The leader of the Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo has said Nigeria will be in trouble if Peter Obi is not elected as the next president of the country. The 94-year-old Yoruba leader disclosed that he wasn’t surprised that former President, Olusegun Obasanjo threw his weight behind Obi, the Presidential candidate of the […]
Continue Reading
Pa Ayo Adebanjo, a leader of pan Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere has endorsed Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for the 2023 presidency. He gave the endorsement while speaking on Yoruba Gbode, an online radio program, on Tuesday. July 12, 2022. Adebanjo said Obi has the ability to “rule independently” and […]
Continue Reading
The Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has lauded the Nigerian judiciary for bringing the killers of a daughter of its leader, Mrs. Olufunke Olakunrin, to justice. Olufunke, one of the daughters of Pa Reuben Fasoranti, the leader of Afenifere, was gruesomely murdered in June 2019 at Oore in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State after […]
Continue Reading
Yoruba Socio-political group, Afenifere, has stated that the move to review the nation’s constitution by the Senate will not solve the myriad of challenges confronting Nigeria. The group, which stated this on Thursday, emphasized that the constitution review was an exercise in futility. The General Secretary of the group, Sola Ebiseni during an interview, stated […]
Continue Reading
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to death of Afenifere Spokesman Yinka Odumakin. The President discribed him as a man of conviction. This was contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. The statement titled: ‘President Buhari mourns Afenifere spokesman, Yinka Odumakin’, reads: “President Muhammadu Buhari condoles with the […]
Continue Reading
Yinka Odumakin, National Publicity Secretary of the pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, is dead, kokomansion reports. A close family source confirmed that he died at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital after a brief illness. More to come shortly…
Continue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a congratulatory message to a national leader of the Yoruba socio-political group,,Afenifere, PA Ayorinde Fasanmi as he turns 94 on 27th September 2019. This was in a statement by Femi Adesina, Spokesman to President Muhammadu Buhari. The President commended the PA Ayorinde, for consistently projecting the progressive and noble ideas […]
Continue Reading
According to a developing story, Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, has received information that Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Afenifere chairman, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, has been killed by persons suspected to be herdsmen. In a report by The PUNCH on Friday, fhe spokesman for Afenifere, Mr. Yinka Odumakin, said the 58-year-old woman was heading to Ore […]
Continue Reading
Five top socio-cultural organisations on Sunday endorsed Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). They are: the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF), Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Afenifere and Middle Belt Forum (MBF). A faction of Afenifere, led by Ayo Fasanmi, endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari last week while the general secretary […]
Continue Reading
Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, has strongly warned the military not to deploy soldiers in the south-west because of the menace of the Badoo gang in Ogun and Lagos States. Sani Usman, army spokesman, had said the soldiers would tackle the menace of the gang. But speaking at the end of a meeting in Ondo, Yinka Odumakin, […]
Continue Reading