Tag: Yoruba Group

Yoruba group begins media mobilisation for abolition of 1999 Constitution

Aminu Imam

A Yoruba self-acclaimed intelligentsia group, ‘Voice of Reason Advocacy for Social Development Foundation’, otherwise known as VOR, has launched a grassroots campaign to sensitise its people on the need to unanimously support the campaign for the abolition of the 1999 Constitution in order to pave way for a regional referendum where the people will vote to decide on their nationhood. The group, comprising of Yoruba elders said they initiated the move to let the Yoruba people know that the major factor responsible for under-development and misgovernance brouhaha in Yoruba land…

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AGF Malami named Nigerian youth symbol, Omoluabi of Yoruba

Aminu Imam

The Attorney-General of the Federation, (AGF), and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) has been named: Golden Symbol of Nigerian Youths. Malami, who is from Kebbi State, was conferred with the Omoluabi of Oduduwa Youth Worldwide yesterday. The leader, Akinyele Olasumbo, described the AFG as a patriotic and selfless Nigerian who ensures constitutional democracy and that justice is served without fair or favour. Recall that the controversial AGF has been in the spotlight over his comments on a number of national issues. Malami condemned the Southern Governors opposition to open…

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Secessionist agitation: ‘No going back on 1 million-man protest at UN General Assembly’ Yoruba nation, IPOB, others insist

Aminu Imam

Barring any last-minute change, the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination, (NINAS) has vowed to go ahead with the one million march in front of the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York, United States. NINAS is the umbrella body of leading regional self-determination groups in the South and Middle Belt of Nigeria. In NINAS, a renowned historian, Prof. Banji Akintoye is representing the South-West and Yorubaland; the Lower-Niger Congress, under the leadership of Tony Nnadi, is representing the South-South, South-East and Middle-Belt Renaissance Movement, under the leadership of Professor…

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State of the nation: ‘Nigerians should defend themselves against bandits’ Afenifere

Aminu Imam

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Tuesday, urged Nigerians to defend themselves against bandits warning that Nigeria is fast moving into the precipice. Afenifere also expressed worry over the worsening security situation in the country noting that it is threatening the corporate existence of Nigeria. In a communiqu issued at the end of its monthly meeting held at the country home of its acting leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, the Yoruba group said the state of the nation calls for concern. Those present at the meeting were Deputy Leader, Oba Oladipo Olaitan;…

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‘Those who have voiced opposition to Tinubu 2023 project are behind the seccession plan’ – Yoruba Welfare Group

Aminu Imam

Says ‘Tinubu 2023 is the reason behind Yoruba nation agitation The National President of the Yoruba Welfare Group, Comrade Adegoke Alawuje,has revealed that those who are against the coming of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in 2023 are the brains behind the orchestrateded agitation for the Yoruba nation and many other crises in Yoruba land. Picture caption: Comrade Alawuje Comrade Alawuje made the submission at the weekend, when he formally responded to the arrest of the self-atyled Yoruna nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a Sunday Igboho, in the Republic of Benin. Recall that…

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Power Shift: Yoruba Group Cautions Southern Govs, Politicians

Aminu Imam

By Godwin Amunde A group, the Yoruba Appraisal Forum (YAF), has cautioned governors and other politicians from the southern region of Nigeria over the ongoing national debate arising from the resolutions of last Monday’s meeting of the Southern Governors’ Forum demanding for power shift to the region in 2023. The group expressed concerns that the resolutions of the southern governors has generated tension in the polity, and alleged that certain actions by some powerful politicians and individuals from the southern region since the Lagos meeting of the governors could spark…

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Yoruba leaders occupy Ibadan streets, demand Oduduwa Republic

Aminu Imam

Thousands of youths, women and leaders of Yoruba extraction yesterday occupied some streets in Ibadan in demand for Oduduwa Republic in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. According to reports, the protesters at the front of Mapo Hall, led by a Yoruba group, Ilana Omo Oodua, clamoring for self-determination, was led by a former Senator, Professor Banji Akintoye. The protest, which was supposed to start around 9.am, could not start until 11.am due to heavy security presence at the entrance and around Mapo Hall. The protesters having sensed heavy security presence…

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“We are not part of Oduduwa Republic” – Northern Yoruba communities

Aminu Imam

The Yoruba ethnic communities in the 19 Northern States have said that they have nothing to do with the calls in some quarters for Oduduwa Republic. President of the Yoruba Welfare Group Worldwide, AbdlHakeem Adegoke, told newsmen yesterday in Kaduna, during a peaceful protest, that, We dont believe in the existence of a Republic inside a Republic. Flanked by other officials of the group in the Northern States, Adegoke added, We are talking on behalf of all the Yoruba in the 19 Northern States, that we hereby dissociate ourselves from…

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Wed mobilise against troublemakers in South-West – Yoruba group vows

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde A group, Yoruba Appraisal Forum, YAF, has given stern warning to all those fomenting trouble under the guise of fighting for the freedom of the South-West to desist or risk the wrath of its millions of members across the region. Speaking against the backdrop of the recent violence in Ibarapa town in Ibarapa Local Government Area of Oyo State, the YAF National Coordinator, Adesina Animashaun, in a statement titled, “Yoruba Appraisal Forum will resist vendors of violence in the South-West. Enough is enough!” warned that it would…

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