The umbrella body of Yoruba self-determination groups, Ilana Omo Oodua, has slammed the Minister of Interior Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, for allegedly calling agitators of Yoruba nation ‘foolish.’ Ilana Omo Oodua in a statement made available to journalists in Ibadan late Sunday by its Media Communications Secretary. Maxwell Adeleye, condemned the utterances of the minister. The body said with such a Read More
A leading governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr. Chidozie Nwankwo, said his enterance into the race to become the next governor of Anambra state has collapsed the state ruling party; All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA). Nwankwo, however, promised to ensure absolute peaceful coexistence in the state by engaging the youths through gainful employment across the state. Addressing Read More
Following persistent agitations for the Biafra nation, some Nothern women under the aegis of Amalgamation of Northern Women Association in Nigeria (ANWAN) have staged a protest asking President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the National Assembly to immediately call for a referendum and allow Igbos to go. The women in their hundreds held the protest at the Unity Fountain Read More
Benue state Governor Samuel Ortom, Monday, advocated for a national dialogue which he said is the panacea for various agitations in the country. Governor Ortom stated this at the Benue Government House, Makurdi, when he received participants of the Senior Executive Programme of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Kuru, during a courtesy call.The governor said the Read More
The National Caretaker Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared that national leaders of the party, including the President, Governors, National Assembly leaders among others will determine whether the party’s national convention will hold in June or another time. Secretary Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen John James Akpanudoedehe, told Read More
The Ajia Balogun of Ibadanland, Oloye Adegboyega Taofeek Adegoke has declared that Nigeria urgently needs national dialogue to address agitations by groups and individuals calling for secession and restructuring of the country. Oloye Adegoke who said this on Thursday while speaking with journalists said “restructuring of the country is not the first thing to do but to first come to Read More
Protest in agitation for Yoruba Nation is currently ongoing in Osogbo, the Osun state capital. The protest apparently organized by ‘Omo Oduduwa United’ commenced in the morning with some youths and became large in the afternoon. The agitators converged at the ‘November 27 Bridge’ along Ibadan expressway, Osogbo with placards of various inscriptions. They moved in numbers to the town Read More
Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Ibrahim Attahiru has said it will be difficult to tackle the nation’s security challenges such as banditry, kidnapping, insurgency and threat of secession without the necessary weapons. To this end, the army chief pleaded with members of the National Assembly to urgently consider these critical needs while appropriating funds. Gen Attahiru stated this Wednesday Read More
The first notable agitation for balkanization of Nigeria began in 1953 during the pre – independence debate between the Northern and Southern political leaders. The Northern elite had sought for secession in an “Eight Point Programme” adopted in Lugard Hall, Kaduna, in response to the aftermath of the Southern leaders proposed motion for self governance in 1956. The rejection of Read More
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed optimism that Nigeria will remain one indivisible entity no matter the agitation for breakup, just as he assured that the fervent prayers of those wishing Nigeria well will triumph over those wishing for the country’s break up. Osinbajo who stated this at the launching of the 27th edition of the National MSME clinics in Read More
National Leader All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said what Nigerians needed now is stimulus expenditure and not austerity measures. The former Lagos state governor also urged the recruitment of fifty million Nigerian youths into the Army to curb unemployment and end the nation’s security woes. Tinubu spoke in Kano Monday at the12th Colloquium to mark his Read More
Former Lagos Governor Asiwaju Bola Tinubu said the choice of Kano for his 12th colloquium and 69th birthday was to prove that Nigerians are one. He said it was douse ethnic tension and promote peaceful co-existence. The All Progressives Congress(APC) chieftain said Nigerians were better off together, faulting secessionists groups’ agitations. He said: “Why are we in Kano? It is Read More
The umbrella body of Yoruba self- determination groups, Ilana Omo Yoruba, Tuesday lashed out at Gov Rotimi Akeredolu, over his comment that Yoruba people seeking self-determination should stay clear of his state. Ilana Omo Yoruba in a statement signed by its Homeland Secretary, Basorun Kunle Adesokan, and one of its leaders, Otunba Folashade Olukoya, stated that the body is not Read More
Agitation for upgrading of the College of Agriculture in Kabba , Kogi State , to a full fledge University of Agriculture, went persuasive Monday, with the Obaro of Kabba, Solomon Dele Owoniyi, profusely begging the authorities of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), to release the school for the upgrading. This is as holders of Higher National Diploma ( HND) in the Read More
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