Tag: Yoruba Group

Yoruba group slams Trump over “false narrative” on Nigeria

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Yoruba group slams Trump

A socio-political organisation, the Yoruba Ronu Group, has condemned U.S. President Donald Trump for what it described as a “reckless and deceitful” statement accusing Nigeria of “killing Christians” and threatening to invade the country. In an issued statement signed by its chairman, Prince Diran Iyantan, the group said Trump’s comments were “deliberately provocative”, and aimed at destabilising Nigeria for selfish geopolitical and economic motives. “There is no state-sponsored killing of Christians in Nigeria. Victims of terrorism cut across all faiths, and are targeted by the same extremist insurgents”, the group…

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Insecurity: “Remove Kwara, Kogi-West from Northern classification, reclassify them as Yoruba territories” -Yoruba Union urges Tinubu

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Yoruba Union urges Tinubu

The Yoruba Union, Ìgbìnmó Májékóbájé Ilé-Yorùbá, has called on President Bola Tinubu to exercise presidential authority to formally remove Kwara State and parts of Kogi State from the classification as “northern states”. The group is insisting that the regions are historically and linguistically Yoruba and should not be subjected to what they described as political and cultural misrepresentation. In a statement issued yesterday, jointly signed by the Convener, Olusola Badero, and the Home Director, Princess Balogun, the group emphasised that Kwara-South, Kwara-Central, and Kogi-West are predominantly Yoruba-speaking regions with cultural…

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₦330bn palliative scandal: Yoruba group, Lawyer demand full list of beneficiaries 

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Yoruba group, lawyer demand2

Fresh controversy is trailing the Federal Government’s claim that it has disbursed ₦330 billion in cash transfers to millions of poor Nigerians. The Yoruba Union on Sunday accused President Bola Tinubu’s administration of mismanaging the palliative scheme, alleging that the programme was skewed to favour ruling APC members while worsening poverty and inequality.  The group warned that the secrecy around the funds, coupled with rising hardship from fuel subsidy removal, has fuelled school dropouts, unemployment, and social vices. It urged Nigerians to resist fresh foreign loans being tied to unverifiable…

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Yoruba union lambasts Tinubu over hardship, insecurity

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Yoruba union lambasts

…Says ‘Aso Rock not your family house, forget about 2027’ The Yoruba socio-cultural group, Ìgbìnmó Májékóbájé Ilé-Yorùbá, also known as the Yoruba Union, has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s administration over the escalating insecurity and worsening economic hardship in the country.  In a statement issued yesterday by its Convener, Olusola Badero, and released by the Home Director, Princess Balogun, the Union accused the Tinubu-led government of neglecting its core responsibilities to the people, declaring that “Aso Rock is not his family house”. The group expressed deep concern over the growing level…

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Yoruba group rejects Shari’ah Law in S’West, demands preservation of cultural values

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Islamic cleric on Shariah

A Yoruba socio-cultural group, ‘The Society for Yoruba Culture Renaissance’, has strongly opposed the establishment of Shari’ah arbitration panels in Oyo, Ekiti, and other southwestern states, describing the move as incompatible with Yoruba societal values.  In a press statement issued yesterday, the group stated that such legal structures are foreign to the region’s traditions and could disrupt the region’s long-standing tradition of peaceful co-existence among people of diverse religious beliefs. The statement was issued in response to recent developments, including the first public sitting of the Independent Sharia Arbitration Panel…

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Yoruba group backs planned protest against economic hardship

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Yoruba Group backs

A Yoruba group, the ‘Yoruba Revolutionary Movement’, has announced its backing for the planned nationwide protests set to take place from August 1 to 10, 2024. This declaration, which was made by the groups National Coordinator, Wale Balogun, during a press briefing held on Friday, refuted claims that the protests aimed to harm Yoruba interests, labeling it as mischievous State-sponsored propaganda. Balogun criticised the exploitation of the Oro festival for political purposes to silence opposing views, encouraging Yoruba individuals and Lagos residents to stand up against the unlawful curfew enforced…

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“??Yoruba want to secede fromNigeria;we dont want restructuring” Prof. Akintoye

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Akintoye Yoruba nation

A prominent leader of the Yoruba secessionist movement, Professor Banji Akintoye, has countered leaders of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on restructuring, maintaining that the Yoruba want self-determination not restructuring. Akintoye who took the stance when he featured during a television programme yesterday, said the goal to achieve his Yoruba Nation dreams will surely come to pass. He argued that if restructuring is implemented, the same Fulani herders who have allegedly killed more than 29,000 Yoruba will remain in Nigeria and continue their atrocities. The Professor of history wondered why…

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Prof. Akintoye, Igboho, others writes Tinubu, seeks exit of Yorubas from Nigeria

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Yoruba nation

A group under the auspices of the Yoruba Self-Determination Movement, (YSDM), has written an open letter to President Bola Tinubu seeking a peaceful breakaway from Nigeria. The group, which described itself as leading figure in the self-determination struggle for a Yoruba sovereign State separate from Nigeria, said it is demanding to pull the Yoruba nation out of the present Nigeria through peaceful negotiations. In the letter made available to journalists during a press conference in Ibadan, Oyo State, at the weekend, and addressed to Tinubu, the group gave several reasons…

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Yoruba ‘nation’: Police launch manhunt for suspected sponsor, Onitiri-Abiola

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Yoruba nation sponsor

The Police have launched a manhunt for Mrs. Dupe Onitiri-Abiola, suspected of sponsoring the invasion of the Oyo State Government Secretariat by Yoruba ‘nation’  secessionist  agitators. Widow of the Late Chief Moshood Abiola, Mrs. Onitiri-Abiola, claimed responsibility for the violence, in a viral video. The agitators, wielding guns and wearing military camouflage, on Saturday, attempted to breach security at the state House of Assembly and the governors office.The State Police Commissioner, Adebola Hamzat, described the invasion as a treasonable felony and terrorism, pledging sanctions. Though not explicitly named by the…

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Oyo: Army arrest Yoruba ‘nation’ agitators who invaded Govt. House

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Oyo agitators

The Nigerian Army says it has apprehended some Yoruba ‘nation’ agitators who invaded the Oyo State Government House in Ibadan earlier on Saturday, after a gun battle. An issued statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, General Onyema Nwachukwu, said the Yoruba ‘nation’ adherents engaged the troops in a shootout. According to him, the troops, utilizing superior firepower, successfully subdued the attackers, who subsequently retreated in disarray. As a result of this engagement, nine members of the irredentist group were apprehended, while one Semi Automatic pump-action rifle and ammunition were…

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