OLUMO ROCK, ABEOKUTA
Olumo rock is a massive outcrop of granite rocks of primitive formation from which Abeokuta the capital of the state derived its name.
The rock is a historical monument which served as shelter and fortress for the Egba people who at 1830 had settled under the rock during the intercity wars. The rock is a monument of Faith, Unity source of strength and unfailing protection for Ebga people.
The highest point of the rock is 137 meters above sea level with the existence of a muster tree growing for over 200 years and surrounding caves.
ORONNA STATUE, ILARO
The shrine is located at ilaro, it was named after a great warrior who defended the town and the people from the intertribal wars that was ravaging the Yoruba kingdom of old. During his lifetime, no enemy dare challenge Ilaro to war. There was much peace all around. Oronna pledged that even in death, he should be called up to defend the town of Ilaro with appropriate sacrifices at his shrine.
The point through which he disappeared into the earth, leaving the tail of the long chain tied to his waist is still there up till now.
BILIKISU SUNGBO TOURIST COMPLEX, IJEBU-ODE
Bilikisu Sugbon is the believed biblical Queen of Sheba. Who hailed from Ethiopia where she is known as Queen Balqis. She sojourned from Ethiopia to Oke Eri, Ijebu area of Ogun state where she later died. Through the works of Archaeologists from the University of Ibadan; five tourists sites have been identified and carved out from Bilikisu Sugbon complementing one another. The sites are The Moat, The Tomb; The botanical garden; the zoological garden and the potteries and relics found from the excavated ground.
CENTENARY HALL, AKE, ABEOKUTA
The centenary hall was built by the Egba people to commemorate their one hundred years story of peaceful existence at Abeokuta after the inter-tribal wars.
It was built in 1950 directly opposite the Ake palace and very near the present Abeokuta south local government.
Breaking: Yoruba Obas Forum Set To Dethrone Olugbo of Ugbo APRIL 30, 2019 If the threat from the Yoruba Obas Forum is anything to go by, Oba Akinruntan, the Olugbo of Ugbo will be dethroned any moment from now. My State News Observed. The richest Yoruba Monarch Oba Dr Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan, Olugbo of Ugbo has been accused of endorsing and crowned what he calls diaspora Obas among other things. The Monarch was said to have committed an aberration and he should be dethroned. In a release to the media, the forum after thorough deliberation stated: “Those who cannot be angry at evil lacks enthusiasm for good. And there is an age long Yoruba that says Agba kii wa loja ki ori omotuntun wo: The attention of the Yoruba Obas Forum being the umbrella body of over 200 Obas in the South West and North Central regions of Nigeria (comprising of Osun, Ogun, Oyo, Ekiti, Ondo, Lagos Kogi, Kwara States of Nigeria) has been drawn to the recent illegal, unwarranted and unprecedented endorsement and
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