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Ifẹ̀ is an ancient Yoruba city in south-western Nigeria. The city is located in present-day Osun State. Ife is about 218 kilometers northeast of Lagos with a population of over 500,000 people, which is the highest in Osun State according to population census of 2006.
Alayeluwa Oba Okunade Sijuwade, or Sijuade, was the fiftieth traditional ruler or Ooni of Ife from 1980 to his death in 2015, taking the regnal name Olubuse II. Ife is a traditional Yoruba state based in the town of Ife in Osun State, Nigeria. He was crowned on 6 December 1980 in a ceremony attended by the Emir of Kano, Oba of Benin, Amayanabo of Opobo and Olu of Warri, as well as by representatives of the Queen of England.
Ooni Lajamisan was the 8th Ooni of Ife, a paramount traditional ruler of Ile Ife, the ancestral home of the Yorubas. He succeeded Ooni Ayetise and was succeeded by Ooni Lajodoogun.
Ooni Lajodoogun was the 9th Ooni of Ife, a paramount traditional ruler of Ile Ife, the ancestral home of the Yorubas. He succeeded Ooni Lajamisan and was succeeded by Ooni Lafogido.
Ooni Okanlajosin was the 16th Ooni of Ife, a paramount traditional ruler of Ile Ife, the ancestral home of the Yorubas. He succeeded Ooni Gboonijio and was succeeded by Ooni Adegbalu.
Ooni Adegbalu was the 17th Ooni of Ife, a paramount traditional ruler of Ile Ife, the ancestral home of the Yorubas. He succeeded Ooni Okanlajosin and was succeeded by Ooni Osinkola.
Ooni Ogboruu was the 19th Ooni of Ife, a paramount traditional ruler of Ile Ife, the ancestral home of the Yorubas. He succeeded Ooni Osinkola and was succeeded by Ooni Giesi.
Ooni Lúwo Gbàgìdá was the 21st Ooni of Ife, a paramount traditional ruler of Ile Ife, the ancestral home of the Yorubas in the 10th century. She was the daughter or a descendant of Ooni Otaataa from Owode compound, Okerewe, and a descendant of Ooni Lafogido. Luwoo was married to one of the high chief known as Obaloran and gave birth to a son named Adekola Telu, She was the first and the only female paramount ruler of Ile-ife known to be the origin of Yoruba tribe in soth-westhern, Nigeria and was succeeded Ooni Giesi and was succeeded by Ooni Lumobi. Ooni Luwoo's reign remains the only one by a female in Ife till date. Her son Adekola Telu was the founder of the Iwo Kingdom.
Ooni Lumobi was the 22nd Ooni of Ife, a paramount traditional ruler of Ile Ife, the ancestral home of the Yorubas. He succeeded Ooni Luwoo and was succeeded by Ooni Agbedegbede.
Ooni Agbedegbede was the 23rd Ooni of Ife, a paramount traditional ruler of Ile Ife, the ancestral home of the Yorubas. He succeeded Ooni Lumobi and was succeeded by Ooni Ojelokunbirin.
Ooni Lagunja was the 25th Ooni of Ife, a paramount traditional ruler of Ile Ife, the ancestral home of the Yorubas. He succeeded Ooni Ojelokunbirin and was succeeded by Ooni Larunnka.
Ooni Olojo was the 31st Ooni of Ife, a paramount traditional ruler of Ile Ife, the ancestral home of the Yorubas. He succeeded Ooni Adejinle and was succeeded by Ooni Okiti.
Ooni Lugbade was the 33rd Ooni of Ife, a paramount traditional ruler of Ile Ife, the ancestral home of the Yorubas. He succeeded Ooni Okiti and was succeeded by Ooni Aribiwoso.
Ooni Gbanlare was the 39th Ooni of Ife, a paramount traditional ruler of Ile Ife, the ancestral home of the Yorubas. He succeeded Ooni Akinmoyero and was succeeded by Ooni Gbegbaaje.
Ooni Degbinsokun was the 43rd Ooni of Ife, a paramount traditional ruler of Ile Ife, the ancestral home of the Yorubas. He succeeded Ooni Adegunle Adewela and was succeeded by Ooni Orarigba.
Ooni Orarigba was the 44th Ooni of Ife, a paramount traditional ruler of Ile Ife, the ancestral home of the Yorubas. He succeeded Ooni Ooni Degbinsokun and was succeeded by Ooni Derin Ologbenla. He is the great-great grandfather of the current Ooni of Ife Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi.
Adelekan Olubuse I was the 46th Ooni of Ife, a paramount traditional ruler of Ile Ife, the ancestral home of the Yorubas. He succeeded Ooni Derin Ologbenla and was succeeded by. Ooni Adekola.
Ooni Adekola was the 47th Ooni of Ife, a paramount traditional ruler of Ile Ife, the ancestral home of the Yorubas. He succeeded Ooni Adelekan Olubuse I and was succeeded by Ooni Ademiluyi Ajagun.
Ademiluyi Ajagun was the 48th Ooni of Ife, a paramount traditional king of Ile-Ife, the ancestral home of the Yorubas. He was one of the most feared kings and was highly respected in Africa and around the world. He succeeded Ooni Adekola and was succeeded by Ooni Adesoji Aderemi.
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- ↑ Dayo, Ologundudu (2008). The cradle of Yoruba culture. Nigeria: Centre for spoken words. p. 206. ISBN 978-0615220635 . Retrieved July 30, 2015.
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