•Yoruba traditional hunters The palace gates of Ife trembled with more than words. When the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, opened his mouth, he didn’t just speak, he summoned. In a nation bleeding from kidnappings, massacres, and forests turned into killing fields, Nigeria’s most revered monarch made a call that shook the corridors of [&he...
•Terrorist inside forest For about two decades, the northern part of the country has been ravaged by terrorism characterised by sacking of entire communities, mass killings, looting, destruction and kidnappings for ransom. The terrorists later upped their evil acts by attacking schools and abducting students and teachers. What was witnessed in...
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has decried the invasion of the South-Western Nigeria by terrorists in recent times, urges governments and security agencies to do more in tackling the menace of banditry. Comrade Jare Ajayi, National Publicity Secretary, of the socio-political organisation, in a statement yesterday, pred...
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, today lamented the upsurge in terror attacks in parts of Yorubaland and in other parts of Nigeria. This was contained in a statement issued by the organisation’s National Publicity Secretary, Jare Ajayi, and made available to journalists in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.Ajayi referenced t...
•Alaafin of Oyo and Oluwo The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, declared yesterday that the title of Alaafin of Oyo is the most supreme among all traditional titles in Yorubaland. He made the statement that the Alaafin of Oyo title is superior during the visit of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade, to […]
Yoruba indigenous groups have rejected the proposal to establish a Sharia court in Oyo, Oyo State, or in any part of Yorubaland, saying it was “an insidious move to disrupt the progress and pace of development Oyo State is experiencing.” The groups, under the aegis of Yoruba Regional Alliance (YRA) and Yoruba Nation Religious Council […...
•Late Alaba Lawson A former National President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture and the Iyalode of Yorubaland, Chief Alaba Lawson, is dead. The prominent educationist and founder of the popular Alaba Lawson Group of Schools, Abeokuta died in the early hours of today. The news of her demise [...

