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Pa Ayo Adebanjo, leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has endorsed presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi. Speaking on Yoruba Gbode, an online radio programme, Adebanjo said only Peter Obi can rule independently among the current crop of presidential candidates. The Afenifere leader also accused Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu […]
Continue ReadingIn a press statement, the Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has condemned the attack on a Catholic church where many people were killed in Ondo State, accusing the Nigerian government of monopolising the nation’s security architecture. See the statement below: “OWO CARNAGE: A WAR ON THE YORUBA NATION. “The horrendous incident at the St. Francis Catholic […]
Continue ReadingSouthern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum met in Abuja on Thursday and declared that political parties that field northern presidential candidates won’t enjoy their support in the 2023 general elections. Delegations from the four regional socio-cultural organisations: Afenifere (South West), Ohanaeze Ndigbo (South-East), Pan Niger Delta Forum (South-South) and the Middle Belt Forum (Middle Belt) […]
Continue ReadingLeader of Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, on Tuesday, said his group won’t back any candidate for President in the 2023 general election until the current 1999 constitution is changed to reflect true federalism and regional autonomy. Adebanjo, in a conversation with Punch, also said there is no big deal in the declaration […]
Continue ReadingNorthern Elders Forum; Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere; and the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide; have knocked the President, Muhammadu Buhari; over kidnappings and killings by bandits in the North. There were series of protests in the Federal Capital Territory and in some states in the North. The protesters had converged on the Ayuba […]
Continue ReadingThe pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere led by Pa Ayo Adebanjo, yesterday, vowed to lead the Yoruba nation to demand restructuring of the country before the 2023 general elections can take place. Read the full text below: BEING THE TEXT OF A PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT BY CHIEF AYO ADEBANJO,THE LEADER OF THE AFENIFERE AT WHEAT BAKER […]
Continue ReadingThe pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere has tackled the special adviser to President Buhari on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, for comparing his boss, President Buhari to former Nigerian leaders, Obafemi Awolowo and Nnamdi Azikiwe. In his article, Adesina wrote: “Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is an honest man. Whatever he tells you, please take it serious. […]
Continue ReadingThe Yoruba socio-political group, Afenfere, has declared that Nigeria is bleeding in many parts as a result of the many challenges facing it. Afenifere, in a communiqué issued at the end of its meeting at Ogbo-Ijebu, the home of its leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, said it was ready to meet with stakeholders to discuss restructuring, […]
Continue ReadingYoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, on Tuesday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign over his administration’s inability to address insecurity and economic challenges confronting the country. While speaking at the 95th birthday anniversary of the outgoing leader of the group, Chief Reuben Fasonrati, and dedication of a church in his honour in Iju-Itaogbolu in Akure […]
Continue ReadingIt is now a platitude to argue that Nigeria is lurching and gyrating in a debilitating state of anomie, of systemic crisis. The significance of this identification is that the numerous challenges we grapple with on a daily basis have increasingly become unamenable to an item by item resolution. Once validly identified as one, a […]
Continue ReadingPan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, has said northerners can withdraw their cows from the South but should not forget that the southern states produce petroleum, the country’s economic mainstay. The Cattle and Foodstuff dealers under the aegis of Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AUFCDN) on Thursday, February 25, began a nationwide strike […]
Continue ReadingEx-Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, and some leaders of Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, met in Lagos on Wednesday over the challenge of insecurity facing the Southwest. The meeting was held at the residence of one of the Afenifere leaders, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, in Lekki, which was also […]
Continue ReadingNorthern leaders, including state governors and traditional rulers, on Monday met in Kaduna, where they condemned #EndSARS protests, according to reports. In a communiqué issued after the meeting and read by the Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, alleged that separatists hijacked the #EndSARS protests and that the […]
Continue ReadingIn a communique issued on Monday, the Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere has recommended the adoption of the reports of the 2014 national conference and restructuring of Nigeria as a basis of a meaningful new constitutional order for the country. It also faulted the Water Resources Bill, describing it as “so dangerous as it seeks to […]
Continue ReadingYoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, on Friday mocked President Muhammadu Buhari over his Democracy Day nationwide speech. Spokesman of Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin said Buhari may consider running for a third term before actualizing all the promises he keeps making to Nigerians. Odumakin told Daily Post that Buhari’s latest nationwide speech was full of promises. Afenifere’s National Publicity […]
Continue ReadingNational Publicity Secretary of Afenifere, the Yoruba socio-political group, Mr. Yinka Odumakin, on Monday said Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has further ruined his reputation over his statement that families of dead Coronavirus patients cannot claim their corpses for burial, which was ignored by the Presidency last weekend. Many Nigerians have […]
Continue ReadingYoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere has described those who said they are afraid of the Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN) aka Operation Amotekun as criminals. The spokesman of the organisation, Mr. Yinka Odumakin stated that only those troubling the Southwest should be afraid of the establishment of Amotekun. Odumakin also assured those who are not criminals […]
Continue ReadingYoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has stated that the National Assembly could not prescribe the death penalty for treasury looters because it would be self-indicting, noting that it was not surprising that the lawmakers chose to save their own necks. The group’s spokesman, Mr Yinka Odumakin, said most lawmakers would not be alive if the death […]
Continue ReadingYoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, says the fact that the President’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, now travels to faraway London to present memos and bills to President Muhammadu Buhari shows that Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is practically out of Buhari’s government. The Spokesman for Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, told The PUNCH on Tuesday that the seeming demotion of Osinbajo […]
Continue ReadingPan Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has described as shameful revelations by Fatimah, the daughter of Mamman Daura, that they have been living in the Presidential Villa for over three years. Afenifere further stated that it was most unfortunate that an un-elected man could hijack the seat of power as revealed by the First Lady, Aisha […]
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