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Mainstream Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere has issued strong warning to Fulani herdsmen dwelling in the Southwest region of Nigeria. The Afenifere organization said it welcomes the decision of Governors in the region to do something over the siege on Yorubaland by Fulani militia masquerading as herdsmen. In a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Mr. […]
Continue ReadingThe mainstream Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere has reacted to report that the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu was aspiring to run for presidency in 2023. According to Daily Post, the Afenifere spokesperson, Mr. Yinka Odumakin said, Tinubu reserved the right to run for presidency in 2023. While some persons have […]
Continue ReadingThe Afenifere, Ohanaeze, PANDEF and Middle Belt Leaders (Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum) have thrown their weight behind Jimi Agbaje, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Lagos. The Forum which made its position known in a statement signed by Yinka Odumakin (South West); Prof Chigozie Ogbu […]
Continue ReadingFew days after elders and leaders of ethnic nationalities endorsed the presidential candidature of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the youth wings of the ethnic nationalities have also endorsed the former vice president. The ethnic nationalities youths of Arewa, Ohanaeze, Ijaw, Efik, Yoruba People’s Assembly and others, also dared the Independent National […]
Continue ReadingThe electoral chances of the People’s Democratic Party Presidential flag bearer, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar received a boost on Sunday as regional leaders and socio-cultural groups from the six regional zones of the country adopted him as their consensus candidate for the 2019 presidential elections. Speaking under the auspices of the Summit of Nigerian […]
Continue ReadingNotable Nigerians are already backing a bi-partisan bill by 71 members of the House of Representatives to push for a constitutional amendment that will return Nigeria to parliamentary system of government. Led by Hon. Nicholas Osai (Delta, PDP), the lawmakers, who spoke with National Assembly correspondents on Thursday, said they were already collecting signatures to […]
Continue ReadingYoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, Tuesday, announced the suspension of the candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the last governorship election in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore for one year. Omisore was alleged to have aligned with the All Progressives Congress to win the rerun election in Ife South and North Local Government Areas of […]
Continue ReadingThe Pan Yoruba Socio-political group, Afenifere, Tuesday, held a closed-door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, Ogun state, over the 2019 polls. Mr Yinka Odumakin, who addressed newsmen on behalf of the group after the meeting, said the group was in Abeokuta to pay a return visit to Obasanjo. The former president had […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Yinka Odumakin, the Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, said, the APC chieftain, Senator Bola Tinubu’s proposal that “unoccupied, isolated land can quickly be turned into grazing areas in the affected states.” was unacceptable. Odumakin said: “The attention of Afenifere has been drawn to the statement credited to former […]
Continue ReadingYoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has strongly frowned at a recent statement credited to Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, over the issue of the restructuring of the country. Osinbajo had been quoted in the media that the problem of the country was not restructuring but about managing resources properly and providing for the people. The group said […]
Continue ReadingYoruba socio-political group, Afenifere has challenged the Minister of foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, about his statement that President Muhammadu Buhari has the support of international community for second term. In a statement released on Wednesday, the group’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Yinka Odumakin challenged him to name the countries supporting Buhari’s second term bid. Afenifere said: […]
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