Tradition

Ondo Kingdom, My homeland – a place where our story begins… Other lands are made of bricks and beams, but Ekimogun is built with love and dreams. …with four corners that enclose the right people. Glorious, Glamorous, Gorgeous and Generous We are the Chief School of Shinning Shimmering Virtues Illustrious …

Further to the sudden and tragic death of late Chief Opeyemi Olusola Bademosi (Lotin Of Ondo Kingdom) as the sitting Chairman of Ondo Development Committee, we formally announce that the 2018 Ekimogun Day Festival in Ondo Kingdom has now been cancelled in his honour. May his gentle and humble soul …

As at this moment, we can confirm that the legend, Chief Alexander Opeyemi Akinyele ‘Lobosin of Ondo Kingdom’ is very much alive. We appeal to all Fake News Social Media Practitioners to desist from spreading fake derogatory and ambiguous news. Please let us be quick to spread good news about …

Further to the recent correspondence received from the Secretariat of Ondo Development Committee with the tragic death of late Chief Ope Bademosi (Lotin Of Ondo Kingdom) as its sitting Chairman, I am with great shock and heavy heart to inform everyone that the formal invitation extended to me as the …

Consequent upon the political emancipation of the country from colonial tutelage to independence, a process of transforming the multi-social and cultural communities in the federation was set in motion by the various government aimed at providing social and economic devolvement security and good government for the people. The Ondo community …

Standing tall in the heart of Ondo town is a compelling and very imposing edifice called the “Oba Adesanoye Civic Centre”. The Centre, with its beauty and magnificence, is a unique structure that is well suited for social activities of the Ondo. It is also an inviting place for visitors …

Ikú solves the mystery of Death. Ikú is death in the sense of loss of emí or life sustaining breath, the end of terrestrial life but unlike Egúngún, it was one of the beings in Òrun that came to Aiyé. Ikú was assigned the task of ending peoples life. The …

Three awos (occult members) made divination for the Òsemàwé of Ondo when he was going to receive three visitors. He was told to make sacrifice and he did. Ògún, Ùjà and Olókun were coming to visit him. They vowed to stay with any Oba who·would know and pronounce their names. …

While in heaven, the Dove (Adaba Lukori) and the Pigeon (Eyele) were sisters born of the same parents. They had grown to become very pretty but had no children. One day, Eyele who was the senior of the two, proposed that they should both go to Orummla for divination on …

Ase or àṣẹ is a Yoruba concept that signifies the power to make things happen and change. It given by Olodumare to everything – gods, ancestors, spirits, humans, animals, plants, rocks, rivers, and voiced words such as songs, prayers, praises, curses, or even everyday conversation. Existence, according to Yoruba thought, …