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Pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, has rejected the position of the Nigerian Government to include ‘Operation Amotekun’ under its community policing strategy and have it function as mere informants for the police. The group, after a meeting held in Akure, Ondo State, said that … Read more via...

Acting National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, lawyer, and a stalwart of Afenifere, Chief Supo Shonibare, has lampooned the Federal Government over the controversy trailing the issue of Amotekun, the security outfit set up by the South West Governors.... Read more via...

Afenifere chided second republic Lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, in response to his comment of calling them noisemakers. Junaid Mohammed had accused the pan-Yoruba socio-political group of making... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2JX20pQ Get More Nigeria Political News

With the death of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of Afenifere Chairman, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, vice president Yemi Osinbajo, Sunday stormed the residence of.... Read more via Naijaloaded – https://ift.tt/2YO0qwC Get More Nigeria Political News

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), have sympathized with the family of Reuben Fasoranti, the Afenifere socio-cultural group’s President whose daughter was.... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2jLfsEj Get More Nigeria Metro News

Following the killing of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Afenifere Chairman, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, by persons suspected to be herdsmen in Ondo State, yesterday, a youth group, Yoruba Youth Socio-cultural Association (YYSA), while expressing shock .... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News...

Chief Segun Osoba, a former governor of Ogun State under the Alliance for Democracy (AD) (1999-2003) and one of the founding members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) interacted with..... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – https://ift.tt/2L7gTZx Get More Nigeria Political...

The Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has faulted the two recent major appointments made by the telecommunications giant, MTN, describing them as non-inclusive. This development is coming as the company yesterday announced the successful completion of the registration of … Read...

Chief Ayo Adebanjo, an elder statesman and one of the leaders of the Pan Yoruba group, Afenifere, spoke on the crisis in the group and the disloyalty that led to the establishment of Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG). He accused national leader … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News –...

The pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has denied endorsing President Muhammadu Buhari. The group also accused All Progressives Congress chieftain, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, of being behind the “fake” endorsement of Buhari..... Read more via The Trent Newspaper – http://bit.ly/2EHX6fb...

Some leaders of the Yoruba Socio-Political Group Afenifere recently met with Former President Olusegun Obasanjo behind closed doors. The meeting lasted for about two hours. The spokesperson for the group, Yinka … Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2CArS9z Get More Nigeria...

A chieftain of Yoruba socio-political organisation, Ayo Adebanjo, has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a dictator. Adebanjo said this while reacting to the recent attack on top politicians in the opposition by the government... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria –...

Elder statesmen from the South and the Middle Belt have accused the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of registering foreigners and under-aged voters in Northern Nigeria.... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2NNHRCU Get More Nigeria Metro News

For about five hours yesterday, leaders of the three major socio-cultural groups in the southern part of the country, South-South Forum, Ohanaeze Ndigbo and Afenifere, were.... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2mm2mLh Get More Nigeria Political News

The Oluwole of Iwo land, Abdulrasheed Akanbi, has clarified that his comments on the herdsmen/farmers crisis in the country did not in any way contradict Afenifere’s rejection of federal government’s ranches in the South West. A statement by the monarch’s chief press secretary, Alli Ibrahim...

Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has expressed a positive feeling to the election sequence re-ordered by the National Assembly. It said the new election timetable was a positive development which will allow participatory democracy, describing it as ‘rare good news’ heard from the...

Pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere has lashed out at Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai for referring to those calling for restructuring as political opportunists. Publicity Secretary of the association, Yinka Odumakin said, “El-Rufai should tell us his own idea to correct...