Ooni of Ife reunites with estranged wife, Prophetess Naomi (2024)

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The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and estranged queen Naomi Silekunola are back on good terms. The queen moved out of the world of the revered king in 2021 when she packed out of the palace in defiance of culture and tradition. She left with the fruit of the marriage – a prince.

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi's son, Prince Tadenikawo, was celebrated in a special way on his third birthday. The little boy turned the new age on November 18, 2023, and his mother, the former queen of Ife, wrote a sweet note on social media to mark the occasion.

There are certain people, a precious few, really special, whose reputation heralds them wherever (yes, wherever, even it is planet Mars) they go and Queen Prophetess Naomi Silekunola Ogunwusi belongs to this rare group.

The queen announced her separation from the Ooni, confirming that her three-year marriage to the monarch had ended in December 2021. In her post on Instagram, the former Olori said she shall no longer be referred to as wife to the Ooni of Ife or as Queen of Ile-Ife but as the Queen of the people.

Evangelist Naomi Silekunola, the estranged wife of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II, on Tuesday, broke her silence on social media since her divorce post on December 23, 2021.

Queen Naomi Silekunola Ogunwusi, the estranged wife of Ooni of Ife, has received an honorary doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree from Myles Leadership University, the Republic of Benin.

Olori Naomi Silekunola, the estranged queen of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has turned 31. On April 15, 2024, the Ooni's ex-wife took to her official Instagram page to announce the good news of her birthday with her numerous fans. However, she also sparked rumours of her getting remarried.

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, on Monday tied the knot with a princess from Ijebu, Temitope Adesegun. The marital rites were performed at a ceremony in Magodo, Lagos. With the marital rites, Olori Temitope becomes the sixth wife to marry the Ooni of Ife in two months.

Olori Naomi shares rare photos of her son with Ooni of Ife, Tade.

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It reads, "On a day like this ten years ago, specifically April 29th, 2012, the world lost an angel; Olori-Agba Wuraola Abegbe Ogunwusi Omo Soji Opa, the biological mother of our father, the Arole Oduduwa & Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, to the world beyond after a life well spent.

Naomi is an embittered old woman who denounces God for her troubles but fails to thank the deity when she recovers. Naomi is a profound figure of faith who experiences God as enemy but then wrestles blessing from adversity.

Rabbinic sources account for seven prophetesses of the Bible among which Huldah is also mentioned: 'Forty eight prophets and seven prophetesses prophesied for Israel' (b. Megillah 14a). The seven prophetesses are: Sarah, Miriam, Deborah, Hannah, Huldah, Abigail, and Esther.

Near destitute, Naomi returns to Bethlehem with one daughter-in-law, Ruth, whom she could not dissuade from accompanying her. Her other daughter-in-law, Orpah, remains in Moab. When Naomi returns, she tells the Bethlehemites, "Do not call me Naomi, call me Mara (מרא), for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me".

In September 2022, the media went agog over the controversy that trailed the marriage of the Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi (Ojaja II) with his ex-wife, Silekunola Naomi, after she confirmed that her three-year love affair with the first class monarch has ended.

Before he was crowned Ooni, he had married Adebukola Bombata in 2008. Ooni had a daughter, Adeola Aanuoluwapo Ogunwusi, in 1994 from his former wife, Omolara Olatunbosun. The marriage crashed over unresolved issues. After becoming the Ooni, Oba Ogunwusi married Zaynab Otiti-Obanor from Edo State on March 16, 2016.

Olori Naomi Silekunola, the estranged queen of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has turned 31. On April 15, 2024, the Ooni's ex-wife took to her official Instagram page to announce the good news of her birthday with her numerous fans. However, she also sparked rumours of her getting remarried.