List of rulers of Ife
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The Ooni of Ife
is the traditional ruler, whose dynasty goes back hundreds of years. Ifè
is an ancient Yoruba
city in south-western Nigeria
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Ife
Ife is an ancient Yoruba city in south-western Nigeria. Evidence of inhabitation at the site has been discovered to date back to roughly 560 BC...
is the traditional ruler, whose dynasty goes back hundreds of years. Ifè
Ife
Ife is an ancient Yoruba city in south-western Nigeria. Evidence of inhabitation at the site has been discovered to date back to roughly 560 BC...
is an ancient Yoruba
Yoruba people
The Yoruba people are one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa. The majority of the Yoruba speak the Yoruba language...
city in south-western Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
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- OduduwaOduduwaOduduwa Omoluabi, Olofin Adimula, Emperor of the Yoruba, phonetically written by his people as Odùduwà and sometimes contracted as Odudua or Oòdua, is generally held among the Yoruba to be the reigning ancestor of the crowned Yoruba kings....
- Osangangan Obamakin
- Ogun
- Obalufon Ogbogbodirin
- Obalufon Alayemore
- Oranmiyan
- Ayetise
- Lajamisan
- Lajodoogun
- Lafogido
- Odidimode Rogbeesin
- Aworokolokin
- Ekun
- Ajimuda
- GboonijioO
- Okanlajosin
- Adegbalu
- Osinkola
- Ogboruu
- Giesi
- Luwoo
- Lumobi
- Agbedegbede
- Ojelokunbirin
- Lagunja
- Larunnka
- Ademilu
- Omogbogbo
- Ajila-Oorun
- Adejinle
- Olojo
- Okiti
- Lugbade
- Aribiwoso
- Osinlade
- Adagba
- Ojigidiri
- Akinmoyero (1770–1800)
- Gbanlare (1800–1823)
- Gbegbaaje (1823–1835)
- Wunmonije (1835–1839)
- Adegunle Adewela (1839–1849)
- Degbinsokun (1849–1878)
- Orarigba (1878–1880)
- Derin Ologbenla (1880–1894)
- Adelekan Olobuse I (1894–1910)
- Adekola (1910-1910)
- Ademiluyi Ajagun (1910–1930)
- Adesoji Aderemi (1930–1980)
- Alayeluwa Oba Okunade Sijuwade Olubuse II (1980-)
See also
- Nigerian traditional rulersNigerian traditional rulersNigerian traditional rulers often derive their titles from the rulers of independent states or communities that existed before the formation of modern Nigeria...
- History of the Yoruba peopleHistory of the Yoruba peopleThe history of the Yoruba is not yet well established. Based to a large extent on the dynastic tradition of Oyo it is presently in the process of reevaluation.-Ancient history:...
- List of Nigerian traditional states