Osun 2026: Adeleke will win – Primate Ayodele

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke will win next year’s governorship election, according to a prediction by the spiritual head of the Lagos based INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele. A statement by the Governor’s spokesman, Olawale Rasheed, said that the cleric predicted this in an empowerment programme organised by the Church in Lagos. He […]

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Obasa sues Lagos assembly over impeachment

Former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has taken legal action against the Assembly and his successor, Mojisola Meranda, challenging the legitimacy of his removal from office. He filed the suit at the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, arguing that his impeachment on January 13, 2025, was unconstitutional as it […]

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Fayemi says ‘Nigeria lost great leader,’ mourns Adebanjo

Former Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has said that Nigeria has lost a great leader as he mourns the passing of elder statesman and renowned Afenifere leader Pa Ayodele Adebanjo, who died on Friday, February 14, 2025, at his home in Lagos. In a personally signed statement on Friday night , Fayemi described Adebanjo as […]

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Adebanjo, champion of democracy, justice, says foundation

The Yoruba Nimi Empowerment Foundation has described the passing of Pa Ayo Adebanjo, a renowned Nigerian lawyer, politician, and activist, as a tremendous loss to the country. According to the President of the organisation, Olaseni Bokini, Pa Adebanjo’s contributions to Nigeria’s development will forever be remembered. Pa Adebanjo, who was born on April 10, 1928, […]

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Labour Party mourns Pa Adebanjo who ‘stood for justice’

The Labour Party (LP) Directorate of Mobilization and Integration has described the late Afenifere leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, as a fearless statesman who stood for justice. In a letter of tribute signed by the Director General of the LP Directorate of Mobilization and Integration, Marcel Ngogbehei, said as a supporter of progressive governance, Pa Adebanjo […]

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Tinubu, Obasanjo, governors, Afenifere, activists reflect on Pa Adebanjo’s legacies

He Was A Courageous Political Leader And True Patriot – Obasanjo Pa Adebanjo Was A Fearless And Courageous Man – Sanwo-Olu Pa Adebanjo Represented The Finest Of Ogun State – Abiodun He Was A True Democrat, Say Makinde, Aiyedatiwa He Was A Patriot Par Excellence, Says Fasoranti The death of Chief Ayo Adebanjo has sparked […]

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Anyaoku, other elder statesmen to immortalise Adebanjo

A group of elder statesmen and eminent Nigerians led by ex-Commonwealth Secretary General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, the Patriots, has said it will immortalise the legacies of the late leader of Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo. The group also said the late Yoruba leader would be greatly missed. Adebanjo passed away peacefully at his Lagos residence on […]

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Tinubu, ex-presidents, Obi pay tributes as Afenifere leader Adebanjo dies at 96

Prominent Nigerians, including President Bola Tinubu, former Presidents Muhammadu Buhari and Olusegun Obasanjo, and the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, have mourned the demise of a leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Pa Ayodele Adebanjo. Adebanjo, an advocate of true federalism and restructuring, died at the age of 96 at […]

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Afenifere, Ondo Chapter condoles with Family, National Leader Fasoranti, as it mourns Adebanjo

The Ondo State chapter of the pan-Yoruba socio political organization, Afenifere has condoled with the organisation’s National Leader, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, on the passage of a notable chieftain of the group, Chief Ayo Adebanjo. It also commiserated with the departed elder statesman’s family over his passage. A statement by three of his children including Mrs. […]

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