Afonja became the Aare Ona Kakanfo, (the generalissimo) of Oyo Empire. A Fulani named Alimi seized the leadership in Ilorin by killing Afonja when Afonja refused to fully convert to Islam.

By Justice Faloye  The African Sociocultural Harmony and Enlightenment (ASHE) Foundation think tank created by paramount Southern and Middlebelt cultural custodians, have raised alarm that the call ...

Royal scramble and squabble have been key elements in traditional succession politics in Yoruba land since immemorial. Wherever you look across the Southwest, you find traces of dissensions among ...

Even the Fulani who later became identified with the ... Yorubas whom they considered as “lost brothers” and the Oyo Empire relied on Borno for the supply of horses which they used to build ...

When the Fulani invaded Oyo, the warriors that were ... Again in 1855 when Dahomey started claiming a boundary with the Oyo Empire, many people also ran to Igboho. When the war ended, they went ...

The demand for ‘cattle colonies’ is not an attempt to create ranches for their livestock but the animals are battling instrument for penetration, the real agenda is to spread and extend the Fulani ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The Fulani, one of Africa's largest pastoral populations, exhibit a complex genetic ancestry influenced by North and West African migrations. Their genetic ...

The Fulani community in Nigeria has formally appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to intervene in the detention of their leader, Alhaji Abdullahi Bello Bodejo, who is currently in the custody ...

IPOB alleged that Governor Mbah paid the sum of N30billion to some leaders of Eha-Amufu community for them to release their communal lands for Fulani settlement. The Indigenous People of Biafra ...