LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Controversial blogger and daughter of a former Governor of Oyo State, Dr. Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo, alleges that the Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, alias Sunday Igboho, has been poisoned in the Benin Republic prison where he is being held. THEWILL had recently reported that Igboho was said to be sick in the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government may file a fresh action against Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo (also known as Sunday Igboho), following the judgment of Oyo State High Court which awarded N20 billion in damages in his favour. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, told NAN in New York…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The US Embassy and Consulate in Nigeria has announced that the services of Yoruba and Hausa teachers are needed in the United States. According to the Public Affairs Section of the US Mission Nigeria which made the announcement on its website, applications from qualified Nigerians wishing to teach Hausa or Yoruba languages…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho has broken his silence over the order given by the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, for his arrest. Igboho caused tension in the country when he ordered the Fulani herdsmen in Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government of Oyo State to leave the area within seven days. At…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Many people including a pregnant woman and her two kids have been killed at the Fagba area of Iju, Lagos as Hausa and Yoruba people clashed . The hostility started Tuesday when some protesters engaged some Hausa conveying cows at the Fagba area. About four persons were killed ,three houses and a…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pa Ayo Fasanmi elder statesman and a leader of the Yoruba socio-cultural group Afenifere died peacefully in Osogbo, Osun State capital on Wednesday night, his son Folabi said. The prominent Yoruba leader died aged 94. He would have been 95 on September 27. Folabi said in a statement announcing his father’s death:…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The controversy surrounding the creation of a security outfit for the South West, Amotekun, continues to grow. The one group which feels will be targeted the most by the outfit has denounced the outfit once more. In a statement released by it’s national president, Muhammad Kitowa, Nigeria’s cattle breeders association said that…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Afenifere, pan- Yoruba socio-political organisation said the options available for Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo is either to fight or resign. Yinka Odumakin, National Publicity Secretary of the organisation also said it has not decided whether to support the embattled second-in-command because he has not admitted he has any problem in the presidency….