Tag: OPC
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Ooni sends warning to members of OPC
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, on Thursday cautioned members of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) against taking the laws into their hands. The traditional ruler urged the group to be law abiding in. Ooni gave the advice when he received members of the OPC, led by its President, Prince Osibote in…
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Police arrest four OPC members for beating, stabbing one to death in Lagos
The Bariga Police Division of the Lagos State Police Command has arrested four members of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) for allegedly beating up and stabbing one Tochukwu Chidi to death. This was contained in a statement signed on Sunday by the Lagos State Public Relations Officer, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Olumuyiwa Adejobi. Adejobi…
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Oil price rises to $58, OPEC+ commends adherence to output cut
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said its members had achieved 101 per cent adherence to crude oil output cut mandatorily agreed upon last year to curb huge supply glut. This is coming as oil price rose to $58 per barrel yesterday hitting over 11-month high after major producers showed they were cutting crude…
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OPC warns Miyetti Allah to desist from plot to infiltrate Amotekun
Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has warned the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) to desist from “plot” to infiltrate the Southwest Security Network (Amotekun). The Yoruba organisation gave the warning in reaction to MACBAN’s call for the inclusion of its members and other ethnic bodies in the outfit. OPC said the demand was…
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OPC, Miyetti Allah group hold peace meeting
The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) and the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBN) held a meeting in Osogbo on Tuesday to fashion out ways of ensuring peaceful coexistence and improved security in Osun. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting was apparently necessitated by the worsening security situation in Osun,…
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BREAKING: OPC members disrupt electoral process, order voters to vote APC or return home [Video/Photos]
There was pandemonium at the Okota area of Lagos State on Saturday morning as some armed members of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) stormed Pulling Unit 17 at Century Street, Ago Palace Way to disrupt the ongoing voting process. According to an eye witness who was disenfranchised as result of the fracas, the process…
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Fasehun’s death, great loss to Yoruba race – Gani Adams
The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Chief (Dr) Gani Adams, has described the death of Dr Fredrick Fasehun as a great loss to the Yoruba race. Adams also said the death was a great loss to Nigeria and the world at large, pointing out that Faseun left behind a worthy legacy. The News Agency of…
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BREAKING: OPC founder Frederick Fasehun is dead
Founder of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Frederick Fasehun, has died, TNG reports. He died in the early hours of Saturday at the intensive care unit of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja. Fasehun, aged 83, was born in Ondo Town, Ondo State in 1938. Fasehun was an active member of National Democratic Coalition…
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OPC member, man granted bail over murder charge
A member of the Odu’a Peoples Congress (OPC), Rafiu Idowu and and a man, Musa Idris, charged with murder, were on Tuesday brought before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The duo of Idowu, 35, and Idris, 39, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and murder. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs A.O. Ajibade,…
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OPC member jailed 25 years for manslaughter
An Igbosere High Court, Lagos, on Thursday sentenced Jelili Falana, an Assistant Vigilante of the O’odua People’s Congress, OPC, Agege branch, to 25 years’ imprisonment for manslaughter. Justice Sedoten Ogunsanya convicted Falana for shooting a herbal medicine hawker, Afolashade Salami, to death. Ogunsanya, in her judgment, said that the sentence was without an option of…