Tag: Afenifere
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Afenifere: How we reconciled Adebanjo, Fasoranti – Makinde
Oyo state governor, Seyi Makinde has disclosed that he and other prominent leaders in Yoruba land have decided to reconcile the two elders in Afenifere Ayo Adebanjo and Reuben Fasoranti. Makinde made this disclosure during a meeting of Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba sociocultural group.
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Afenifere urges Tinubu to stop government institutions from increasing prices of commodities
Following a move by some government institutions to jack up prices of commodities and services,the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to urgently put a halt to their plans. A statement issued by the National Publicity Secretary of the organisation, Comrade Jare Ajayi, said such would further worsen the precarious…
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I can assure you there is no President-elect – Afenifere leader, Adebanjo
Afenifere leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, has said the nation has no President-elect despite announcing Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress winner of the February 25 presidential election by INEC. In a recent interview with Arise TV, Pa Adebanjo insisted that what the country currently have is “a sham that will be pulled in…
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Afenifere wailing over loss of investments on Obi – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has condemned the attack on him by pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, for stating Federal Government’s position on the 2023 elections.
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Ohaneze lauds Afenifere for exonerating Iwuanyanwu
The Apex Igbo Socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has lauded the Pan Yoruba Socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, for exonerating the Chairman, Council of Elders, Ohanaeze, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, over an alleged anti-Yoruba comment.
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APC irked by Afenifere’s endorsement of Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour
The APC in Lagos State has described the public endorsement of the Labour Party Governorship Candidate, Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour by the Yoruba Socio-cultural Group Afenifere in the state as irrelevant.
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Afenifere condemns outcome of February 25, 2023 Presidential Election
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has condemned the outcome of the February 25, 2023 Presidential Election, won by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. The group also faulted the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on the conduct of the election, saying the commission did not comply with electoral guidelines. This was contained…
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2023: South-East presidency is a right, not a favour – Afenifere leader
The leader of Afenifere, the socio-cultural group of the Yoruba people Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has stated that clamor for Nigeria next president to emerge from the Southeastern part of the country was not up for negotiation. It would be recalled that weeks ago, a factional leader of the group Reuben Fasoranti, hosted the APC presidential…
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2023: Afenifere splits further, another group emerges, endorses Kwankwaso
A group of persons in the Afenire pan-Yoruba socio-political group, has emerged with the name the New Afenifere. The leaders of the group on had a meeting with the presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso on Sunday.
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Afenifere, Arewa, Ohanaeze back support for Obasanjo’s image to be on new notes
The Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, Arewa Consultative Forum and Ohanaeze Indigbo, respectively, gave their backings to the proposition of the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate in 2023, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to have the image of Nigeria’s former president Olusegun Obasanjo on one of the the newly designed naira notes.