The Pan-Yoruba sociopolitical group, Afenifere, said it is devastated by the death of its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Yinka Odumakin. Its Secretary-General, Basorun Sehinde Arogbofa, said “It’s a terrible blow. A terrible blow to me as a person because we’ve been…
Afenifere, PDP, Middle Belt Forum kick as FG insists insecurity worse in 2015
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said despite the security challenges being witnessed in parts of the country, security situation under the current regime is better than the situation in 2015 when the regime came on board.…
Attack On Fulani: You can’t threaten us with war, Afenifere tackles ACF
The Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has replied Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) over its statement on the clashes in Ibarapa Local Government Area of Oyo State. The Spokesman of the group, Mr. Yinka Odumakin, in a statement on Saturday said the…
NIMC registration amid COVID-19 irresponsible, says Afenifere
Afenifere has described the ongoing registration of Sim cards in the midst of the strong second wave of COVID-19 as the most irresponsible act of governance on display in the history of this unfortunate country. It says it shows total…
Obi mourns Ayo Fasanmi, Sam Momah
Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last elections, Mr Peter Obi, has expressed sadness over the death of former Senator and leader of Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Ayo Fasanmi, and the former Minister of Science…
Osinbajo’s office has been rendered useless, impotent —Afenifere (Punch)
Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, says from the look of things, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo’s office has been rendered useless, impotent and irrelevant. It, however, said it would be too early to speculate if Osinbajo’s “ordeal” was caused by any misdemeanor on…
Why we dumped peace summit – Southern, Middle Belt leaders (Guardian)
Leaders from some parts of the country will not participate in the national security summit organised by former Head of State Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd). Yesterday, they turned down the invitation by the former head of state to the roundtable…
Afenifere, CISLAC, PNM tackle US govt over Travel Ban (ThisDay)
Afenifere, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and Project Nigeria Movement (PNM) Saturday tackled the United States Government for not making public the names of Nigerian officials it had placed under travel ban. The organisations, thus, urged the US government…
Don’t talk anyhow because Funke Olakunri died – Garba Shehu
The Presidency said it has noted public concerns on the unfortunate attack leading to the death of daughter of the Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti. A statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), Garba Shehu, said…
Killing of Fasoranti’s Daughter: Herdsmen’ve declared war against S’West – Yoruba leaders (Vanguard)
Following the killing of Mrs. Funke Olakunri, daughter of the leader of pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, by suspected herdsmen on the Ore-Akure expressway last Friday, some Yoruba leaders said yesterday that herdsmen have declared war against the…