…Suspends him for six months, sets up c’ttee to probe alleged misconduct The Osun State Traditional Council on Friday suspended the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, for six months, over what it described as “an attempt to drag the institution into the mud with his public conduct”. The council, at its emergency meeting presided […]
Oluwo of Iwoland in Osun state, Adbulrasheed Akanbi, said he did not adopt the title of “emir of Yorubaland” but could only be called emir by “Hausas and ardent Muslims”. The monarch had reportedly said he adopted the emir title, which is peculiar to the north, in place of oba, a title connected with the […]
Oluwo of Iwoland in Osun state, Oba Adbulrasheed Akanbi has declared his resolve to adopt the Emir title popularly known with Northern traditional rulers. Speaking at the installation and turbaning ceremony of an Islamic scholar, Sheikh Yahquub Abdul-Baaqi Mohammed as first Waziri of Yoruba land on Saturday, Oba Akanbi said he decided to now bear […]