Soyinka condemns raid on Igboho’s house
Tells FG: Apologise to him, stop pursuing him ‘There will be uproar if truth about Nnamdi Kanu’s arrest comes out’ Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said it is not criminal or illegal for anyone to express intention to leave any federation. He also condemned as “bizarre” the midnight raid by the Department of State […]
Continue ReadingSouthern governors demand electronic transmission of election results, reject PIB
COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING OF THE GOVERNORS OF SOUTHERN NIGERIA AT THE LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT HOUSE, IKEJA, LAGOS STATE, ON MONDAY, 5TH JULY, 2021 NIGERIA The Southern Governors Forum at the end of the meeting held on Monday, 5th July, 2021 reviewed the situation in the Country and focused on the […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s next President should come from South – Southern governors
Southern governors The Southern Governors’ Forum (SGF) on Monday, insisted on rotational presidency, saying Nigeria’s president in 2023 must come from the South. The forum agreed on the decision in a communique signed and issued by the Chairman, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), after their meeting at the Lagos House, Ikeja. In the meeting, the SGF […]
Continue ReadingOpen grazing ban: Sanwo-Olu receives 16 Southern governors in Lagos
Fayemi, Wike, Umahi and Okowa and Makinde during the Southern governors meeting on insecurity on Tuesday, May 11 Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has started receiving 16 of his colleagues from Southern Nigeria. The governors arrived at Alausa, Ikeja, the venue of their meeting on the state of the nation. The meeting is holding eight […]
Continue ReadingShooting of trader premeditated –Falana
Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), on Saturday, described the reported killing of a trader by bullets reportedly fired by a security agent dispersing Yoruba Nation demonstrators in the Ojota area of Lagos as a case of premeditated murder. Falana also called on the Lagos State Government to conduct a coroner’s inquest into the […]
Continue ReadingYoruba Nation rally shooting: My daughter was 25 years old, not 14, says victim’s mother
Salesgirl allegedly killed by stray bullet during the Yoruba Nation Lagos rally, Jumoke Oyeleke . Photo provided by Wasiu Afolabi, an uncle to the deceased Mother of the victim of the Yoruba Nation rally shooting, Jumoke Oyeleke, says her daughter was 25 years old and not 14 as widely reported. She was also the first […]
Continue ReadingGroup assembles Yoruba lawyers for Igboho’s aides, Lagos protesters
The Ilana Omo Oodua has said it is assembling senior Yoruba lawyers to ensure the release of aides of Chief Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, arrested during the raid by the Department of State Services on the activist’s house. Igboho, who is a promoter of the Yoruba Nation, has gone underground following the invasion on […]
Continue ReadingPolice parade 49 Yoruba nation agitators in Lagos
• Task force nabs four ex-convicts, 69 othersThe Lagos State Police Command, on Sunday, paraded some protesters arrested during the Yoruba nation, Oodua Republic demonstration around the Gani Fawehimi Freedom Park on Saturday. Speaking at the command headquarters yesterday, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, said 49 suspects were arrested for violating the […]
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