The festival which is believed to represent the spirits of the ancestors is held in honor of a chief or an elder of a ruling family or an oba who had died. It is held to escort the soul of a departed ...

The Adamu Orisha 2003 Play in honour of the late Oba of Lagos was a week-long affair beginning with the public appearance of traditional staff bearers of the various Orisha Groups making up the Eyo ...

The Eyo festival, popularly known as the Adamu Orisha Play, kicked off with vibrant processions as residents, visitors and spectators poured into Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos, on Saturday for the 2025 ...

After a heated debate, the Lagos State’s Eyo Masquerade Festival has been referred at the 8th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage held in ...

President Bola Tinubu yesterday attended the 2025 Adamu Orisha Play Eyo Festival, saying Lagos is accentuating the richness of Nigerian culture with the festival. He stated that the festival, which ...