Nigerian major socio-political groups which last week held a meeting attended by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, have faulted the Muhammadu Buhari government over its comments against the event. The groups, Afenifere, Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) and Middle Belt Forum in a joint statement on Monday said the presidency is Read more
A former governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel (OGD), has expressed sadness over the death of prominent Yoruba leader, Pa Ayo Fasanmi, who died Wednesday night age 94. Daniel who lamented the death of the late leader of the Afenifere, a Yoruba socio-cultural group, said the demise of Fasanmi happened “at a most inauspicious Read more
Pa Ayo Fasanmi, a prominent leader of Yoruba, South West Region of Nigeria, is dead. The Afenifere stalwart reportedly died Wednesday night but demise was confirmed on Thursday by his son, Folabi. Folabi noted that the elder statesman died “at the ripe age of 94 years”. Fasanmi was a Second Republic Senator. “He was until Read more
“There is no sincerity on the part of the far North in putting this country together.” National Chief Ayo Adebanjo, leader of Afenifere, a Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari is not interested in Nigeria’s unity saying his refusal to restructure Nigeria was responsible for the multiple problems facing the country. The Read more
It is eighteen years since Bola Ige, Afenifere chieftain and former governor of the old Oyo State, departed this wide, wild world of war, courtesy of some yet-to-be-identified assassins. Ige was the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation at the time of his death on December 23, 2001. Close to two decades after Read more
Chief Ayo Adebanjo, a chieftain of the Yoruba apex socio-cultural organization, Afenifere, has said he has no objection to breaking up Nigeria since the leaders refuse to restructure the country. He noted that constitutional crisis in Nigeria and the imbalance in the polity are the main cause of agitation for a break-up by different groups Read more
A pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere has alleged that the federal government is “doing all kinds of things that can divide the country”. The group’s spokesperson, Yinka Odumakin, said this while reacting to a comment on the unity of the country credited to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. Osinbajo had said breaking up of Nigeria will not solve Read more
Leaders from the Southern and Middle Belt Regions of Nigeria have boycotted the national security summit organised by former Head of State Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar following the invitation of herdsmen association to the summit. The leaders, under the aegis of the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF), yesterday, turned down the invitation by the Read more
The leaders of Afenifere, the Yoruba socio-cultural, yesterday ordered killer Fulani herdsmen to vacate the southwest region of Nigeria or face consequences. The group, at a press briefing in Lagos, disclosed that failure by the herdsmen to heed the advice could result in a confrontation with the Yoruba people. In a statement read by one Read more
Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2019 polls, has condemned the killing of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Reuben Fasoranti, the leader of Afenifere, a Yoruba socio-cultural organization. Mrs Olakunrin was reportedly shot dead by suspected Fulani herdsmen at Ore junction in Ondo State on Friday. Atiku, a former Vice Read more
