The Eyo Festival, also known as the Adamu Orisha Play, stands among the most iconic cultural events in Lagos, Nigeria. This traditional Yoruba procession, organized by the Eko people — the indigenous ...

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 ...

Eyo, who is believed to be a representative of the ancestral spirits, is a masquerade that comes out only on the Island of Lagos. Eyo festival was initially held, as part of the final burial rites, to ...

The Eyo festival is the most spectacular cultural fiesta held in Southwest Nigeria. Originating in 19th century Lagos in a fishing village on the lagoon end of the now Glover Road, Ikoyi, it is a ...

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the duo gave the warning on Thursday when Owoseni visited the Lagos monarch at Iga Iduganran. The visit was in preparation for the Lagos@50 Eyo Festival ...

The King Kosoko Royal Family and Oloja Chieftaincy Family of Lagos have condemned the misrepresentation of the Adamu Orisa and Eyo cultural heritage in a film titled, ‘Gangs of Lagos’. The Oloja-elect ...

•‘Gangs of Lagos’ should be banned for representing Eyo masquerade and Lagosians generally in a bad light Controversially, the Eyo Festival, also known as the Adamu Orisha Play, is in the news. A new ...