Some Nigerians in diaspora, under the umbrella of Yoruba One Voice, YOV, has urged Sunday Igboho and other Yoruba people across the world not to relent in the campaign for self-determination for the Yoruba nation. According to a statement on Sunday, the group made the remark in a communique issued at the end of a…
Operatives of the Delta police force have arrested a 17-year-old boy identified as Esealuka Paul, for selling illegal drug suspected to be Cannabis Sativa. Acting spokesperson of the command, DSP Bright Edafe disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, July 11. “On the 8/7/2021 at about 1130hrs, while men of Operation Delta Hawk Patrol teams…
Armed men suspected to be bandits have abducted the provost of the College of Arts and Animal Science Bakura, Habibu Mainasara, in Zamfara State. it was gathered that the incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday when the assailants invaded his official residence within Government Science Secondary School, Bakura. The incident, which has sparked…
Veteran Nigerian singer, Olanrewaju Ganiu Fasasi aka Sound Sultan is dead. According to his brother, Dr. Kayode Fasasi, Sound Sultan passed on Sunday, July 11, 2021 at the age of 44 after a battle with Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma. Sound Sultan’s career in the Entertainment sector started in the 1990s, when he hosted shows to raise…
Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, has asked the Federal Government to temporarily take custody of 1,130 stolen Benin artefacts after they are repatriated from Europe amid the controversy surrounding where the artefacts will be housed. The Benin Palace and the Edo State Government have been at loggerheads over where the artefacts will be housed. While…
Prominent Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo alias Sunday Igboho, on Saturday denied that he was about to soft pedal or dialogue with the federal authorities. GIOTV gathered that the spokesman of the activist, Olayomi Koiki, said there had been no contact between the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Adewale Akanbi and the agitator lately. Reacting last…
Pan- Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere has declared Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari as a betrayer of the Yoruba people following his recent statement justifying the actions of his principal. Chief Ayo Adebanjo, the National Leader of the organisation who stated this in an exclusive interview with DAILY INDEPENDENT…
Following the southern governors’ resolution to end open grazing in the southern part of the country by September 1, pan-Fulani groups, Gan Allah Fulani Development Association (GAFDAN), and Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore have threatened the governors to rescind the resolution or lose the 2023 presidency. According to the National Secretary of GAFDAN, Ibrahim Abdullahi, the…
Men of Ogun State police command on Thursday, July 8 arrested three members of Supreme Vikings confraternity for forcing an unwilling man to join their cult group. A statement released by DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesperson of the state police command, states that the suspects were arrested following a report lodged at Igbesa divisional headquarters by…
The naira exchanged to the dollar at N504 at the parallel market on Friday, according to the Bureau de Change operators. It had earlier exchanged to the dollar at 500 in the previous week and at N490 a month earlier. According to naijabdcs.com, the Central Bank of Nigeria’s official rate for the BDCs, the dollar…