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You should have seen my face when news broke last Sunday that some soldiers had announced the overthrow of President Patrice Talon of the Republic of Benin. Apart from the fact that as a Nigerian, I still have some PTSD from the military era, Benin has been one of the more stable democracies in West […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s decisive intervention in helping to stop the coup in Benin Republic was a good commitment to saving democracy for the country, and, maybe more important, for us. I have always taken sides with the argument that Africa’s only option in consolidating democratic rule is to do so without recourse to the military, who are […]
Continue ReadingSuper Eagles of Nigeria have sealed the top position in Group D of the 2025 AFCON qualification series after playing a 1-1 draw against Benin Republic at the Stade Felix Houphouet-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Thursday. The on loan Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen, salvaged a point for Nigeria with an 81st-minute header after the hosts […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Super Eagles began their 2025 AFCON qualifiers in emphatic style on Saturday, beating the Cheetahs of Benin Republic 3-0 at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The Super Eagles started as expected, on the front foot as they dominated most of the opening half but struggled to find a […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Government has stated that only eight universities have been accredited to award valid degrees to Nigerians in both Togo and Benin Republic. Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, made this known on Sunday night while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme. Mamman said the revelation was part of a report submitted to the […]
Continue ReadingCommunity Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), sitting in Abuja on Tuesday, ordered the government of the Republic of Benin to pay Yoruba nation activist Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, a sum of 20 million CFA for unlawful detention and violation of his fundamental human rights. […]
Continue ReadingYoruba Nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has regained his freedom after two years of trial by the Beninese government. Igboho has now been released from protective custody in the neighbouring Republic of Benin. According to the Yoruba Nation leader, Prof. Banji Akintoye, Sunday Igboho’s release came a few hours’ ago […]
Continue ReadingPlaywright and Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has on Sunday met with Yoruba Youth Leader (YYL) and Yoruba Nation campaigner, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Ighoho in the neighbouring Republic of Benin. Yoruba Nation arrowhead and leader of the Umbrella body of Yoruba Self-determination Groups, Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, Banji Akintoye and his deputy, […]
Continue ReadingYoruba Youth Leader (YYL) and Oodua Nation Self-determination activist, Sunday Adeyemo, fondly called Sunday Ighoho, has been released by the Government of Republic of Benin. The umbrella body of Yoruba Self-determination Groups, Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, announced this in a statement on Monday. The statement released by Ilana Omo Oodua’s spokesperson, Mr. Maxwell Adeleye, was […]
Continue ReadingYoruba Nation agitator and youths leader, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has filed a $1 million suit against Republic of Benin before the Community Court of Justice, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as general damages for each day he has spent in detention in the country. Igboho, through his […]
Continue ReadingThere are reports that the Government of the Republic of Benin has extended the detention of Yoruba Nation activist Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho by six months. Lead counsel for the detained Yoruba activist, Chief Yomi Aliyyu SAN, said this in a chat, according to Punch. This is in contradiction to what another […]
Continue ReadingOlayomi Koiki, spokesperson to the Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has reiterated the mind of the activist on the actualisation of the Yoruba sovereign nation. In a statement issued by Koiki, he said Igboho has maintained that Nigeria as a country does not exist any longer for him as he believes the […]
Continue ReadingPlaywright and Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has called on the government of the Republic of Benin to release Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, to continue his journey. Speaking with journalists in Lagos on Friday during an interactive session titled, “Sanctions on the loose: Chasing the gnat with a sledgehammer,” […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement on Tuesday, the leader of Ilana Omo Oodua, Emeritus Professor Banji Akintoye, confirming Mr. Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho’s arrest, said he, alongside other Yoruba Patriots, are “currently working to provide assistance for Ighoho to prevent his extradition into Nigeria.” This platform reported earlier that the Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Igboho had […]
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