Tag: Yoruba
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One killed, others injured as Okada riders protest hike in ticket fees in Ogun
One person has been confirmed dead and others injured following a clash between motorcycle (Okada) riders at Ibeshe, Yewa North local government area of Ogun State. The Police Public Relations Officer of the DSP, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the incident, however, was not certain about the casualty figure. It was gathered that the clash started…
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Buhari-led govt sued for $1bn over death of teenage girl during Yoruba Nation rally
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government, the Nigeria Police Force, and the Department of State Services have been dragged before an Economic Community of West African States’ court over the death of a 14-year-old girl, who was shot dead during the Yoruba Nation Rally in Lagos State. A civil society, Love Foundation, filed the suit…
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BREAKING: Lagos Police parade 49 suspects arrested at Yoruba nation protest
The Lagos State Police Command on Sunday paraded suspects arrested during the Yoruba nation, Oodua Republic demonstration around the Gani Fawehimi Freedom Park. Speaking at the command headquarters on Sunday during the parade, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu said 49 suspects were arrested during the protest on Saturday. Odumosu said the suspects…
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Video shows mother of girl killed during Yoruba Nation rally weep bitterly
A video has surfaced on social media showing the mother of the 14-year-old girl, who was allegedly killed by a stray bullet during the Yoruba Nation protest in Lagos State on Saturday, weeping bitterly. Agitators for Yoruba self-determination had gathered at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota amid the presence of armed policemen and soldiers.…
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Heders crisis: Igbo, Yoruba groups begin joint security training — IPOB
Separatist groups in the Southern part of the country have agreed to a joint security training for persons to be recruited to protect the region from continued attack by armed herdsmen and others. The spokesman of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Emma Powerful, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Powerful said the decision followed…
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June 12 protest: Stay away from South West – Yoruba forum warns
The Yoruba Appraisal Forum (YAF) has warned those planning a nationwide protest on June 12 Democracy Day to stay away from the South West. The group said people of the South West would neither support, tolerate nor join such protests, as the June 12 Democracy Day should be for celebration and not protests. The warning…
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Oduduwa Republic: Yoruba people are ready to die in pursuit of our nation – Gani Adams
Gani Adams, the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, has said people of the Yoruba extraction are ready to die in the push to actualise Oduduwa Republic. Adams said some people of the Southwest are determined to pursue Oduduwa Republic. Speaking in Lagos yesterday, the former Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, leader said the Southwest reserves the legitimate…
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Nigeria engaging Microsoft to preserve local languages – Presidency
The presidency says Nigeria is engaging with tech giant, Microsoft Corporation, in order to use machine learning and artificial intelligence to preserve local languages. Mr Ife Adebayo, the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Innovations, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said that democratising access to digital tools and digital skills was a…
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70 Years of Afenifere: The Evolution, Trials Challenges of Yoruba Oldest Political Group, By Ayo Opadokun
By Ayo Opadokun Opadokun is former Afenifere Publicity Secretary How Afenifere Began Permit me to open this unique dialogue with the following unimpeachable facts sourced from few credible historical accounts including “AWO”. The Autobiography of Chief Obafemi Awolowo; “Path to Nigerian Greatness”, and face to face interviews with Chief Awolowo, Chief Adekunle Ajasin and other…
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BREAKING: NURTW, okada riders clash in Lagos
Motorcyclists, made up of mostly Hausa riders clashed with members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Lagos State on Monday. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the clash happened in the Iyana-Iba area of Ojo, but Jubril Gawat, Senior Special Assistant to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu says the situation has been brought under control. According…