Tag: Yoruba
Afenifere calls for de-recognition of Eze Ndigbo titles
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, has denounced the unrelenting desecration of Yoruba culture, particularly by the Igbo communities’…
Fernandez never joked with Yoruba tradition, says group
Eromosele Ebhomele The Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, on Monday described the late Ambassador Deinde Fernandez as a man who never…
Appointments: Yorubas are not cannon fodder, Afenifere warns Buhari, APC
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari for failing to make a strong ‘first impression’…
Of Bola Tinubu And The Yoruba Race In Nation Building
By Segun Olulade I see Nigeria’s political space getting clearer by the day. In anger and frustration over misrule by…
British police force demands anyone that wants to join must learn Yoruba, Italian, Spanish, others
Scotland Yard has come under fire today after placing an advert demanding that anyone wanting to join as a police…
I’ll rectify unequal appointment of Yorubas if reelected, says Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has promised to rectify the unequal appointment of South-Westerners at the federal level if he is re-elected…
Yoruba group angry at Kwara governor
Eromosele Ebhomele The Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, a Yoruba a socio-cultural group operating in the western part of Nigeria, has…
Igbos, Yorubas cannot become president… – Orji Kalu
Former Governor of Abia, Chief Orji Kalu, on Tuesday said an Igbo or Yoruba cannot become president of Nigeria without…
Yoruba in dire need of empire builders like Oranyan – Alaafin
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, has urged politicians to emulate the sterling qualities of Oranyan, which made…
Yoruba Leader Assassinated In Kano
Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano A business man and a Yoruba leader in Kano, northwest Nigeria, Alhaji Ganiyu Akanbi, has been assassinated in…
YOMAFA Season 3 Holds
Kayode Aponmade The season 3 of Yoruba Music and Films Awards (YOMAFA) will hold on Sunday, 29 June, 2014 at…
Afenifere Threatens Secession
Kazeem Ugbodaga As the National Conference enters its plenary session Monday, the Afenifere has demanded for a regional autonomy to…
A House Divided Against Itself
The apparent discordant positions held by leaders of the Yoruba nationality on the impending National Conference, is worrisome. These same…
It’s Figment of Imagination To Think Yoruba, Igbo Aren’t Best Of Friends
Mr Joe Igbokwe is an Igbo chieftain and All Progressives Congress spokesman in Lagos. In this interview with KAZEEM UGBODAGA,…
Igbo In Lagos State: My Experience
By Adeseye Ogunlewe Lagos State belongs as much to the ethnic Igbo as to the Yoruba, Ijaw, Hausa, Fulani, Efik,…
Southwest Govs, Leaders Unfold Region’s Development Agenda
The six state governors of the South Western part of Nigeria were on Tuesday joined by notable personalities from the…
Boko Haram: People Stay at home in Kaduna
By Femi Adi/Kaduna As the three-day ultimatum issued by the dreaded Boko Haram sect for Southerners to leave the north…
How Our Cultural Norms Can Be Sustained
“The nation’s cultural heritage can only be preserved if parents will nurture up their children to appreciate indigenous languages such…
Group Organises Prayer For Lagos
Egbe Agbekoya, a Yoruba socio-political group, recently held a prayer session for all South West states, Lagos State governor, Babatunde…
Lagos ACN Warns Jonathan
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has warned President Goodluck Jonathan that he risks meeting his…
‘Nollywood Has Come To Stay’
Cross-over Nollywood actress, Titi Osinowo, has said that despite criticisms from some quarters, the motion picture industry in Nigeria has…