Yoruba Archives - PRNigeria News https://prnigeria.com/tag/yoruba/ Reliable Platform for Press Release Syndication Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:47:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://i0.wp.com/prnigeria.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/PRNigeria-Icon.jpg?fit=32%2C23&ssl=1 Yoruba Archives - PRNigeria News https://prnigeria.com/tag/yoruba/ 32 32 42672738 Wanted for Nigeria: Unity in Diversity for Sustainable Development, By Mukhtar Ya’u Madobi https://prnigeria.com/2026/04/20/wanted-nigeria-unity-diversity/ Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:47:26 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=188572 Wanted for Nigeria: Unity in Diversity for Sustainable Development By Mukhtar Ya’u Madobi, Nigeria’s complexity is not a weakness to be managed but a strategic asset to be harnessed, owing to the country’s boasting over 250 ethnic groups, diverse religious traditions, and deeply rooted sociocultural identities. Yet, this heterogeneity has often been interpreted through the […]

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]]> 188572 The Case Against Nnamdi Kanu, Igbo Almajiris And Enemies Of Nigeria, By Dr. Austin Orette https://prnigeria.com/2025/12/27/case-against-nnamdi-kanu-igbo/ Sat, 27 Dec 2025 09:03:31 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=177438 The Case Against Nnamdi Kanu, Igbo Almajiris And Enemies Of Nigeria, By Dr. Austin Orette Igbo Almajiris can’t help their alliteration. You don’t get a safe and progressive country by being lawless. This is the attitude of the folks contributing to the lawlessness in the South-East. They cannot articulate an issue without frothing in the […]

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]]> 177438 On the Etymology of ‘Yoruba’ by Northerners https://prnigeria.com/2025/01/11/etymology-yoruba-northerners/ Sat, 11 Jan 2025 13:01:50 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=154408 While Olagunju's article sheds light on Nigerian history and identity complexities, I disagree with him on teaching compromised narratives to appease ethnic loyalties.

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]]> 154408 Afenifere Knocks Tinubu Over ‘Yorubanization’ of Appointments https://prnigeria.com/2024/11/02/afenifere-knocks-tinubu-over/ Sat, 02 Nov 2024 20:34:37 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=148717 Afenifere Knocks Tinubu Over ‘Yorubanization’ of Appointments The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has cautioned President Bola Tinubu over what it described as his bias and preference for the Yoruba in federal appointments. The group made this known in a statement by its leader and the National Publicity Secretary, Ayo Adebanjo, and Justice Faleye, respectively, in […]

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]]> 148717 Fact-Check: Did Gbadebo’s Mother Beg Yoruba for Forgiveness over Actions of Igbos in Lagos?  https://prnigeria.com/2023/03/25/gbadebo-mother-beg-yoruba/ Sat, 25 Mar 2023 19:26:09 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=92259 Fact-Check: Did Gbadebo’s Mother Beg Yoruba for Forgiveness over Actions of Igbos in Lagos?  Claim: A YouTube video of an unidentified woman uploaded by Oodua TV has emerged online claiming that the mother of Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the Lagos gubernatorial candidate for Labour Party, LP, has apologized to Yoruba’s over a bigotry statement her Igbo fellows […]

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]]> 92259 Agitations for Yoruba Nation Suffers Setback as ECOWAS Court Rejects Suit https://prnigeria.com/2023/03/16/agitations-yoruba-nation/ Thu, 16 Mar 2023 10:54:51 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=91663 Agitations for Yoruba Nation Suffers Setback as ECOWAS Court Rejects Suit The ECOWAS Court of Justice has dismissed a suit filed by four individuals seeking self-determination for the Yoruba people of Nigeria. The four are: Risqat Badmus, Ademola Faleti, Yemisi Fadahunsi-Ogunlana and Adigun Makanjuola, all members of the Coalition of Yoruba Interest Group (CYIG). In […]

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]]> 91663 Between Slaughtered Cattle and Insecurity in Nigeria https://prnigeria.com/2022/07/26/between-slaughtered-cattle/ Tue, 26 Jul 2022 06:47:15 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=75333 Between Slaughtered Cattle and Insecurity in Nigeria By Ishaq Modibbo Kawu Recently, the video of hundreds of slaughtered cattle, was making the rounds, on various social media platforms. An old classmate posted it on my Secondary School Class WhatsApp platform; and because he neither spoke Fulfulde nor Hausa, he was sufficiently alarmed, to request for […]

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]]> 75333 The Yoruba have won their agitation, by Fredrick Nwabufo https://prnigeria.com/2021/07/22/yoruba-their-agitation-fredrick-nwabufo/ Thu, 22 Jul 2021 18:44:31 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=64783 The Yoruba have won their agitation, by Fredrick Nwabufo The Yoruba are an exceptional people; precocious, tactful, urbane and temperate. They are about the most sophisticated of the ethnic groups in Nigeria. They know when to pounce, when to retreat, and when to negotiate. For the Yoruba, it is about the collective. It is always […]

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]]> 64783 Inside Story: How Buratai’s ‘Letter’ to Benin Foiled Igboho’s Escape to Germany https://prnigeria.com/2021/07/21/buratais-benin-igboho-germany/ Wed, 21 Jul 2021 13:55:08 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=64768 Inside Story: How Buratai’s ‘Letter’ to Benin Govt Foiled Igboho’s Escape to Germany The Lead agitator for the actualization of ‘Yoruba Nation’, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho and his wife, Ropo, would have successfully fled to Germany, on Monday. But the swift intervention of Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai (rtd.), aborted the ‘discreet […]

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]]> 64768 After Dokubo’s Formation of ‘Biafra Government,’ Igboho Declares South-West as ‘Yoruba Nation’ https://prnigeria.com/2021/03/18/dokubo-biafra-igboho-yoruba/ Thu, 18 Mar 2021 22:08:23 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=62234 After Dokubo’s Formation of ‘Biafra Government,’ Igboho Declares South-West as ‘Yoruba Nation’ Few days after Asari Dokubo, a former Niger Delta Militant declared the formation of Biafra Customary Government (BCG), a self-aclaimed Yoruba Freedom Fighter, Sunday Igboho has also declared South-Western Nigeria a “Yoruba Nation,” urging Yoruba in the Northern part of the country Oduduwa […]

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