Yoruba

True or false? Gov. Al-Makura believes Yorubas are behind APC’s success

by Ranti Joseph Nasarawa State governor and governor-elect, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, said the Yoruba race was the stronghold behind the success recorded by the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the just-concluded general election in the country. Al-Makura, who disclosed this at the Presidential Lodge in Lafia, the state capital, on Tuesday while receiving Yoruba community... Read More

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Gimba Kakanda: We must resist the binary temptations to destroy us

by Gimba Kakanda It is an insult to repeat the bromide that “Lord Luguard brought us together”. Nope, we didn’t just land in the Niger-Benue basin and the surrounding hills and plains from the outer space. Our ancestors were not aliens; they were neighbours who co-habited in this stretch of land before Frederick Lugard’s great-grand... Read More

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Christ says ‘forgive and forget’ but this Afenifere leader just can’t forgive Buhari

by Kolapo Olapoju A leader of the Yoruba socio-cultural group- Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has vowed that he would never forgive the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj.Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Adebanjo says that despite being a Christian, he would not forgive Buharu because of his atrocities against Yoruba leaders while he was... Read More

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No, we didn’t endorse Jonathan || Yoruba elders’ council deny GEJ

by Kolapo Olapoju The Yoruba Council of Elders says it did not endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan for re-election. The council stated that the presence of its National President, Brig- Gen. Adeyinka Adebayo (rtd), at a post-national conference summit in Ibadan, Oyo State, should not be misconstrued as an endorsement of Jonathan’s candidacy. The elders explained... Read More

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Were Yoruba traditional rulers rendering prayers or curses for Jonathan?

by Kolapo Olapoju There is a little misunderstanding and apparent confusion on social media and beyond – about the picture which shows some Yoruba monarchs surrounding President Goodluck Jonathan. On Saturday, March 7, President Goodluck Jonathan, was at the palace of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade. Following the Ooni’s directive, President Jonathan knelt... Read More

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February 19, 2015

Bode George is an ingrate we rejected || PDP founding elders run down party chieftain

by Kolapo Olapoju A national leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, has been taken to the cleaners by a group known as the ‘Concerned Founding Elders of the PDP in Lagos’. On behalf of the founding elders, Prof. Tunde Olayinka, released a statement on Wednesday, February 18, chastising Bode George for speaking... Read More

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February 12, 2015

Senator claims GEJ ‘has been begging’ National Assembly for tenure elongation

by Kolapo Olapoju A Senator of the federal republic, has alleged that President Goodluck Jonathan, has been urging the National Assembly for elongation of his tenure, but he has so far met a brick wall. He uttered the comment at a social discourse organised by the ARG in Ibadan, in honour of Kayode Fayemi, a... Read More

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January 28, 2015

‘Jonathan’s performance is not worth endorsing’ – Afenifere denies backing GEJ

by Kolapo Olapoju Yoruba Socio-political group, Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG), has refuted insinuations that it endorsed the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan. The association says it never took any step to support Jonathan, stressing that the media reports saying it did, were erroneous. In a press statement released on Wednesday, January 28, by its publicity secretary,... Read More

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December 31, 2014

Bayo Oluwasanmi: Who is my ‘Person of the Year 2014’? 170 million dumb Nigerians!

by Bayo Oluwasanmi Nigerians look around! Can you see common men and women amid the care and struggle of daily life? Can you see people in the jar of the noisy streets and amid the squalor where want hides? Can you see the wrong that produces inequality? Can you see the wrong in the midst... Read More

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December 17, 2014

Pius Adesanmi: Why @DoyinOkupe is a bastard

by Pius Adesanmi What’s in a name? Nothing, says Western culture, for a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet. Everything, say the cultures of Africa, for every name is a messenger, running errands of family history and circumstances of birth for its bearer. That is why an African seldom jokes with... Read More

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December 2, 2014

‘OBJ is too old for these lies…’: Afenifere Group can’t take it anymore

by Kolapo Olapoju A group under the umbrella of Afenifere Renaissance Youth Congress has chastised former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his recent series of criticism of President Goodluck Jonathan. The group also accused the former president of carrying out the agenda of the opposition party, All Progressives Congress (APC) with his recent comments about... Read More

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December 1, 2014

Afenifere blasts GEJ’s ‘belated efforts to woo Yoruba’

by Godwin Akanfe The Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) has criticised President Jonathan’s attempt to “woo the Yoruba nation” for the support of his re-election, claiming that it is already too late in the day. The group, in a statement by its spokesman, Kunle Famoriyo, described the “Yoruba Progress Summit” which held last Friday as an... Read More

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December 1, 2014

Opinion: The PDP tragedy vs APC threat: A Dilemma for the Yoruba nation

by Remi Oyeyemi From the look of things, it is evident that there is fire on the Nigerian Mountain. This fire is all consuming and there is no obvious way of checkmating this fire. The fire, it seems, is going to lead to the end of Nigeria. But for someone like me, who has lost... Read More

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November 25, 2014

Opinion: Tambuwal’s Defection- Why the Yoruba must redeem themselves

by Paschal Onyiorah “Tinubu used his political muscle to convince gullible Yoruba legislators to vote against a Yoruba woman, Mulikat Akande, in a post that was specifically designed by the PDP as a benefit for Yoruba. He then got the same mumu Yoruba politicians to vote instead for Aminu Tambuwal; a scion of the Sokoto... Read More

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October 29, 2014

We bet this White lady can speak better Yoruba than most people (WATCH)

by Damilola Jagun There’s no excuse for any Yoruba person who can’t speak the language fluently, when a White person can easily communicate with it. A Yoruba village King and his household were taken aback, as an American lady conversed with them in the local language. Watch video: Post by Fawaz Yekini.

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October 21, 2014

Actress, Ronke Oshodi-Oke turns musician, to launch debut album in November

by Damilola Jagun While several entertainers are venturing into politics, Yoruba actress, Ronke Oshodi Oke, has decided to chose an alternative career path. According to reports, the boob-endowed actress is joining the burgeoning number of musicians in Nigeria. It is believed that she has almost finalised work on her debut album. The Nollywood star, whose... Read More

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October 16, 2014

@Adunnibaby: A note to Yoruba Christians and Muslims

by Abimbola Adelakun The South-West in Nigeria is one zone where Christians and Muslims dwell side by side with a relatively low level of rancour. This liberalism is a cultural attribute that has been for a long time. In an essay by an English anthropologist who witnessed the celebration of Oke’badan in the 50s, he... Read More

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October 4, 2014

Baba Suwe is no longer interested in the NDLEA money, but a public apology will do just fine

by Kolapo Olapoju Nollywood comic-actor of the Yoruba-speaking genre, Babatunde Omidina, better known as Baba Suwe, says he has moved on from the cocaine smuggling scandal, and N25 million settlement he was being owed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. The High Court of Lagos had initially ordered the NDLEA to pay Baba... Read More

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September 25, 2014

“We don’t survive on movies alone” || What do Nollywood actresses have to do to get paid?

by Damilola Jagun Apparently, Yoruba speaking actresses are terribly underpaid for starring in movies. Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo has revealed that it is impossible for actresses in the Yoruba sector of the industry to survive solely on the money they make from acting. The mother of two, says most Yoruba female actors have side businesses,... Read More

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September 20, 2014

Really, are Yoruba people loud and absurd?

by Kolapo Olapoju I saw the BBM (Blackberry messenger) ‘personal message’ of a friend this morning and it read, ‘Yoruba people are so loud and absurd’. As a Yoruba man, who has had several multi-tribal friends, association and relationships, i’ve gotten used to hearing cliché statements like that, hence I didn’t bat an eyelid nor... Read More

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August 28, 2014

“He sacked me” | Man arrested in Kano for killing former boss

by Kolapo Olapoju A man has been arrested by the Kano state police for murdering his former boss, who sacked him a few years ago. The murdered man, Alhaji Chief Ganiyu Akanbi Bello, is the Grand Patron of Yoruba community in Kano. The 26-year-old suspect, Abubakar Abdulrahman said he killed the man, his former employer at Race Course, Nasarawa... Read More

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August 19, 2014

Oba of Lagos threatens to open can of worms, but only after 2015 elections

by Azubuike Azikiwe The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, says he knows those responsible for the woes of Nigeria, and he will expose such persons after the 2015 general elections. He said this on Monday, 18 August, in Lagos, at the public presentation of “Corruption and Human Rights Law in Africa”, a book by Dr... Read More

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August 13, 2014

“Break his nose – in the name of God!” | If you understand Yoruba, this video will CRACK YOU UP

by Kolapo Olapoju Incredible the things we will ourselves to do – to get victory! At the recently concluded Commonwealth games,in Glasgow, a Nigerian boxer, Lukmon Lawal was being spurred on by his coach, who was beyond animated as he screamed instructions. “Break his nose,” he instructed his athlete. “Break it completely. You have... Read More

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Nigerian languages are dying | This is why

by Adedayo Ademuwagun Language is an important part of any society and a principal component of a people’s culture. It is not only a means by which people communicate, it is also a distinct part of their identity. In Nigeria, there are more than 200 indigenous languages. There are concerns though that fewer and fewer... Read More

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Gimba Kakanda: Femi Fani-Kayode – The hate preacher and his imaginary audience

by Gimba Kakanda Possessed by his characteristic bigotry, Mr Fani-Kayode, in disparaging the north and its intolerable terrorists does not admit that of the three Nigerian-born terrorists overseas, caught in the act, two are actually his kinsmen, fellow Yoruba who, like Shekau, have become throat-slitting Islamist terrorists. In all my playful attempts to pan the... Read More

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Femi Aribisala: It’s decision time for the South west

by Femi Aribisala From experience, the South-West has learnt to survive without political power at the centre. How then can the same Bola Tinubu who schemed Mulikat Akande, a Yoruba candidate, out of being the Speaker of the House of Representatives now tell us that the future of the South-West depends on a Yoruba man... Read More

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Azuka Onwuka: The Igbos and Yorubas need to cooperate for rapid development

by Azuka Onwuka The Igbo and Yoruba are unarguably the most competitive in Nigeria. They are the ethnic groups that easily and forcefully ask for the removal of quota system in all national life. They believe that if things are done on merit, they will excel. It is difficult to say if Igbo and Yoruba... Read More

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Chidi Onumah: The National Conference may be the beginning of the end of Nigeria

by Chidi Onumah Undoubtedly, ethnic oppression exists in Nigeria. After 100 years of amalgamation, almost 54 years after independence, 44 years after an internecine civil war that cost more than three million lives to “keep Nigeria one”, it is time to break that oppression and forge a new, united and prosperous nation. Nigeria’s president, Goodluck... Read More

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Perry Brimah: The long history of fighting between Hausas and Igbos

by Perry Brimah You read Hausa handles call Igbo’s ‘baby factory products,’ ‘wife-killers,’ ‘armed robbers,’ ‘traitors,’ and the like and on the other side, you read Igbo-sounding handles labeling Hausa-like names, ‘Fulani cattle rearers,’ ‘Boko Haram,’ ‘terrorists, ‘ ‘Almajiri’s,’ ‘illiterates,’ and ‘the usurpers and problem of Nigeria.’ ‘Two is fighting’ is a common Nigerian expression... Read More

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February 19, 2014

Kelly Rowland speaks Yoruba on live radio interview with Tosyn Bucknor (WATCH)

by Oge Okonkwo Singer and reality TV judge, Kelly Rowland, who was in Nigeria for Darey Art-Alade’s Love Like A Movie 2, had a brief interview on Valentine’s Day with Top Radio presenter, Tosyn Bucknor. During the chat, the American star talked about her must-have fashion accessory, what her fellow X Factor judges – Lillie Mccloud... Read More

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