Awujale
The Fusengbuwa Ruling House has explained why the nomination meeting to select candidates for the vacant stool of the Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland was postponed. The ruling house, which is next in line to produce the Awujale following the death of Oba Sikiru Adetona in July 2025 at the age of 91, had […]
Reaffirms unity in the Fusengbuwa ruling house Otunba Babatunde Alatise, a prominent descendant of the Bubiade Royal Family within the Fusengbuwa Ruling House, has formally declared his intention to contest for the vacant Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland. He made the announcement on Tuesday during a press briefing at Alagbala Villa in Ijebu-Ode, drawing […]
The Fusengbuwa Ruling House, direct descendants of the late Awujale of Ijebuland, Alayeluwa Oba Theophilus Adenuga Tunwase, popularly known as Folagbade and the last monarch from the Fusengbuwa lineage, has reaffirmed that only his immediate family holds the legitimate right to present candidates for the vacant Awujale stool. Addressing the controversy surrounding succession to […]
The Fusengbuwa Ruling House of Ijebuland has reaffirmed its unity and commitment to preserving the sanctity of its royal heritage as the family prepares for its role in the forthcoming Awujale succession. Addressing a large gathering of princes and princesses at the Ile-Nla Quarters, Agusenbi, Ijebu-Ode, on Sunday, the Olori-Ebi (head) of the Fusengbuwa Ruling House, Otunba […]
FUSENGBUWA RULING HOUSE (ORIGINAL) RESURFACES The Fusengbuwa Ruling House (Original) of Ijebu Ode has formally declared open the release of its membership and expression of interest forms for princes and princesses seeking to contest the vacant stool of the Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebu Land. At a press conference held on Wednesday, October 1, […]
The Adenuga family of the Fusengbuwa ruling house has declared that the succession to the Awujale stool of Ijebuland is not an open contest, insisting that only direct descendants of the last Awujale from the line, Oba Theophilus Tuwase Adenuga Folagbade, are entitled to the throne. Speaking on Frontline, a currents affairs programme on Eagle 102.5 […]
Prof. Chief Fassy Yusuf, Baagbimo of Ijebu and Secretary of the Awujale Council of Chiefs, said the next Awujale of Ijebuland will be chosen by the kingmakers and the Funsegbuwa ruling house, not solely by the Ifa oracle. According to Fassy, a new monarch is expected before the end of the year if no court […]
In a decisive disapproval to swirling media reports, the head of the Fusengbuwa ruling house, Alhaji Abdulateef Owoyemi, has categorically denied the existence of any screening committee for the selection of a new Awujale of Ijebuland. Owoyemi, a respected elder statesman and former National President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), made […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has credited the late Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, with playing a pivotal role in his emergence as Nigeria’s president in 2023. Speaking on Sunday at the 8th-day Fidau prayers held in honour of the late monarch at the Dipo Dina Stadium, Ijebu Ode, Tinubu described […]
The Fusengbuwa Ruling House of Ijebu-Ode has distanced itself from a faction reportedly behind the beating of the Gbedu drum; a traditional rite signaling interest in the vacant Awujale stool. The symbolic ritual, which in Ijebu culture indicates the intention to contest for the throne, was deemed by the family as premature, misleading, and potentially […]
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