OLU OF WARRI IN TAMPERE FINLAND; MEETS WITH BUSINESS COMMUNITY, MAYOR OF TAMPERE, AND SEEK PARTNERSHIP IN AREAS OF QUALITATIVE EDUCATION
His Majesty Ogiame Atuwatse III, CFR The Olu of Warri, and her Highness Olori Atuwatse III who are in Finland for a Five Day Learning visit met with the Mayor of Tampere, the Business Community, and paid a visit to educational centers including Tampere University and Tampere… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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The two day visit to Tampere which began on May 8, 2023 was part of the Revered Warri Monarch's Five Day visit to Finland in his bid to seek Direct Foreign Investment to Warri Kingdom especially in areas of Science and Technology, Qualitative Education, Commerce, etc.
The five day visit to Finland continues with engagements in Helsinki the Capital of Finland.
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Professor Saburi Biobaku, the chairman of the Yoruba Historical Research in his book titled “Odu” volume 4 said “ The history of the WARRI Monarchy and the ITSEKIRI People history is one of the best documented in NIGERIA,
beginning from the great YORUBA migrations of the 12th Century.” He said this, in reference to the great migration of the 9th to 12th century that saw the movement of Yoruboid speaking people and communities from various parts of what makes up the Yoruba people today-
to the current location of the Itsekiri people and some part of the lower Niger. This can be substantiated from the History of Ureju, Omadino and other communities that made up what the Itsekiri people called Aboriginal communities. They all trace their migration from various
The kingdom began when, in 1480 AD, the then crown prince of Benin arrived with his retinue and the paraphernalia of royalty and presented himself. We have no record of how he presented himself, but judging from what followed,-
he was accepted as the first Olu of Warri. He had come with seventy first sons of the seventy chiefs of Benin and they were also accepted as the first set of chiefs of the now Warri kingdom.
They were the next group of people that joined the Itsekiri people as fellow citizens. They did not come in conquest, neither did the prince come as a Duke of Benin Kingdom. He reigned as Ginuwa, the Olu of Warri, with no external allegiance whatsoever.