Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, has been conferred with the chieftaincy title of Gbobaniyi of Ijebuland.
Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, the Awujale of Ijebuland, conferred the former governor with the title on Saturday.
Jimi Lawal, a former governorship hopeful in Ogun, and his wife, Maryam, were also conferred chieftaincy titles by the monarch.
El-Rufai is the first person outside the south-west to be conferred a chieftaincy title by the monarch.