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Lagos Guber And The Needless 'No-Mans Land' Debate

Lagos Guber And The Needless ‘No-Mans Land’ Debate

March 13, 2023 5:12 am

Over the last two decades, gubernatorial elections in Lagos State have offered ethnic chauvinists the opportunity to engage in ethnocentric gymnastics to score cheap political points. At every election curve, candidates of major political parties are forced to pick a side and engage in needless debates on whether Lagos is a ‘no man’s land’ or a land belonging to the Yorubas.

This needless debate, has, on the flip side, continued to offer Gubernatorial candidates an avenue to escape scrutiny concerning their manifesto and what they have to offer the state, which, in turn, exposes the state to ill-prepared leadership and …

RCCG: The Virile Breeding Ground For Tribal Bigots

RCCG: The Virile Breeding Ground For Tribal Bigots

March 2, 2023 1:04 am

In today’s Nigerian churches, there are various pointers that could help delineate the audacity of religious hypocrisy which has already metamorphosed into a culture, perhaps it could play an important role in exposing the blatant evils, lies, and cruelty perpetrated in the name of Organised Religion in the country. 

One of the dangerous situations that many Nigerians have refused to come to terms with is the fact that contrary to the saintly apparel the church and its leaders have continued to clad themselves in, they are perhaps among the biggest sources of instability to the country who they never …

Ondo Church Massacre An Affront To Yoruba Race - Olubadan

Ondo Church Massacre An Affront To Yoruba Race – Olubadan

June 7, 2022 4:31 am

The Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Lekan Balogun, has described Sunday’s killings during a mass at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, as an affront to the Yoruba race.

Oba Balogun made this known in a statement on Monday which was signed by his media aide, Mr Oladele Ogunsola, to commiserate with victims and their families.

He appealed to the six governors in the South-West region to wake up to their responsibility of securing the lives and property of their people.

He said such an attack should be made the last of its kind in the region, saying a …

Ondo Attack A Declaration Of War - Yoruba Group

Ondo Attack A Declaration Of War – Yoruba Group

June 6, 2022 4:05 am

A Yoruba group identified as Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide (IOOW), has revealed that Sunday’s attack in Owo, Ondo State is a declaration of war against the Yoruba people that should not go unnoticed. 

The leader of the apex body for Yoruba self-determination and self-preservation movement, Prof Banji Akintoye in a statement by the Communications Secretary, Mr. Maxwell Adeleye, enjoined Governor Aketedolu, who is the Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum, to declare an emergency on the activities of Fulani herdsmen in the state with immediate effect.

Read Also: Olubadan’s Death, Another Tragedy In Yoruba Land – Akeredolu

‘Today, we have …

Money Ritual Not Known To Yoruba Culture – Gani Adams

Money Ritual Not Known To Yoruba Culture – Gani Adams

May 17, 2022 4:11 am

The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, has bitterly condemned the use of human parts for money rituals, noting that such it was strange to the Yoruba culture and traditions.

He made this assertion while speaking on Monday at the 2022 edition of Wealth Festival (Odun Aje), which was held at the Powerline Praying Ground in Orile Agege, Lagos State. He stated that he had in recent times, monitored the various stories of ritual abuse and money-making across the South-West.

Adams pointed out that there was an urgent need to speak up against the barbaric act.

‘It is sad though …

Most Yoruba Now Ready Now Ready To Exit Nigeria – Gani Adams

Most Yoruba Now Ready Now Ready To Exit Nigeria – Gani Adams

April 15, 2021 11:20 pm

A very good majority of Yoruba people are ready for self-determination as they no longer believe in the Nigerian project so says the the Aare Ona Kakanfo of The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Aare Gani Adams.

Speaking in Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday at the public presentation of a book, ‘Roundtable Discussion on Economy and Restructuring in Nigeria,’ by the National Pilot Book, Adams admitted that indeed there was a ‘power bloc’ that was not ready for restructuring.’

The book was edited by Prof. Hassan Saliu and Mr Billy Adedamola.

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Yoruba Group Hails Akande, Ajimobi’s Elections

February 18, 2020 10:14 am

The Leadership of Agbarijo Egbe Odo Yoruba (Grand Council of Yoruba Youths) has applauded what it called “timely recognition of the two political giants from the Southwest Zone through their popular elections, Chief Bisi Akande and Senator Abiola Ajimobi”.

The former Interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Akande, and the immediate past Governor of Oyo State, Sen. Ajimobi were recently elected Chairman, APC Reconstituted 12 – Member Reconciliation Committee and APC Deputy National Chairman, Southern part of Nigeria, respectively.

According to the President General of the group, Comrade Awa Bamiji, in a press release forwarded to …

Yoruba’s Have Come Together To Fight A Common Enemy – FFK

January 24, 2020 11:55 am

Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, on his verified Facebook page has quoted that all Yoruba’s are finally coming together irrespective of political parties or region to align and fight for a better interest against a common enemy for the collective good of all sons of Oduduwa.

Read Also: Fani-Kayode Attacks Tinubu Over Statement On Amotekun

 

In his words:

“On Wednesday night I had long, turbulent and intense discussion with one of the most important and powerful political leaders in the South West.”

“We spoke till 3.00 a.m in the morning. I will not mention his name because he is …

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FFK Reacts As Miyetti Says Yoruba People Are Most Primitive

January 21, 2020 2:35 pm
Nigeria’s former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted to the statement by Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore group that people of the Southwest are the ‘most primitive when it comes to politics.’

NAN had reported that the National Secretary of the group, Alhassan Saleh, made the declaration while faulting people of the Southwest for supporting the establishment of Amotekun, a region security outfit.

Featuring on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ programme, Saleh explained that people of the Southwest are very intolerant of opposition.

Read Also: Okey Onyekanma Resigns As Deputy Speaker In Imo

When asked to confirm a statement credited to

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Amotekun: No Amount Of Police Can Stop Us – Yoruba Group

January 21, 2020 2:30 pm
The Yoruba Worldwide Congress (YWC) has on Tuesday, declared that no amount of intimidation from Nigeria Police Force, an agency of the federal government of Nigeria can stop the existence of Western Nigeria Security Network also known as Amotekun.

THISDAY gathered that some men in uniforms stopped the ‘Amotekun’ protesters at Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, Lagos on Tuesday.

But, YWC while reacting, insisted that it has drawn the battle line with the Federal Government on the creation of security outfit by South West Governors.

The group said that no amount of Federal Government power can stop the outfit,

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Amotekun, Ploy By Yoruba Leaders To Create Oduduwa Republic

January 19, 2020 6:28 am
A former governor of old Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa, has said that the main reason the leaders and governors of the Southwest region set up the new security outfit, Operation Amotekun was to create Oduduwa Republic.

NAN reported that Governors in the South West region had established and inaugurated the security outfit to curb the menace of herdsmen attacks in their region.

But Musa, in an interview with the Sun, warned that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government must not allow the operation of such security network, adding that it falls out of the established laws of the country.

He

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FFK Explodes As Miyetti Tells Buhari To Nab Yoruba Chiefs

January 18, 2020 10:44 am
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has dared the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to arrest the Yoruba leaders promoting the establishment of the new security outfit, Amotekun in the South West.

Fani-Kayode said this while reacting to the call made by the National President General of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Abdullahi Bodejo to arrest the Yoruba leaders endorsing Amotekun.

NAN had reported that Bodejo said FG should not just stop at banning the outfit but should arrest those involved in making decisions for its creation with immediate effect.

Read Also: Mbaka May Be Barred From Preaching By Catholic

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