Tag Archives: Yoruba

Police have arrested two of the suspected Oodua Nation Agitators who invaded the Alausa Division of the Lagos State Police Command.    The spokesperson of the command, SP David Hundeyin, who confirmed the incident in a statement, said the agitators invaded the station with various charms and cutlasses around 5:30am …

Popular Nigerian singer, Ahmed Oloade, popularly known as Asake has opened up on the reason he sing mostly in Yoruba language. The Mr Money crooner explained that he sings mostly in his dialect because his language is very important to him and many people understand it. The singer disclosed this …

The Labour party candidate in Abia state, Anthony Chinasa-Abiola who won a seat in the state House of Assembly, has dismissed claims he is from the Yoruba ethnic group. There have been speculations that he is a Yoruba man because of the Abiola attached to his name.     In …

Politicians, he claimed, use tribal squabbles as a cover for their questionable behaviour. He advised the populace to show wisdom and refrain from being exploited to further ethnic rivalries. He wrote, “I am an Igbo man married to a Yoruba woman! Igbos do not hate Yorubas. Neither do Yorubas hate …

The seasoned actor has struggled with an undisclosed illness for years. Veteran Yoruba actor, Ojo Arowosafe, popularly known as Fadeyi Oloro, has passed away. According to reports, the actor died on Tuesday evening after losing a battle with a protracted illness. He was reported to have struggled with the illness …

The Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) in association with Yoruba Assembly and Yoruba diaspora has knocked former President Olusegun Obasanjo saying he wants to be Nigeria’s only president from the Yoruba tribe.   Recall on Monday, February 28, Obasanjo organized a press conference urging Buhari to compel INEC to redo the …

Top Yoruba Nollywood stars have taken to social media to celebrate Bola Tinubu’s victory in the just concluded 2023 presidential election. Naija News earlier reported that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the early hours of Wednesday, March 1, declared the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Tinubu, as the …

Actress Tonto Dikeh has taken a swipe at her colleague, Foluke Daramola for taking sides with her ex-husband, Olakunle Churchill after she called him out for allegedly being a deadbeat dad.    Shortly after describing Churchill as her “one and only brother”, Foluke who was dragged into an exchange with …

The Lagos state police command says one person died in the crisis that rocked the Ojota axis of the state in the early hours of today January 9.   According to the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, Yoruba Nation Agitators came out in their hundreds and …

Some Yoruba Nation leaders have accused the police of killing their members who were on a peaceful rally at Ojota this morning.    Leader of the secessionist group, Prof. Banji Akintoye alleged that two young men were killed by security operatives even though they were exercising their right against some repressive …