Tag: YORUBA NATION
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Photos: Panic as traditionalists storm Yoruba Nation protest venue
The Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos has turned rowdy as traditionalists dressed in their white attire stormed the venue of the protest. The traditionalists accompanied by other Protesters chanted “Oduduwa Nation now”, “Yoruba Nation Now” Security Operatives teargassed the protesters but the defiant protesters have refused to back down. The traditionalists while speaking to police…
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Yoruba nation rally: Security operatives surround rally venue
There is palpable heavy presence of security operatives at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, Lagos, the planned venue of the Yoruba nation rally. Men of the Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian Army, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps are stationed at the Park. It was also gathered that men of the Department of…
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Yoruba Nation: Stay off Lagos; no rally allowed for now, Police warn Igboho, Akintoye
Lagos State Commissioner of Police Hakeem Odumosu has warned that no rally, under whatever guise, will be allowed to hold in the state. He, therefore, warned Sunday Igboho and Banji Akintoye to stay away from the state. Odumosu, who addressed reporters Thursday, warned the agitators and their followers against staging the planned July 3rd rally…
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Yoruba Nation: Sunday Igboho sends message to Gov Sanwo-Olu ahead of ‘peaceful rally’ in Lagos
Self acclaimed Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, has announced his plan to lead a ‘Yoruba Nation’ protest in Lagos. Igboho said the rally would hold on July 3 at Freedom Park in Ojota. The proposed rally was announced through the acclaimed activist’s spokesperson, Olayomi Koiki, on Facebook. “We are sending a…
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Panic as Yoruba nation agitators take over Abeokuta; shops, markets shut
Yoruba nation agitators took to the roads in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, calling for the emergence of a separate country of their own out of present Nigeria. The agitators armed with assorted charms rode in motorcades and motorcycles across the major roads – traversing through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Ibara Divisional Police…
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Yoruba Nation Campaigners to protest June 12
Yoruba Nation agitators are planning to hold ‘peaceful rallies’ across the southwest region on Saturday June 12, TheNewsGuru gathered The pro-Yoruba nation protesters have held rallies across southwest states including Osun, Ogun, Ekiti, and Ondo. Also, NANS under the leadership of its National President, Comrade Sunday Asefon, had declared June 12 as National Day of…
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Yoruba nation agitators are foolish – Aregbesola
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola on Saturday said those leading and supporting agitation for the Yoruba Nation are foolish saying “they should consider the consequences of war.” Aregbesola while speaking at Zenabab Hotel, Ilesha, Osun State during his 64th birthday celebration warned that agitators must consider the women, children, old people and those living with…
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Soyinka distances self from fake WhatsApp posting on Yoruba Nation in his name
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka on Thursday denounced a fake WhatApp posting on the Yoruba State agitation being attributed to him. Soyinka, in a statement titled: “They are back,” urged the public to ignore the utterances of those contemptible interlopers who lacked the courage of their conviction and thus take to identity theft for the…
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Yoruba nation agitators forcefully reopen Idiroko border
There was tension on Saturday at Idiroko, Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State when some Yoruba nation agitators stormed the area and forcefully opened its land border. They were, however, swiftly repelled by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service who were manning the border town between Nigeria and the Republic of Benin. The land…
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Tinubu, Osoba, other South-West APC leaders kick against agitation for Yoruba Nation
The South-west leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have kicked against the agitation for a Yoruba nation. The leaders, who met in Lagos on Sunday, said they were not in support of the ethnic group’s break away from Nigeria. They also discussed the issue of insecurity facing the region and Nigeria as a…