The Yoruba self-determination movement is in mourning following the death of Mrs. Julia Olubusola Akintoye, wife of its leader, Professor Banji Akintoye. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Akintoye family confirmed her passing in a statement on Wednesday, December 25, 2024. According to the family, Mrs. Akintoye peacefully departed in the early hours of the … Read more
This is coming about five weeks after Akintoye announced the release of Ighoho in the Benin Republic After spending about nine months in a detention facility in the Benin Republic, Igboho was released on health grounds EDITOR’S PICK ‘Don’t Just Pray For My Aspiration Keep Nigeria In Mind –Tinubu To Lagos Assembly APC Hails Return Of Lagos4Lagos As Positive Development 2023: Group Rallies Support For Tinubu In South West EKO HOT BLOG reports … Read more
Igboho noted that agitations would have been non-existent if the Nigerian government had ensured the protection of Nigerians… He insisted that security operatives in the Benin Republic are not as corrupt as their Nigerian counterparts EDITOR’S PICK: Fake Corper Nabbed At Orientation Camp, Stolen Phones Recovered Man Gets 21-year Sentence For Defilement, Murder Of Victim … Read more
Gunmen have attacked the residence of the Yoruba Nation leader, Prof. Akintoye. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the residence of the Yoruba Nation coordinator, Prof. Banji Akintoye, in Ado-Ekiti has been attacked by unknown gunmen. The incident was disclosed via a statement by the umbrella body of Yoruba Self-Determination Groups, Ilana Omo Oodua, Tuesday. The statement, which … Read more
…Ilana Omo Oodua was not a terrorist group but a peaceful self-determination association with a belief in referendum and sensitisation through rallies. Yoruba Nation agitator, Prof Banji Akintoye, has said that there is no basis for the Federal Government to outlaw his Yoruba Nation secessionist group. The erudite professor of History disclosed this while reacting … Read more
On Sunday, Akintoye confirmed he’s with Sunday Igboho in Benin Republic Professor Banji Akintoye, a Yoruba Nation agitator and supporter of Sunday Igboho, did not flee Nigeria for fear of arrest by security agents. This is according to a clarification made in a statement by his media aide, Maxwell Adeleye, on Wednesday. According to Adeleye, … Read more
Lagos State Police Commissioner, Hakeem Odumosu, was also seen with his men at the venue. There is a heavy presence of security operatives at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, Lagos, the proposed venue of the Yoruba nation rally by secessionist group, Ilana Odua. It was gathered that men of the Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian … Read more
The group which promised a peaceful rally in Lagos said if actualised, the “Yoruba Nation shall be the shining glory of the Black race.” Self-styled Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, and a renowned historian, Prof. Banji Akintoye, will attend the mega rally for the actualisation of Yoruba Nation scheduled to … Read more
Prof. Akintoye has been at the epicentre of the agitations for the secession of the Yoruba nation Mapo Hall, the venue of a rally organised by Professor Banji Akintoye-led Ilana Odua to sensitise people about Yoruba self-determination in Ibadan, has been surrounded by men of the Nigerian Police Force. Eighty-six year-old Akintoye, who is an … Read more
The women added that the outcome of the spiritual measures which cannot be discussed in public, shall unravel many things that will help towards the peaceful and prompt actualisation of Yoruba Nation At least 1,000 Yoruba Women from Uruguay, Argentina, Mexico, United Kingdom, Papua Guinea, Venezuela, Spain, France, and other countries on Wednesday visited the … Read more
Yoruba Activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has said that the only solution to the insecurity in the South-West is for the region to stand on its own. Igboho, who declared this at a press conference in Ibadan, urged all Yoruba youths to support Professor Banji Akintoye in the quest for a Yoruba … Read more