yoruba culture.
God bless Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu..
God bless Nigeria

Kadejo:
Yoruba culture too sweet.

Before nko so nah today you know, that is the reason IBO LADIES love Yoruba GUYS die.

We should apply our wisdom and all that the Yoruba are known for in dealing with current challenges and exert ourselves.

Kidnappers must be found and exterminated by whatever means possible.

The religious tolerance that we have among ourselves is already being threatened by a few

So let us deal with it and stop the nonsense

If anyone brings a Dane gun around here now, everyone will scatter.

Let us deal with the problems that threaten our existence, please.

Else, what IBB said about the Yoruba remains true

I’ve noticed criticism from people who don’t appreciate cultural heritage. This showcases Yoruba culture and one of its finest traditions. critics of the Yoruba are individuals who do not live in or identify with their ancestral regions.

Looks colorful though.
Everyman to his...?

cute

Theres something culturally similar to this in Ado Ekiti but obviously not as big...

Jamiubond009:
Misplaced priorities. Our school children and their teachers are still in the kidnapper's den.The terrorists are threatening to exterminate them but na this performative nonsense dey more important

Kaa4:
If anyone brings a Dane gun around here now, everyone will scatter.

Let us deal with the problems that threaten our existence, please.

Else, what IBB said about the Yoruba remains true

Stop posting these ... posts because we all know it's coming from a place of hate. It's not like you care about the cildren. If you do, the comments of you folks on social media already reveals your true state of mind.

The Ijebus scrapping their festival won't bring back the children in Oyo state. I am sure you didn't stop eating neither did you stop touching your wife because children were kidnapped.

The happiness of the people will not be dimmed. They will solve their challneges and all spiteful bitter souls will be put to shame.

Tjra:
Stop posting these ... posts because we all know it's coming from a place of hate. It's not like you care. The Ijebus scrapping their festival won't bring back the children in Oyo state.

I am sure you didn't stop eating neither did you stop touching your wife because children were kidnapped.

Look at what this one is saying.
Don't worry it will reach your turn very soon

While it's important to preserve our culture and celebrate events like Ojude Oba and other traditional festivals across Nigeria, we must also ask ourselves some difficult questions.

Nigeria is still a developing nation battling poverty, unemployment, poor infrastructure, and economic hardship. Are we focusing enough on the things that truly move us forward?

Every year, millions of naira are spent on grand displays, expensive outfits, luxury cars, and social media showmanship. But beyond the glamour, what tangible impact do these events have on the average Nigerian struggling to survive?

If we can organize festivals of this magnitude successfully year after year, it shows that we have the capacity to come together and achieve great things. Imagine if that same energy, influence, and resources were directed towards empowering youths, creating jobs, supporting businesses, and investing in education.

Sadly, many young people see the lavish lifestyle on display and begin to believe that appearing wealthy is more important than building wealth. Some may even be tempted to take shortcuts just to "belong" or make an appearance at the next edition.

Our obsession with showmanship is becoming alarming. We celebrate consumption more than production. Alcohol companies, beverage brands, fashion businesses, and luxury vendors make huge profits from these events, yet the communities around us remain largely poor.

This is not an attack on culture. Culture is important. Tradition is important. But progress is equally important.

As a nation, we must begin to ask ourselves: Are these endless parties and celebrations moving us forward or keeping us distracted from the real work of nation-building?

Nigeria doesn't just need more celebrations. Nigeria needs more empowerment, more innovation, more productivity, and more opportunities for its people.

Food for thought.

FreeStuffsNG:
Ijebu Ọmọ Alare to the world and making our sophisticated Ile Oodua proud 😍

This year's organization of the Ojude Ọba is so successful in spite of the fact that Ijebu Ode is yet to select a Paramount Kabiyesi for Ijebuland.

The departed Awujale will be so proud of this part of his legacies.

What is sophisticated about being the ones who sold the most of their brethren into slavery for alcohol, tobacco, firearms, umbrellas, mirrors etc?

The saddest part is how we insisted on continuing the criminal trade with oyinbos and Arabs after the whites changed their minds and abolished it!

anonimi:
The often cited biography titled Madame Tinubu: Merchant and King-maker, authored by Nigerian historian Oladipo Yemitan, paints her views regarding slave trading.

On one occasion, during her final sojourn in Abeokuta, she was alleged to have sold a young boy into slavery and was accused of it. When arraigned before Ogundipe Alatise over the matter, she reportedly explained: 'I have a large house-hold and I must feed them well. I need money to do that, that's why'.

— Oladipo. Yemitan, 'Madame Tinubu: Merchant and King-maker'

Another section of Yemitan's Tinubu biography, referred to as the Amadie-Ojo Affair, captures a slave trading deal gone sour in 1853 (notably after the 1852 Treaty abolishing slavery in Lagos) wherein Tinubu tells another slave trader (Domingo Martinez) that "she would rather drown the slaves [20 in number] than sell them at a discount".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efunroye_Tinubu

HugoBoss10:
Look at what this one is saying.
Don't worry it will reach your turn very soon

How are you sure it won't get to you and your people's turn first? You control where the killers attack or visit shey? Hands go touch una soon.

LegendHero:
Ojude Oba is turning out to be the most notorious cultural event out of Africa.

Ijebu and Yoruba people in general cooked with that.

Is notorious a Freudian slip word that describes how we are too selfish for our own good?

So selfish that we CONTINUE selling ourselves to Asians and white people as slaves in different ways, including japa runs.

Notorious (adjective) means to be famous or widely known for something negative, such as a bad deed, an undesirable quality, or a poor reputation

Ojude Oba to the world..

No wonder some haters have been wailing since the event took place..

Jamiubond009:
Misplaced priorities. Our school children and their teachers are still in the kidnapper's den.The terrorists are threatening to exterminate them but na this performative nonsense dey more important

But NDC could hold primaries nationwide and Seyi Makinde could hold party rally..

Hypocrite..

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Ojude Oba 2026! 🇳🇬

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— Niyi (@theniyifagbemi) May 30, 2026

very nice videos Kudos.

Watching this, no one will ever believe we have insecurity issues. See as everywhere fine.

autoez:
While it's important to preserve our culture and celebrate events like Ojude Oba and other traditional festivals across Nigeria, we must also ask ourselves some difficult questions.

Nigeria is still a developing nation battling poverty, unemployment, poor infrastructure, and economic hardship. Are we focusing enough on the things that truly move us forward?

Every year, millions of naira are spent on grand displays, expensive outfits, luxury cars, and social media showmanship. But beyond the glamour, what tangible impact do these events have on the average Nigerian struggling to survive?

If we can organize festivals of this magnitude successfully year after year, it shows that we have the capacity to come together and achieve great things. Imagine if that same energy, influence, and resources were directed towards empowering youths, creating jobs, supporting businesses, and investing in education.

Sadly, many young people see the lavish lifestyle on display and begin to believe that appearing wealthy is more important than building wealth. Some may even be tempted to take shortcuts just to "belong" or make an appearance at the next edition.

Our obsession with showmanship is becoming alarming. We celebrate consumption more than production. Alcohol companies, beverage brands, fashion businesses, and luxury vendors make huge profits from these events, yet the communities around us remain largely poor.

This is not an attack on culture. Culture is important. Tradition is important. But progress is equally important.

As a nation, we must begin to ask ourselves: Are these endless parties and celebrations moving us forward or keeping us distracted from the real work of nation-building?

Nigeria doesn't just need more celebrations. Nigeria needs more empowerment, more innovation, more productivity, and more opportunities for its people.

Food for thought.

Nonsense lamentation. People are celebrating their cultural heritage and you're here spitting trash..

How has celebrating Christmas/Sallah helped the common man? Every year, people waste millions to go over to Jerusalem in the name of holy land. The Muslim ones have been stoning one imaginary Devil for more than 1,000 years, yet the devil wey dem dey stone no greee die..

Both Saudi and Isreal are making millions of dollars every year because people are just way gullible..

Imagine the money being spent to go to Jerusalem/Saudi is being spent here in Nigeria. Imagine how far those money would have gone..

Jamiubond009:
Misplaced priorities. Our school children and their teachers are still in the kidnapper's den.The terrorists are threatening to exterminate them but na this performative nonsense dey more important

Since those kids have been kidnapped, have you started a hunger strike to protest? Yes or no?

When you finish the ojude nonsense,you will face the reality of little kids still in the kidnapper's den

erniok:
Since those kids have been kidnapped, have you started a hunger strike to protest? Yes or no?

autoez:
While it's important to preserve our culture and celebrate events like Ojude Oba and other traditional festivals across Nigeria, we must also ask ourselves some difficult questions.

Nigeria is still a developing nation battling poverty, unemployment, poor infrastructure, and economic hardship. Are we focusing enough on the things that truly move us forward?

Every year, millions of naira are spent on grand displays, expensive outfits, luxury cars, and social media showmanship. But beyond the glamour, what tangible impact do these events have on the average Nigerian struggling to survive?

If we can organize festivals of this magnitude successfully year after year, it shows that we have the capacity to come together and achieve great things. Imagine if that same energy, influence, and resources were directed towards empowering youths, creating jobs, supporting businesses, and investing in education.

Sadly, many young people see the lavish lifestyle on display and begin to believe that appearing wealthy is more important than building wealth. Some may even be tempted to take shortcuts just to "belong" or make an appearance at the next edition.

Our obsession with showmanship is becoming alarming. We celebrate consumption more than production. Alcohol companies, beverage brands, fashion businesses, and luxury vendors make huge profits from these events, yet the communities around us remain largely poor.

This is not an attack on culture. Culture is important. Tradition is important. But progress is equally important.

As a nation, we must begin to ask ourselves: Are these endless parties and celebrations moving us forward or keeping us distracted from the real work of nation-building?

Nigeria doesn't just need more celebrations. Nigeria needs more empowerment, more innovation, more productivity, and more opportunities for its people.

Food for thought.

Nothing like food for thought here, have you criticised or complained about the Muslims and Christians that venerate other people's cultural heritage by wasting millions of naira in the name of pilgrimage. But when it comes to African cuktural celebrations, people begin to look down on them just because it's not foreign or not coming from the slave masters.
Africans should wake up oo. We're sleeping

[Keep defending rubbish.keep fawning over idiots with cigars in their mouths and women with their pancaked faces The little children are still trapped in the terrorist's den.quote author=PulaPower post=139572456]
Nonsense lamentation. People are celebrating their cultural heritage and you're here spitting trash..

How has celebrating Christmas/Sallah helped the common man? Every year, people waste millions to go over to Jerusalem in the name of holy land. The Muslim ones have been stoning one imaginary Devil for more than 1,000 years, yet the devil wey dem dey stone no greee die..

Both Saudi and Isreal are making millions of dollars every year because people are just way gullible..

Imagine the money being spent to go to Jerusalem/Saudi is being spent here in Nigeria. Imagine how far those money would have gone..[/quote]

Jamiubond009:
Misplaced priorities. Our school children and their teachers are still in the kidnapper's den.The terrorists are threatening to exterminate them but na this performative nonsense dey more important

Continue your fasting and sleepless night for that. So because they kidnapped children the whole nation including economy should be grounded. We know the kidnapping due to political fallout by some politicians to reduce Tinubu's vote in Oyo State

All of them are stupid and we deserve the country we are in.

deeva2:
But NDC could hold primaries nationwide and Seyi Makinde could hold party rally..

Hypocrite..

autoez:
While it's important to preserve our culture and celebrate events like Ojude Oba and other traditional festivals across Nigeria, we must also ask ourselves some difficult questions.

Nigeria is still a developing nation battling poverty, unemployment, poor infrastructure, and economic hardship. Are we focusing enough on the things that truly move us forward?

Every year, millions of naira are spent on grand displays, expensive outfits, luxury cars, and social media showmanship. But beyond the glamour, what tangible impact do these events have on the average Nigerian struggling to survive?

If we can organize festivals of this magnitude successfully year after year, it shows that we have the capacity to come together and achieve great things. Imagine if that same energy, influence, and resources were directed towards empowering youths, creating jobs, supporting businesses, and investing in education.

Sadly, many young people see the lavish lifestyle on display and begin to believe that appearing wealthy is more important than building wealth. Some may even be tempted to take shortcuts just to "belong" or make an appearance at the next edition.

Our obsession with showmanship is becoming alarming. We celebrate consumption more than production. Alcohol companies, beverage brands, fashion businesses, and luxury vendors make huge profits from these events, yet the communities around us remain largely poor.

This is not an attack on culture. Culture is important. Tradition is important. But progress is equally important.

As a nation, we must begin to ask ourselves: Are these endless parties and celebrations moving us forward or keeping us distracted from the real work of nation-building?

Nigeria doesn't just need more celebrations. Nigeria needs more empowerment, more innovation, more productivity, and more opportunities for its people.

Food for thought.

The problem is that you are seeing it from a narrow perspective. Here are some of the benefits:

1. Ojude Oba generates a lot of Tourism Revenue every year. Visitors across Nigeria and the diaspora visit Ijebu Ode and spend money on hotels, transportation, food, entertainment, and shopping.

2. It creates temporary jobs for event organizers, security personnel, vendors, photographers, decorators, transport operators, and performers.

3. Supports small businesses that provide services during the festival. Souvenir sellers experience a surge in demand. Local artisans gain a platform to showcase and sell traditional products.

4. A season can inject hundreds of millions and potentially billions of naira into the local economy through visitor spending, business activity, and tourism-related services.

I hope you saw the sponsors of this year's event, like FCMB, Globacom etc.

What a daft take Why don't you go and give this explanation to the parents of those hapless kids and see their reaction.

heysquare:
Continue your fasting and sleepless night for that. So because they kidnapped children the whole nation including economy should be grounded. We know the kidnapping due to political fallout by some politicians to reduce Tinubu's vote in Oyo State