Bunmi Ishola
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Taiwo Hassan: The ‘Ogogo’ who became a legend of Yorùbá cinema (opens the original)
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There are actors whose names are known. There are those whose faces are unforgettable. And then there are those whose stage names become so powerful that they almost eclipse the names given to them at birth. For Taiwo Abiolu Babatunde Al-Hassan, popularly known as Ògògó, the name has become a brand, a legacy and, in many respects, a chapter in the history of Yorùbá entertainment industry. Born on October 31, 1959, in Ilaro, Ògùn State, Taiwo Hassan has spent more than four decades in the Nigeria
FG flags off Ibadan-Ijebu Ode road dualisation today (opens the original)
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THE Federal Government will today, August 24, flag off the dualisation of the Ibadan-Ijebu Ode Road, in a major move aimed at improving connectivity, easing transportation and stimulating economic activities between Oyo and Ogun states. The flag-off ceremony, organised by the Federal Ministry of Works, is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. at the Open Field of Legacy Estate, along the Idi Ayunre axis of the Ibadan-Ijebu Ode Road, Oyo State. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) had recently approved the awa
Grace Owoola Oyin-Adejobi: The last echo of Yorùbá travelling theatre (opens the original)
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WHEN the curtain rose on the golden age of Yoruba travelling theatre in the 1950s, few could have imagined that a young woman from Osogbo would become one of the enduring faces of a cultural movement that would shape generations of Nigerian entertainers. Today, at over nine decades old, Grace Owoola Oyin-Adejobi, fondly known as Iya Osogbo, remains one of the last surviving links to an era when theatre troupes travelled from town to town, transforming school halls, community centres and open fie
Olóòlù Masquerade: ‘We took cooperative loan of N400,000 to appease traditionalists’ (opens the original)
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•‘Nobody collected ₦400,000 from her. Let her husband print the receipt and bring it out. We are waiting’ Ibadan is home to numerous celebrated masquerades, including Ayélabọ́lá, Ìpọ̀nríikú, Alágangàn, Alàpáńsánpá, Olúǹládé, Atìpàkọ́, Abìdíẹlẹ́gẹ̀ẹ́, Godogódò, Fẹrẹbíẹkùn, Aníkúlápò, Lọ́baníkà, Tẹ̀lẹ́biitan, Gbẹ́bọlájà and the royal masquerade, Òyì. Yet Olóòlù occupies a particularly revered place in the city’s cultural heritage. Each year, it emerges from its ancestral home at Òde Ajé under cust
‘I am alive,’ Wasila debunks death rumour, denies filming Olóòlù masquerade (opens the original)
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A young woman at the centre of widespread social media claims that she died after allegedly filming the revered Olóòlù masquerade in Ibadan has dismissed the reports, declaring that she is alive and was wrongly accused of recording the traditional procession. Wasila Wasiu and her mother, Mrs Sekinat Wasiu, debunked the rumour of her death in separate interviews. Mrs Wasiu, whose interview with Lagelu FM 96.7 was aired on Ibi Ayé ń Lọ, a programme on the radio station, spoke at her residence in K
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