One body was confirmed lifeless on Thursday after a clash between some Hausa and Yoruba youths at the Gengere area of Mile 12, Lagos State. It was revealed that a Hausa porter, Aliyu Shuaibu, had allegedly stabbed a Yoruba porter, Sadiq Oloyo, after an argument ensued between them over who was to carry goods for
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The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has cautioned the Yorubas to stop the drum of war against the Fulanis in the southwest. Oluwo argued “the lifestyle of many Fulanis is not worth fighting as they tend to lose nothing except their cows.” A statement personally signed by the monarch on Friday cautioned the herders
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At least one person has been reported killed, as Hausa and Yoruba people clashed at Shasha in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State on Friday. Vanguard gathered that trouble started when an Hausa man reportedly beat up a pregnant woman who accused her of littering the frontal part of her shop, while the deceased
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The President -General of Yoruba World Congress , Prof Banji Akintoye , has maintained that Nigerians , including Yoruba people , have the constitutional rights to demand to cease to be part of the country .Akintoye , an emeritus professor of History , however cautioned Yoruba people against using violent means to assure independence from
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Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, on Friday maintained that they will not cede any inch of Yoruba land to creditors of the Federal Government should there be whatsoever reasons for them to make such claims. This was in reaction to widespread reports that the Federal Government had agreed with the Chinese government, to waive its immunity
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The leader of the Yoruba World Congress , an umbrella body of over 300 Yoruba groups worldwide, Prof Banji Akintoye, came to public to say that Nigerian environment has been consistently harsh to the Yoruba people who dominate the South- West part of the country . Prof Banji Akintoye further claimed that though his association
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