•Sunday Igboho The echoes of the separation of the Yoruba Nation from Nigeria, again, reverberated as the visible proponents of the call, Professor Adebanji Akintoye and Chief Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho have submitted a petition to the United Kingdom Prime Minister, Keir Starmer on their quest to exit Nigeria. According to info...
•Sonnberger and Kingsley Despite the fascinating ethnic and religious tapestry that is Nigeria, the unity of the country has been consistently threatened by lingering ethnic conflicts, which continue to manifest in the form of hate speech and genocidal threats on social media, reports Saturday PUNCH. On August 28, a deeply unsettling TikTok li...
•Igbo Lagos indigenes under the aegis of De Renaissance Patriots Foundation, today, declared that the group has no problem with Igbo residents, insisting that it is worried about Yoruba from other South-West states. The group’s President, Mr Miftah Bolaji Are, who spoke during a visit to Ikorodu, said there were individuals from South-West, no...
•Amaka Sonnberger Toronto Police has arrested the Canadian-Nigerian woman who recently threatened to poison Yoruba and Benin citizens living in Canada. Toronto Police Service, in a statement on its website yesterday titled, “Suspected Hate-Motivated Threatening Investigation, Woman Arrested,” revealed this. Amaka Sonnberger is scheduled to app...
•Oluwo (middle) and other Obas Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi yesterday asked kings worshipping idols to either have a rethink or quit the throne to avoid imminent cultural revolt in Yorubaland affirming that the truth has come to chase lies. He also expressed his determination to launch unadulterated kingship in Yorubaland devo...
The Lagos State Law Reform Commission has organised a three-day workshop to harness Artificial Intelligence in translating the laws of Lagos State into the Yoruba language. This was contained in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant on New Media to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Jubril Gawat, posted on his X account yesterday. According to...
•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...