Yoruba

United Kingdom-based activist, Adetutu Balogun has called out Peter Okoye for preaching unity despite his ongoing feud with his twin brother, Paul Okoye. This is coming amidst an impending tribal war in Ibadan, Oyo state between the…

Mr. Kolawole Odetola, who I do not know and I have never met, wrote the following contribution and every Yoruba man and woman ought to read it. This was not written by flesh but by the Holy Spirit and it is what I have been…

The Nigerian Ethnic Nationality Youth Leaders Forum (NENYLF) has claimed that it is Allen Onyema’s business competitors that are collaborating with some US officials to bring the Nigerian businessman down. The Herald gathered that the…

Following an alleged killing of two persons at a mining site in Aruwa village in Atakunmosa Local Government Area of Osun State, there was palpable tension on Friday , November 8, in Sabo area of Ile-Ife, Osun State. Reports claimed that…

Former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has declared that he is not Yoruba.  Fani Kayode made this known on his official Twitter handle, saying that the word Yoruba is alien to his culture and not known in the Anago language. The…

The Yoruba Youth Coalition Group has rejected and denounced the process that led to the emergence of Prof. Banji Akintoye as the leader of the Yoruba. This was contained in a communiqué made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Akure by…

Yoruba Socio-Cultural Association, a youth group from South-West has accused an Oba in the Oke Ogun region of Oyo state of giving land to foreign herdsmen and collecting cows in return. Speaking to The Punch in an interview, the National…

Former lawmaker and statesman, Junaid Mohammed, has berated leaders of Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba socio-political group, for inciting war with their provocative statements. Speaking to Independent, Junaid said the Yoruba leaders learnt no…

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has implored the Yoruba to be more united to ensure the development of the race. Makinde stated this in Ibadan at the launch of a book entitled :” Autobiography of Chief Obafemi Awolowo.” The News…

The Yoruba deserve 2023 presidency, the Igbo are not a serious people by Fredrick Nwabufo There is nothing as fatal as a blow from a “consanguineal fist”.  A cut from a “sibling” hurts deeper than that from a stranger. I have been…

And the Supreme Being commissioned Oduduwa, a "sky-god", to carry out a terrestrial task; he descended from heaven with a cockerel which had six fingers. And the earth was made by him through the ingenious deployment of his avian subject.  …