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The president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is a lucky man. Next to him in luck is Senator Dino Melaye, the PDP governorship candidate in Kogi State. Melaye
The president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is a lucky man. Next to him in luck is Senator Dino Melaye, the PDP governorship candidate in Kogi State. Melaye will
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GROWING up as a child, I spent quality time with an uncle, Baba Falade, the Obajemu and Aoro Orangun of Odo-Oro Ekiti, who was a top member of the Babalawo cult. He was not just a Babalawo, but an Orunmila one for that matter. Babalawo Orunmila, for the understanding of the not so esoteric readers, is the one who can use all the objects of divination (kola nut, cowries, sand, opele and ikin) to interpret the hidden knowledge of the celestial, through the instrumentality of Ifa.
On so many occasions, I watched him as he consulted for his numerous clients. Equally amazing to me then, were the various issues the clients brought forward for solutions. Unlike the modern diviners, turned prophets, who first listened to their clients’ issues before seeing the visions, whoever came to see Baba Falade would speak in hushed tones to the objects of divination. The interpretation would follow, based on the particular “Odu” Ifa (Ifa Corpus) and Baba’s chanting of the pan