Tag: Yoruba
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‘Korofo’ stand up order: Yoruba apex group strips Obasanjo of all chieftaincy titles
The apex Yoruba group under the aegis of Yoruba Council Worldwide has stripped former president Olusegun Obasanjo of all chieftaincy titles bestowed on him in Yoruba land. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) recalls that the former president Olusegun Obasanjo had ordered Yoruba monarchs in a ceremony in Ibadan to stand up for Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde. This…
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Misunderstanding: Sanwo-Olu, Uzodimma set up c’ttee to reconcile yoruba, Igbo in Lagos
In order to seek lasting solutions to the recent raging misunderstanding between the Igbos and Yoruba in Lagos, governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State and his Lagos State counterpart, Babajide Sanwo-Olu have set up a committee to broker peace in the Economic center of Nigeria. In a communique issued at the end of a meeting…
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Nollywood actors mourn Iyabo Oko
Yoruba Nollywood actress Sidikat Odunkanwi popularly known as Iyabo Oko, has given up the ghost. The news of her demise was reported by her daughter via her social media page on Thursday. She wrote, “May ur soul Rest in Peace Mummy”. Her death is coming weeks after her junior colleague, Murphy Afolabi died in a…
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(UPDATE) Army, Police joint force nab five Yoruba Nation agitators in Ibadan
Five persons who suspected to be members of the Oodua Nation Agitators have been nabbed after they attacked Radio Nigeria, Amuludun FM, and Moniya Ibadan on Sunday. Recall TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) had earlier reported that the group in the early hours of today, Sunday, May 28, 2023, hijacked Radio Nigeria, Amuludun FM, Moniya, Ibadan, Oyo. The…
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BREAKING: Popular Yoruba actor, Murphy Afolabi is dead
Popular Yoruba Nollywood actor, Murphy Afolabi has passed away on Sunday. Details to follow…
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On “Yes Daddy” gate, Yoruba/lgbo spat: l chose not to die – By Magnus Onyibe
When Nigeria’s first Nobel laureate in literature,Prof Wole Soyinka wrote his famous book: “The Man Died” in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny,l can imagine that the wordsmith never expected that he would be required by fair or foul to contextualize the central message in the book which is basically that a…
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Iwuanyanwu didn’t refer to Yorubas as political rascals – Ohaneze
The Apex Igbo Socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has said that Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu never referred to Yorubas as political rascals, describing the report as a lie from the pit of hell. Ohaneze said the report was “a typical falsehood, fabricated by social media entrepreneurs, decorated with wings, expanded with venom, injected with ethnic
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Letter to the Yoruba tribal bigots of Nigeria – By Ismail Olumegbon
I am compelled to write this letter so that my silence does not imply approval. As a proud Lagosian and a member of the Olumegbon family of Lagos, I must dissociate myself from your actions during the 2023 Lagos elections, which resulted in pure evil and total carnage.
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Mr Latin returns unopposed as TAMPAN National President
Legendary Actor, Bolaji Amusan, popularly known as “Mr Latin” has returned unopposed as National President of the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN). Amusan in an interview with NAN on Tuesday promised to work tirelessly i
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I see strange beings after reciting incantations in movies – Yoruba actor, Adewale Alebiosu
Yoruba actor Adewale Alebiosu, popularly known for a role of a native doctor or Ifa priest in movies has revealed reciting some incantations in movies affects him after leaving the set. In a fresh interview with BBC Yoruba, Alebiosu said he was just doing his job as an