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Olori Ivie Atuwatse III
Olori Atuwatse III (born 22 May 1986), is the Queen of the Warri Kingdom, a lawyer, social entrepreneur and wife of Ogiame Atuwatse III, current ruler of the Kingdom of Warri, and the 21st Olu of Warri. She is also the daughter of Nigerian business magnate, investor and Philanthropy, philanthropist Captain Hosa Wells Okunbo. After his coronation in August 2021, the Olu of Warri bestowed a new title on his wife, calling her Olori Atuwatse III, now her official title. Early life Olori Atuwatse was born in Lagos and was educated in Nigeria and the United Kingdom. She received a Bachelor of Laws degree from the London School of Economics and was called to the Nigerian Bar Association, Nigerian Bar in 2010. Philanthropy Olori Atuwatse III has been involved in several endeavours targeting women and children, including the Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo Stem Innovation Centre, which she established in honour of her father. She has also initiated several intervention programs for the po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warri Kingdom
The Kingdom of Warri, Warri Kingdom or Iwere Kingdom, (Itsekiri: ''Oye Iwere'') was established in 1480, was part of the Nigerian traditional states ancestrally based in Ode-Itsekiri, Warri South LGA, Delta State, Nigeria with a palace erected in 1950s in the multi-ethnic city of Warri, Warri South LGA, Delta State, Nigeria. The current Olu of Warri is Ogiame Atuwatse III, who was crowned on 21 August 2021. History According to Bini and Itsekiri histories, Olu Ginuwa, a prince of Benin Kingdom founded the Warri kingdom about 1480. In the 15th century it was visited by Portuguese missionaries. At the beginning of the 17th century, a son of the reigning Olu was sent to Portugal and returned with a Portuguese wife. Their son Antonio Domingo was Olu of Warri in the 1640s. Olu Erejuwa, who reigned from about 1720 to 1800, expanded the kingdom politically and commercially, using the Portuguese to further its independence of Bini and to establish control over a wider area. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
