Yoruba

Woman detained for stabbing Yoruba monarch to death in US

5 months ago2634 min

A 53-year-old woman, Akiba Meredith, has been charged with murder after allegedly killing the leader of Oyotunji African Village in Beaufort County, South Carolina, USA, Adegbolu Adefunmi, also known as Oba Adejuyigbe Adefunmi II. PUNCH Metro gathered that the Oyotunji African Village, which was founded in 1970, is meant to emulate villages of the Yoruba religion in the US, with “a population believed to consist of less than 10 families, although the community was home...

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‘Yoruba Nation’ Sponsors Promised Us Better Life, Reduction In Costs Of Living — Female Suspect Who Invaded Oyo Government House

8 months ago995 min

Ayanwale Rofiayat, one of the Yoruba Nation agitators suspects, that invaded the Oyo State House of Assembly and Governor’s office has stated that their sponsor promised them that the cost of living would automatically come down. The Nigeria Police Force, Oyo State Command on Monday paraded 21 suspects in connection with the invasion of the Oyo State government secretariat on Saturday, 13th April. SaharaReporters earlier reported how the suspects claimed to be members of the...

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29,000 Yoruba People Killed In Their Homeland During Buhari Regime —Yoruba Nation Youth Movement

9 months ago1673 min

The group lamented the inability of the Nigerian government to curtail violent herders, particularly in Yoruba land, saying it had hampered the growth of the agricultural sector of the country. A youth movement of indigenous people of southwest Nigeria, known as the Yoruba Nation Youth has claimed that about 29,000 Yoruba people were killed during eight years of Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. The secessionist group made this known on Wednesday during a global conference attended by...