Meet Thandiwe in 2024 and in 2025:
Thandiwe Osuntoki Awoniran @thandilli — a pretty Osun and Ifa priestess, doula and healing artist, embodying the beauty and power of Osun and the timeless grace of our culture.
She’s part of the Oshun R&B/Hip-hop duo out of Brooklyn. She lives in Nigeria with her husband, Baba Ifagbemiga Awoniran @babaosadi who’s also an Ifa & orisa priest and a spiritual healer.
#OsunOsogboFestival2025
OAU Mourns As Renowned Historian Segun Osoba Dies @ 92
The academic community at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife has been thrown into mourning following the death of a renowned scholar and Emeritus Professor of History, Segun Osoba.
Although the details of his transition were still sketchy, he was said to have died on Thursday May 13 2026 at his Ijẹbu-Ode, Ogun State residence at 11.35 am at the age of 92.
His death was confirmed by one of his disciples, Prof Toye Olorode, who described him as “a foremost patriot, social historian, committed socialist, exemplary teacher, and humanist.”
Osoba who mentored many Marxists was the Leader of “Ife Collective”, an organisation that mobilized Nigerians with other social platforms to seek alternative paradigms for the development of Nigeria, having noticed that the economic and directive principles adopted at independence could not take the country far.
They also worked actively, throughout in the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Nigerian Labour Movement at large.
Among his disciples were Professors Toye Olorode, Idowu Awopetu, Kayode Adetugbo, Segun Adewoye, Bayo Ademodi, Kola Torimiro, Dipo Fashina and Dr Deinde Arigbede among numerous others.
He retired from the University in 1992.
Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi Welcomes Twin Princes with Olori Mariam
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, announced the birth of twin boys with his wife Olori Mariam in a heartfelt social media post late Thursday.
He thanked God for the blessings, confirmed the mother and babies are healthy, and congratulated the royal House of Oduduwa. Nigerians celebrated widely online, with news outlets reporting tears of joy for the family, as the palace gears up for naming ceremonies.
Olori Mariam, married to the monarch since 2022, brings this double blessing to the ancient Yoruba lineage.
#osunconnect #ooniofife #ileife #fyp
“We in the Accord Party say NO to violence. Drop the guns and let’s settle our differences at the ballot box,” says Bankole Omisore, Special Adviser on Sustainable Development Goals and Multilateral Relations.
“I, Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde, Excellency, announced my candidacy for the position of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
- Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde joins presidential race
“I was placed on Level 12 despite being a PhD holder.
When Ademola saw me, he asked them what the problem was. After they explained, he looked at how composed I was and immediately promoted me to Level 15.” - Osun Civil Servant
