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Baba Adinni is a Yoruba chiefly title. It is often conferred by local obas in Nigeria's
Yorubaland Yorubaland () is the homeland and cultural region of the Yoruba people in West Africa. It spans the modern-day countries of Nigeria, Togo and Benin, and covers a total land area of . Of this land area, 106,016 km2 (74.6%) lies within Niger ...
region, usually to Muslim men who have contributed to society or government in some fashion.


List of Baba Adinni’s of Lagos

* Pa Arunmonikun from (1841-1891) *
Mohammed Shitta Bey Chieftain, Chief Mohammed Shitta-Bey (19 December 1824 – 4 July 1895), alias Olowo Pupa, was the first titled Seriki Musulumi (Nigerian chieftaincy system, a Nigerian chieftain) of Lagos. He was a prominent Nigerian Muslim businessman, aristocr ...
(1891-1895) * Pa Yesufu Alufa Shitta-Bey (1895-1911) * Pa Apatira (1911) * Pa Tiamiyu Savage (Bashorun Olowogbowo) (1911-1919) * Imam Adam Ali Fayati (1919-1924) * Imam Abass Opere (1924-1937) * Pa Bombata And Pa Akinyemi (up to 1967) * Alhaji Waheed Elias (1967-1976) * Alhaji Wahab Iyanda Folawiyo (1976-2008). * Abdul Hafeez A. Abou (2008-2024 * Alhaji Sikiru Alabi-Macfoy (2024- till date)


See also

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Oba (ruler) ''Oba'' ('King' in the Yoruba language) is a pre-nominal honorific for kings in Yorubaland. Traditional rulers with dynasties of Yoruba origin, across the modern republics of Benin, Nigeria, and Togo, frequently make use of it. Examples of King ...
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Nigerian traditional rulers Nigerian traditional rulers often derive their titles from the rulers of independent states or communities that existed before the formation of modern Nigeria. Although they do not have formal political power, in many cases they continue to comm ...
History of the Yoruba people Nigerian traditional rulers {{Nigeria-gov-stub