The Oodua Progressive Union (OPU) has donated millions of naira to South West States – Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti, Kwara and Kogi states – to combat ongoing Corona Virus pandemic. The fund was directly deposited into each state’s COVID-19 Committees’ accounts.
The financial intervention followed OPU members’...
Reports indicate that the family of Ilesanmi has fled Nigeria over religion persecution and planned genital mutilation of their child, Stephanie.
Mrs. Mulikat Olamide Ilesanmi, her mother had fled to South Africa, to protect her child but was forced to come back to Nigeria due to xenophobic attack against Nigerians...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed doors with members of the National Council of State at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The meeting started at 11.a.m prompt at the Council Chamber.
The meeting comprises of past presidents and heads of state, Chief Justices of Nigeria (CJN), leadership of the National...
The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams has called on traditional rulers in the South-West of Nigeria, to be consistent and throw more weight behind the Western Nigerian Security Network, known as ‘Amotekun’, to see the light of the day. Adams made the call in a statement...
Written by Joseph Chukwuma Oputa
The Court of Appeal of Nigeria in the Lagos Judicial Division on Friday, 24th day of September, 2021 dismissed the appeal filed against the judgment of Lagos High Court in suit No LD/52/19/1995, delivered on 1st of March, 2006 by Hon. Justice K. O. Alogba...
...Demands immediate reversal
The Yoruba One Voice (YOV), a coalition of all Yoruba groups and organisations in the diaspora consisting of more than fifty Yoruba organisations from the four continents of the world strongly display concerns over the federal government increase of electricity tariff and fuel price.
In a...
Former Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Fatai Owoseni, and nine other senior police officers, were pulled out from the Force on Saturday after 35 years in service.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Owoseni was police commissioner in Lagos from July 1, 2015, to September 1, 2017.
NAN reports...
It is easy to oppress, to imprison without trial, to
maim, even to kill, but the history of man is that
ultimately, you cannot break the will of the people
who are determined to be free.
– Anthony Enahoro
In the height of the recent lockdown at the instance of Covid-19 pandemic, the memory...
In its determination and resolve to foster a new mindset among Nigerians, the Mindshift Advocacy for Development Initiative has unveiled a new blue print to get Nigerians to think differently, believe differently and to act differently, so as to generate a mindset geared towards development. The event which was...
