Arigidi-Akoko KingdomHM Olori Silekunola Moronke OgunwusiHRM Oloba Adekunle OyeyemiHRM Ooni Ojaja IIHRM Zaki Yisa OlanipekunNigeriaNigeria royal familyOba-Ile KingdomOoni of Ife
Imperial Awards 2019
On August 9th, His Imperial Majesty Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, The Arole Oodua and Ooni of Ife accompanied by his wife Her Imperial Majesty Olori Silekunola Ogunwusi (Yeyeluwa) attended the Imperial Awards hosted at the Universal event centre in Vaughan, Ontario. This year's theme was theMaiden Voyage
His Imperial Majesty is the founding patron of the awards that recognises and celebrates well-meaning individuals around the globe who had made a difference in social development and had courageously kept their integrity in their endeavours.
A few members of the diaspora where recognized for the social involvement included Award winning musicians Tuface Indiba, NBA Champions Toronto Raptors' President Masai Ujiri(who was awarded the Ojaja award for distinguish innovation), Nobel Laurate Wole Soyinka, Toronto Major John Tory and many others
Imperial Visits:
During their visit to the great North, Their Imperial Majesties had a business schedule. On August 8th, they attended Imperial Business Forum at the Ontario Investment trade centre in Toronto.
On August 10th, they attended an All White Royal boat Cruise, after which they visited the Hope4Sure foundation.
On Monday August 12th, Their Imperial Majesties were welcome to the City of Brampton by the Mayor of Brampton Patrick Brown and his wife Genevieve for a visit.
In his welcoming speech, Mayor Brown welcome the African monarch describing himself as being lucky receiving such a revered African king. He expressed and reminisce a previous trip he took to Nigeria and was happy with the explosion of cultures and great people. He also informed the Yoruba Spiritual Leader for the great positive social and economic work the Nigerian community as well as the about 60,000 Africans and Caribbeans community do in the city
During a ceremony of Proclamation Day, a Flag Exchange and presentation of city key done in his honour by the mayor, he gave a speech where he charged the Nigerian community led by His Excellency, Ambassador Adeyinka Asekun alongside senior officials of the embassy of Nigeria in Canada, in the spirit of patriotism, to come together and join the government and their fellow citizens in proffering solutions to the economic challenges facing the country.
Their Imperial Majesties are accompanied by the Nigerian ambassador to Canada, H.E, Adeyinka Asekun, HRM Oba Yisa Olanipekun, the Zaki of Arigidi-Akoko, HRM Oba Adekunle Oyeyemi, the Oloba of Oba-Ile, and many others
His Imperial Majesty is the founding patron of the awards that recognises and celebrates well-meaning individuals around the globe who had made a difference in social development and had courageously kept their integrity in their endeavours.
A few members of the diaspora where recognized for the social involvement included Award winning musicians Tuface Indiba, NBA Champions Toronto Raptors' President Masai Ujiri(who was awarded the Ojaja award for distinguish innovation), Nobel Laurate Wole Soyinka, Toronto Major John Tory and many others
Imperial Visits:
During their visit to the great North, Their Imperial Majesties had a business schedule. On August 8th, they attended Imperial Business Forum at the Ontario Investment trade centre in Toronto.
On August 10th, they attended an All White Royal boat Cruise, after which they visited the Hope4Sure foundation.
On Monday August 12th, Their Imperial Majesties were welcome to the City of Brampton by the Mayor of Brampton Patrick Brown and his wife Genevieve for a visit.
In his welcoming speech, Mayor Brown welcome the African monarch describing himself as being lucky receiving such a revered African king. He expressed and reminisce a previous trip he took to Nigeria and was happy with the explosion of cultures and great people. He also informed the Yoruba Spiritual Leader for the great positive social and economic work the Nigerian community as well as the about 60,000 Africans and Caribbeans community do in the city
During a ceremony of Proclamation Day, a Flag Exchange and presentation of city key done in his honour by the mayor, he gave a speech where he charged the Nigerian community led by His Excellency, Ambassador Adeyinka Asekun alongside senior officials of the embassy of Nigeria in Canada, in the spirit of patriotism, to come together and join the government and their fellow citizens in proffering solutions to the economic challenges facing the country.
Their Imperial Majesties are accompanied by the Nigerian ambassador to Canada, H.E, Adeyinka Asekun, HRM Oba Yisa Olanipekun, the Zaki of Arigidi-Akoko, HRM Oba Adekunle Oyeyemi, the Oloba of Oba-Ile, and many others
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