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    By Victor Olubiye     It is unknown to many speakers of the Yorùbá language that the original Yorùbá word for wife is ‘aya’ and not the commonly used ‘Ìyàwo'.    Long ago in Yorùbá land, a beautiful princess and daughter of the first king of Iwó town named Wúràọlá was in the quest of getting herself a patient, tolerant and well mannered husband.    Strong and good looking men, the likes of Sàngó, Ògún and others, had already traveled to Iwó town to seek the hand of Wúràọlá in marriage but left not with a wife but uncontrollable anger. Wúràọlá had been rude to everyone of them. In fact, she hurled insults and curses at her suitors which made them all leave on the same day they arrived the town of Iwo because they couldn’t tolerate her bad behaviors.    Ọ̀rúnmìlà, a good looking man, also journeyed to Iwó in the bid to win the hand of Wúràọlá in marriage. But before he set out, he had already consulted Olódùmarè , the supreme bein...

    By Victor Olubiye    Bro. Williams Oluwasegun Victor,the Student Pastor of C.A.C Oke Anu,Iree, Osun State made the statement today,23rd of March,2025 during the church Sunday service.    He declared that God is not a man; anything He says, He will surely do it.He said that humans do fail so we shouldn't put our trust in men but God so that He can send men to us.    He continued that it is God that put it in man's heart to help one because everybody on earth is self sufficient, we all need help though.He affirmed that "we are not a failure because our God doesn't fail",he declared that all his church members are prosperous and successful ones because His God can never fail.        He concluded that God is a Promise Keeper weh pass Goal Keeper because He has promised His children blessings in the book of Deuteronomy 28:2-4;He will surely fulfill His promise.

    By Victor Olubiye   The Ogun River (Yoruba: Odò Ògùn) is a waterway in Nigeria that discharges into the Lagos Lagoon. Ogun State of Nigeria is named after the river.    The river rises near the towns of Sepeteri and Shaki in upper Oyo State at coordinates 8°41′0″N 3°28′0″E and flows through the rest of the state into Ogun State and eventually into Lagos State where it discharges into the Lagos lagoon at the towns of Isheri and Owode onirin. The river is crossed by the Ikere Gorge Dam in the Iseyin local government area of Oyo State. The reservoir capacity is 690 million cubic metres (560,000 acre⋅ft). The reservoir abuts the Old Oyo National Park, providing recreational facilities for tourists, and the river flows through the park. The Ofiki River, which also rises near Shaki, is one of the Ogun River's chief tributary. The Oyan River, another tributary, is crossed by the Oyan River Dam which supplies water to Abeokuta and Lagos. In densely populated areas t...

    By Victor Olubiye 1. Abeokuta was initially known as Oko Adagba and founded in 1830. Its first leader was Sodeke. 2. It has the first church ever built in Nigeria, the St. Peters Anglican Church. 3. The first hospital in Nigeria, Sacred Heart Hospital, was built in Abeokuta and it is still functional. 4. The first bridge by a Nigerian engineer, Sokori Bridge, was built in Abeokuta in 1903. 5. Iwe Irohin, the first newspaper in Nigeria, was founded in the town. 6. The first Nigerian to become the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Adetokunbo Ademola, was an Egba man from Abeokuta. 7. The first woman to drive a car, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, was from Egba, Abeokuta. 8. The first Baptist Church in West Africa was built in Abeokuta. 9. Egba King, Alake Gbadebo I, was the first traditional ruler in Nigeria to travel to England spending 20 days at sea between May 5 and May 25, 1904. 10. Since the discovery of Olumo Rock, nobody has fallen from it.