It is at this point that Moremi Ajasoro, a princess of the Ooduan dynasty by marriage, is said to have come onto the scene ; she subsequently played a significant role in restoring normalcy back to the situation through a now fabled spying mission.

* Eweka dynasty of Benin ( a cadet branch of the Ooduan dynasty )

* Asodeboyede dynasty of Akure ( a cadet branch of the Ooduan dynasty )

* Ologun Kutere dynasty of Lagos ( a cadet branch of the Ooduan dynasty )

** Ooduan Royal Family of Ife, Egba, Ketu, Sabe, Oyo, Ijero and the Ilas

The Ife model of government was adapted at Oyo, where a member of its ruling dynasty controlled several smaller city-states.

When Oduduwa arrived ancient Ife, he and his group are believed to have conquered the component communities and to have evolved the palace structure with its effective centralized power and dynasty.

Oduduwa is considered as the first of the contemporary dynasty of kings of Ife, a figure who sent his sons and daughters out with crowns to rule over all of the other Yoruba kingdoms, which is why all royal Yoruba lineages claim ambilineal descent from its line of kings and, through it, from Oduduwa.

Oduduwa is considered as the first of the contemporary dynasty of kings of Ife.

Whatever the case may be, all of the accounts agree that a popular revolt ousted the Ogiso and that shortly afterwards, the Eweka dynasty was founded with its founder being sent by the King of Ife in response to a request that he send the citizens of Benin a ruler.

In fact, the royal dynasty of Ife traces its origin back to the founding of the city more than two thousand years ago.

Sometime around 1535, the Nupe occupied Oyo and forced its ruling dynasty to take refuge in the kingdom of Borgu.

The Yoruba of Oyo went through an interrugnum of 80 years as an exiled dynasty after its defeat by the Nupe.

During the 15th century Oyo and Benin surpassed Ife as political and economic powers, although Ife preserved its status as a religious center.

Regarded as being founder of the Oyo Kingdom, some accounts state he was also the third ruler of Ife.

This son is believed to've spent some years in Benin City before returning to Ife to subsequently establish a Yoruba kingdom at Oyo.

These include the Yoruba city of Ife ( noted for its naturalistic art ) and the Oyo Empire, the Benin Empire of the Edo people centered in Benin city, the Igbo Kingdom of Nri which produced advanced bronze art at Igbo Ukwu, and the Akan who are noted for their intricate architecture.

" William Bascom, the foremost academic authority on Ifa up until the time of his death, also stated that " only men can become babalawo " and that he never encountered a single female Ifa priest acting as a diviner during any of his extensive field studies in the cities of Ife, Igana, Meko, Oyo, Ilesa, Abeokuta, Osogbo, Sagamu, Ilara, Ondo, Ijebu Ode or Ekiti in Yorubaland in 1937-38, 1950 – 51, in 1960 and 1965, nor did any of his informants mention such a thing.

The mythical origins of the Oyo Empire lie with Oranyan ( also known as Oranmiyan ), the second prince of the Yoruba Kingdom of Ile-Ife ( Ife ).

Unlike the great savannah empires, of which Oyo may not be called a successor since it was a successor of Ife, there was little if any Muslim influence in the empire.

The major sub-ethnic groups in Ọs &# x323 ; un State are Ife, Ijesha, Oyo, Ibolo and Igbomina of the Yoruba people, although there are also people from other parts of Nigeria.

The Egba, under the leadership of Lishabi, massacred the Ilari stationed in their area and drove off an Oyo punitive force.

Oduduwa had sons, daughters and a grandson who went on to found their own kingdoms and empires, namely Ila Orangun, Owu, Ketu, Sabe, Popo, Oyo and Benin.

By the end of the 16th century, Oyo had added the western region of the Niger to the hills of Togo, the Yoruba of Ketu, Dahomey, and the Fon nation.

Ketu is considered one of the seven original kingdoms established by the children of Oduduwa in Oyo mythic history, though this ancient pedigree has been somewhat neglected in contemporary Yoruba historical research, which tends to focus on communities within Nigeria.

The exact status of Ketu within the Oyo empire however is contested.

Oyo sources claim Ketu as a dependency with claims that the Ketu paid an annual tribute and that its ruler attended the Bere festival in Oyo.

In any case, there is no doubt that Ketu and Oyo maintained friendly relations largely due to their historical, linguistic, cultural and ethnic ties.

It is believed that the inhabitants of Ketu originally belonged to the Oyo people of Nigeria and were pressed westward by a series of wars between the 10th and the 13th centuries.