LyncOòduà Digital Magazine

  Ado-Ekiti sunday morning Iyan vibe is a evolving cultural concept with a gastronomic value. i grew up in Ado-Ekiti to understand that owanbe parties happens on saturday nights later saturday afternoon/evening and Ado-Ekiti been the capital of Ekiti-State the christian population dominates so sunday mornings are always 80 percent of church activities so you scarcely find a buka where food is sold...... this informed some set of people as the scarcity of food on sunday mornings continued, the cache to my observation with the people that came for the owambes were majorly not living here, even the other part guests living here will be kinda tired to want to cook on sunday mornings, but i trust some houses will still do. this write up makes me remember the smell of Rice chicken and dodo, listening to some old jams in my grandpa's house after church. Now, the sunday morning food scarcity has systematically created a culture in Ado-Ekiti now making iyan an available food in almost every...

 The Olojo Festival is an ancient festival celebrated annually in Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. It is one of the popular festivals in the Yoruba land, and was once described by Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi as a festival that celebrates the Black race all over the world. The Yoruba word 'Olojo' means 'The Day Of The First Dawn' that describes the grateful heart of man towards God's creation and the existence of Human. The Olojo Festival is a culture festival in the calendar of the Ile-Ife, Osun State which is located in the Southwestern part of Nigeria. It is the celebration of the remembrance of “Ogun”, god of Iron, who is believed to be the first son of Oduduwa, progenitor of the Yoruba people. The festival is held annually. It is one of the biggest festival on the culture calendar of lle-Ife. On this day, the Ooni (king of Ife) appears after seven days of seclusion and denial, communing with the ancestors and praying for his people. This is to make him pure and ensure ...

The conversation and call to policymakers in Nigeria to make tourism more economically viable, resilient and less dependent on crude oil production has for some time been raised by pundits from diverse intellectual and professional backgrounds. .     The crux of their charge is for the state to pay more attention to the Non-Oil sector. One of the sectors suggested for exploration and development is the artistic, culture and tourism endowments of Nigeria if we are indeed serious about sustainable job creation, non oil revenue generation and incalculable implications on commercial and general economic development. Interestingly, a crop of progressively inclined personnel both at the government level and private players in the art, culture and tourism space in Ekiti-State took up the challenge in the face of humongous traditional hindrance.  The clarity and nobility of her tourism development vision happily found a warm reception in the Dr Kayode Fayemi led administrati...

We often refer to the sensitive theme of Inclusion and Diversity even though, used interchangeably.  Perhaps we can justify the cliche of social justice and equity to score a point, despite populist notion that this contraption is overlooked and misunderstood. The  discourse and treatment of diversity and inclusion only began to gain significant traction during the 'Paris Gender and Equality'  Convention Agreement in Copenhagen. The policy thrust for socio- cultural change is a buzzword that was eventually adopted within the periscope of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's) The approach introduced by various  development experts, placed intrinsic value upon the need to streamline this complex discourse. It is envisaged  that with passage of time, larger societies would  begin to embrace and grapple with the critical challenges of  implementing the core ethos of Inclusion and Diversity, particularly for developing countries.  Dissecting empiri...

  On the 9th of September 2023, A group of urban hikers went to Olota Mountain . Olota mountain is located in Ado Ekiti the capital city of Ekiti State. We gathered at 7 a.m at the meeting point, some came around 8am. The hike instructor inspectedand give us specific instructions to follow during the hike. He talked about the hiking shoes,how important it is for us to wear a hiking shoe because of the slippery place and it is possiblefor everybody to just dive at any time. So, he gave a strict warning that if anyone is not puttingon a proper hiking shoe, such persons should have someone beside them to help them andthey should never be alone. Then the hiking begins, we kept on moving up the bush parts at first it seems there was no mountain there but it was a sight to behold. We got to a mountain side and saw a statue of oneof the gods in Ekiti state named ÒRÚNMÌLÀ the tour guide told us the god lived on the mountain old for 400 years and it was there. The statue was there and it wa...

Ekiti-State Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji met with the National Leadership of National Association of Tour Operators (NATOP) led by the National President Mrs Ime Udo and South West President Otunba Michael Balogun towards Ekiti State Hosting of Year 2023 NATOP AGM with the Theme: TOURISM AND GREEN INVESTMENT IN NIGERIA. The meeting with the Ekiti-State's new tourism bride was attended by the Special Adviser Investment, Trade & Industry Hon. Mrs Tayo Adeola, DG Ekiti State Development &  Investment Promotion Agency (EKDIPA) Mr. Ayo Aribidara, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Art, Culture & Tourism Mr Ogunsemoyin and other directors of the ministry. The Ekiti-State coordinator, Ògbéni Babájídé Fajuyi, Erelú Funmi Rotiba the Oyo-State coordinator and Wumi Debi the Ekiti-State secretary were also in attendance. Governor Oyebanji while welcoming the NATOP team disclosed that his administration is committed towards providing an enabling environment for investment in touris...