Tag: Yoruba
Asake: Why I sing in Yoruba
Nigerian singer Ahmed Ololade, popularly known as Asake, says he feels more comfortable expressing himself in Yoruba in his songs.
Asake said this at a...
Understanding Ilorin’s complex history
By SULEIMAN OBA YAHAYA ALAPANSANPA
My open letter is directed at those whose “tribal-ness” does not obscure their intellectual objectivity – essential for addressing distortions...
Uzodimma: I’ll broker enduring peace between Igbo, Yoruba in Lagos
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has assured Igbos living in Lagos that he would broker an enduring peace between them and the Yorubas to...
Ohanaeze: Iwuanyanwu didn’t call Yoruba political rascals
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has debunked reports that the Chairman, Council of Elders of the group, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, referred to the Yoruba as political...
Adebutu: Why Yoruba should support Atiku in 2023
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Ladi Adebutu, has said the South Westerners should support the PDP presidential candidate,...
Adebanjo: Why Afenifere’ll support Obi against Tinubu, Atiku
The acting leader of Afenifere, a Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has said the support of the presidential aspiration of the presidential candidate...
Forcing APC’s convention via protestations
By EHICHIOYA EZOMON
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has literally become a "Fuji house of commotion" where nothing seems to work in the quest to...
Yoruba actress, Iyabo Oko, wakes up three hours after pronounced dead
Veteran Nollywood actress, Sidikat Odukanwi, well known as Iyabo Oko, has been declared alive by her daughter, Bisi Aisha, saying the 62-year-old actress woke...
Akintoye: A response to critics
By BOLANLE BOLAWOLE ([email protected] 0705 263 1058)
Last week’s “The travails of Prof. Akintoye” attracted reaction from far and near. Some of the reactions sought...
BOLANLE BOLAWOLE: The travails of Prof. Banji Akintoye
By BOLANLE BOLAWOLE
On Tuesday, November 30, 2021, Prof. Adebanji Stephen Akintoye, erstwhile chairman of the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-determination (NINAS), announced his...
