•Security agencies On April 13, 2024, a group of masked individuals identifying themselves as Yoruba Nation agitators stormed the Oyo State Secretariat and House of Assembly in Agodi, Ibadan. They lowered the Nigerian flag and raised what they called the Yoruba Democratic Republic flag, attempting to assert secession from Nigeria, reports Dail...
•Sunday Igboho and Tinubu Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has cautioned the Tinubu-led federal government against intimidating the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, over his recent petition on the Yoruba nation. Igboho had, on Saturday, submitted a 25-page petition to the office...
•UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer The British High Commissioner in Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, has said that the sovereign affairs of another country are not the United Kingdom’s matter. Montgomery made this disclosure while reacting to the petition submitted by Sunday Adeyemo popularly called ‘Sunday Igboho’ to the UK for the sovereignty of th...
The federal government has today stated that the petition by Mr Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as “Sunday Igboho” calling for the UK to consider the ‘Yoruba Nation’ Agitation was not endorsed by the UK government. Amb. Eche Abu-Obe, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made this known in a statement in Abuja, reports Vanguard. [&he...
Three suspected Yoruba nation agitators were yesterday paraded by the Osun State police command over alleged secession agenda. The suspects, Fagbuyi Oluwafemi, 61, Joy Faseyeku, 63, Alabede Janet, 64, were arrested at Obada market, Ikire, Irewole local government area of Osun State advocating that the people join Yoruba nation, reports Vanguar...
The Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), yesterday, said it is opposed to idea of carving out Yoruba nation from Nigeria. The group, in a statement, said it would rather commit to true federalism in Nigeria. The statement reads: “We have perused the document on the position of YSDM on the state of the nation and […]
•Yoruba Leader Adebanji Akintoye Leader of the Ilana Omo Oodua, Professor Banji Akintoye has disagreed with leaders of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on restructuring saying the Yoruba Nation wants self-determination not restructuring. He said this when he was featured on Arise television. The professor of History who ...
•The demolished Yoruba Nation agitators’ building Oyo State Government, today, Wednesday, demolished the building where the Yoruba Nation agitators led by Modupe Onitiri-Abiola are operating from in Ibadan, the state capital. Some masked persons, who invaded the state secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, on Saturday morning, were arrested by the joint ...
Yoruba Nation agitators, yesterday, threatened to cause more havoc if security agents refuse to release their members who hoisted their flag at the Oyo State House of Assembly. Recall that 21 suspected agitators and several weapons, berets, soldiers’ boots, caps, charms and other dangerous weapons were paraded by the state Police Command, repo...
•Yoruba nation Police in Oyo State are on the trail of sponsors of Yoruba nation agitators who invaded government secretariat in Ibadan on Saturday. The agitators invaded the Oyo State House of Assembly complex located inside the secretariat and hoisted their flag there in an attempt to take over the assembly, reports NAN. Commissioner of [&he...
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