PHOTOS: Ooni Ogunwusi’s installation By Online Editor

t was, indeed, a new dawn at Ile Ife, the ancestral
home of the Yorubas on Monday, as Oba Adeyeye
Enitan Ogunwusi, received his staff of office as
the 51st Ooni of Ife in a colorful ceremony that
had all the trappings of royalty.










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