{"id":204312,"date":"2025-08-09T09:49:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T07:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/west-africa\/nigeria\/nigeria-olubadan-laid-to-rest-amidst-heartfelt-tributes\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T09:49:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T07:49:27","slug":"nigeria-olubadan-laid-to-rest-amidst-heartfelt-tributes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/west-africa\/nigeria\/nigeria-olubadan-laid-to-rest-amidst-heartfelt-tributes\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: Olubadan Laid to Rest Amidst Heartfelt Tributes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"24\">The late Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, was laid to rest on Friday, surrounded by an outpouring of tributes from dignitaries and residents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"33\">The funeral service, held at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter&#8217;s Church, Aremo, Ibadan, was attended by a large congregation, all gathered to celebrate the life and enduring legacy of the revered monarch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"39\">In his sermon, the Archbishop of Ibadan Province (Anglican Communion), Most Reverend Williams Aladekugbe, highlighted Oba Olakulehin&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202508080476.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on AllAfrica.com<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 West Africa <a title=\"Nigeria\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/west-africa\/nigeria\/\">Nigeria<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The late Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, was laid to rest on Friday, surrounded by an outpouring of tributes from dignitaries and residents. The funeral service, held at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter&#8217;s Church, Aremo, Ibadan, was attended by a large congregation, all gathered to celebrate the life and enduring legacy of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":204313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.allafrica.com\/static\/images\/structure\/aa-logo-rgba-no-text-square.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[249],"tags":[258,256,33508,8416,257,4687,393,19306,8417,254,10951],"class_list":["post-204312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria","tag-africa","tag-africa-news","tag-heartfelt","tag-laid","tag-news","tag-nigeria","tag-nigeria-news","tag-olubadan","tag-rest","tag-south-africa-today","tag-tributes"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.allafrica.com\/static\/images\/structure\/aa-logo-rgba-no-text-square.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}