phase in Yoruba history. It also witnessed the transfer of effective political power from Ife to Oyo-Ile. Thereafter Ife became the spiritual headquarters of the Yorubas and was revered as the cradle of Yoruba culture, because it was the accredited home of Oduduwa; the great ancestor of the Yorubas. Through the military exploits of Prince Oranmiyan and his successors, the kingdom steadily expanded its territorial limits during the 13th and 15th centuries. By the 15th century, a powerful empire with its headquarters at Oyo-Ile, better known as Oyo Katunga emerged. Before 1500, the most widely remembered rulers of Oyo Kingdom were: Alafin Oranmiyan, Alafin Ajaka, Alafin Sango, (Alafin Iti-Olu), Alafin Aganmu, Alafin Oluaso, Alafin Kori.
IGBOMINA KINGDOM 1350 At Oyo-Katunga, the Igbomina people under their able leader of a priest of Ogbomona by name, Iganna Ologbo-mona migrated to the South East of Bariba-land. This was after the impossible revenge mission of Prince Oranmiyan had failed, some of the kingdoms started to migrate to different directions in order to stand on their own and to establish their own kingdoms.
IGBOMINA MIGRATED TO SOUTH EASTERN PARTS OF BARIBA LAND During the impossible revenge mission, most of Igbomina Kingdom that followed Prince Oranmiyan to Oyo-Katunga in Oyo kingdom migrated to south eastern parts of Bariba land towards Asa River (present Kwara State) under Priest Iganna Ologbo, a great war-like hunter, Ifa priest and the founder of Ogbomona land (now Igbomina land) around 1350 A.D. Priest Iganna Ologbo and his people met an Ifa priest of Bariba tribe at one of Bariba villages in the south-east of Bariba land (present central Ilorin). The Bariba priest advised his new comers (Priest Iganna and his people) to move to the other side of Asa river, so as to avoid confrontation in their trading of Ifa oracles. Priest Iganna thanked his friend for the simple advice and moved to eastern part of Asa river called Oke-Asa
