At Last,The Death of Ooni of Ife Has Been Officially Announced.

Tradition had its way on Wednesday,with the Ife Traditional Council breaking the news of the death of Ooni of Ife;Oba Okunade Sijuwade.He was 85,the announcement ended three weeks of denial by the chiefs,who had insisted that the monarch was hale and hearty,contrary to the news of his death in the media.
Culled from Vanguard.