Yoruba Honors: Alaafin Set to Crown Seyi Tinubu, Yari with Prestigious Titles

 

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade, will confer chieftaincy titles on Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Tinubu, and Senator Abdul’Aziz Yari on December 21, 2025. Seyi Tinubu will be installed as the "Okanlomo of Yorubaland", meaning "the one dear to the hearts of all Yoruba people", while Senator Yari will be installed as the "Obaloyin of Yorubaland".

This follows the recent conferment of the title Yeye Asiwaju Gbogbo Ile Oodua on First Lady Remi Tinubu by the Ooni of Ife, a prestigious title previously held by Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo, wife of Chief Obafemi Awolowo.