Tag: YORUBA NATION
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Sunday Igboho to FG: Stop threatening British emvoy over my letter on Yoruba Nation
Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has cautioned the Federal Government against intimidating the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, over his recent petition on the Yoruba nation. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG recalls Igboho last Saturday, submitted a 25-page petition to the office of UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, at 10 Downing…
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Sunday Igboho: Embittered FG summons UK envoy over petition to PM on Yoruba Nation
Angry Nigerian government, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has invited the British High Commissioner in Abuja over a petition submitted by Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho (Sunday Adeniyi Adeyemo), at 10 Downing Street, London. This is just as the British Parliament on Tuesday archived the petition sent by the Yoruba agitator. The development was…
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Yoruba nation: UK Govt didn’t endorse Sunday Igboho’s petition – FG
The Federal Government on Tuesday stated that the petition by Mr Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as “Sunday Igboho” calling for the UK to consider the ‘Yoruba Nation’ Agitation was not endorsed by the UK government. Amb. Eche Abu-Obe, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made this known in a statement in Abuja.
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Yoruba Nation: Court remands 29 suspected agitators
The Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan has ordered the remand of 29 suspected Yoruba Nation agitators for invading the premises of the Oyo State Secretariat in Ibadan on Saturday. The defendants were arraigned on Wednesday for their various involvements in the failed invasion of the secretariat and the Governor’s Office.
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Yoruba Nation: UCH dismisses allegation of its premises as armoury
The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, has denied the allegation that its premises were being used as armoury by the Yoruba Nation agitators. The hospital’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mrs Funmi Adetuyibi, cleared the air in a statement in Ibadan on Tuesday.
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ECOWAS Court culls suit by Yoruba nation agitators
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has dismissed a suit by four individuals seeking self determination for the Yoruba people of Nigeria. The four are Risqat Badmus, Ademola Faleti, Yemisi Fadahunsi-Ogunlana and Adigun Makanjuola, all members of the Coalition of Yoruba Interest Group (CYIG). In a judgement, a three-member panel of the court held that the…
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[Video] Just In: Unrest as Yoruba Nation agitator dies in Lagos
Police have allegedly shot dead a Yoruba nation agitator at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park at Ojota, Lagos. The victim and other members of the Yoruba Nation agitators for the Oduduwa Republic were at Ojota on Monday morning to protest when policemen tried to disperse them and allegedly shot one of them dead in the…
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Yoruba nation agitators float radio station to propagate struggle for independence
Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, the apex body of the Yoruba self-determination struggle, on Thursday, has announced that it would formally float a Radio station that will be known as Ijangbara the official broadcast radio of the struggle of Yoruba nation.
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I’ll be back soon to achieve Yoruba nation – Igboho
Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Igboho has`vowed to ensure the actualization of Yoruba nation and says he will be in Nigeria soon. The self-acclaimed freedom fighter fled Nigeria about 15 months ago to Cotonou, Benin Republic, following an invasion on his residence by the Department of States Services, DSS.
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Yoruba Nation agitators attack army personnel in Ogun state
Some Yoruba Nation agitators have reportedly attacked vehicles conveying some personnel of the Nigerian Army. It was reported that the incidence happened around Oju-Ore axis of Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government, Ogun State, during a procession of Yoruba agitators A resident in the area, Mayowa Aina, told newsmen that the army had mobilised to arrest the situation.…