Obafemi Awolowo Let’s begin this week with some contextual reporting of the state of the nation before the construct of underreported ‘landmine’ in Yoruba land.The nation is waiting (for Mr. President to name his cabinet). The president is still procrastinating…
Youth keeping Yoruba culture alive
THE drums of the Yoruba Village Drum Festival could be heard throughout the east Port of Spain and environs as people gathered at the village square to commemorate 181 years of Emancipation. Held on June 15, the day before Father’s…
Insecurity: Parents now afraid to send children to school — UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, weekend lamented that parents are now terrified to send their children to school due to insecurity in the country, especially girls, who have been victims of kidnapping while at school. *An Islamic school This…
‘Yoruba: Time to speak truth to power’
This week, I was prepared to write on one of those ‘national topics’ as we often do when I received a post on ‘whether Ondo State is jinxed,’ forwarded by one of my big brothers, Uncle Eric Teniola, who hails…
We Would Have Struck And Put An End To Herdsmen In South-West But Yoruba Leaders Stopped Us -Oodua Peoples’ Congress
– Oyo, Osun, Ondo, Ogun, Lagos, and Ekiti governors meet army, police, OPC over insecurity The OPC led by Aare Gani Adams has said it was ready to flush out armed herdsmen kidnapping and perpetrating criminal activities in the region.…
Yoruba, Hausa Youths Clash In Pastor Adeboye’s Hometown
The Sabo Market in Ifewara, the headquarters of the Atakumosa West Central Local Council Development Authority of Osun State has been razed following a violent clash between Yoruba and Hausa youths. Ifewara is the hometown of the General Overseer (Worldwide)…
Ooni of Ife to lead Yoruba to Cultural Festival in Chicago
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has agreed to be the royal father during the maiden edition of the Yoruba Cultural Heritage Festival taking place in Chicago, United States of America in September. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
”Go swap yourself with him in prison because some politicians are also into it” – Foluke Daramola Slams Colleague Over Nairamarley
Nollywood actress, Foluke Daramola-Salako, has released a video via her Instagram page where-in she chided her colleagues for criticizing the Economic and Financial Crime Commission(EFCC) over the arrest of Nairamarley. According to the plus sized actress, the fact that some…
No Yoruba President In Nigeria For Another 20 Years, By Femi Aribisala
…it will be the turn of a Southerner to be president again in 2023. That Southerner must, without controversy, be an Igbo man. Any right-thinking Nigerian must see that it is not only high time for this to happen, it…
Yorubas urged to preserve culture
A Socio-cultural group, Kaaro-Oojiire Omo Oodua Foundation (KOOOF), has called on the Yorubas at home and in the diaspora to preserve their language and culture. It urged the Southwest states not to allow Yoruba culture to go into extinction. KOOOF Chairman…