•Lagos PPRO Benjamin Hundeyin No fewer than people have been arrested by the Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Police following clash last night between Hausa youths and their Yoruba counterparts in the Ile Epo area of Agabdo/Oke Odo local council development area of Lagos State, where many people were injured. The Frontier had earlier [&hell...
The Yoruba Intellectual Elites Forum, YIEF, has opposed the secessionist agenda being canvassed by some elders in the South West. The YIEF disclosed during a Yoruba Political Summit and its Leaders’ Retreat held at Infinity Grace Event Centre, Odo-Ona Kekere in Oluyole Local Government Area of Oyo State, reports Vanguard. President of the foru...
•Late Sisi Quadri A Yoruba Nollywood actor, Tolani Quadri Oyebamiji, popularly known as Sisi Quadri is reportedly dead. Oyebamiji celebrated his 44th birthday on December 25, 2023, reports The PUNCH. His death was announced by some of his colleagues in the Yoruba movie industry. Announcing his death, Nollywood actress, Abiola Bayo wrote on her...
•Pa Reuben Fasoranti The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, today, disagreed Pa Reuben Fasoranti over the call on the Yoruba people not to exercise their right to protest in joining the NLC and other protesters concerning the alarming situation in the state of the nation that affects every aspect of governance. Afenifere, in a...
•Sunday Igboho Embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, has returned to Nigeria. A statement by Igboho’s spokesman, Olayomi Koiki, on X page today, Thursday, February 22, confirmed that the activist returned to the country for his late mother’s burial. He wrote: “I can confirm that Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igb...
•Gani Adams The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams, has sought the permission of governors in the South-West to go after the killers of three Yoruba monarchs. Adams, in an open letter to the Governor of Ekiti State, Abiodun Oyebanji, yesterday, said he had the capacity to deal with those he called […]
•Gani Adams A group, Oodua Youth Coalition (OYC) has charged the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams to, as a matter of urgency, intervene in the growing insecurity in the South West region. The group also called on Adams to urgently work out the best approach to tackle the security challenges in the […]
•Amotekun A body of Yoruba youth groups, Yoruba Youth Socio-Cultural Association (YYSA), yesterday, decried pervasive and pervading kidnappings in the South-West. This was contained in a statement signed by Olalekan Hammed (National President) and Olawale Ajao (National Secretary) and made available to our correspondent in Ibadan, the Oyo Stat...
•Kizz Daniel Popular Nigerian singer, Tobiloba Daniel Anidugbe, professionally known as Kizz Daniel, has made a startling revelation about his ancestry. The singer yesterday revealed that he is both Fulani and Yoruba. The disclosure followed the release of two new singles, “Twe Twe” and “Too Busy To Be Bae”. Kizz Daniel wrote on his X [&hellip...
•Oluwo of Iwoland The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, Telu I, has disclosed that worshipping idols is tarnishing the rich culture and tradition of the Yoruba people. According to Oba Akanbi, the Yoruba have one of the best ways of life, adding that the language could be adopted in the tertiary institutions to […]