Yoruba

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has reaffirmed his position on the family ties between Yoruba and Igbo nations, saying the two ethnic groups are inseparable members of the same family.

A faction of the pan-Yoruba organisation Afenifere, the Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG), has said that a Yoruba person would emerge as Nigeria's president in 2023.

A Yoruba movie actress identified as Olabisi Monsurat has reportedly passed on. According to a Facebook user identified as Omolola Olumide who claimed to be her friend, she died ten days after putting to bed.

The secretary general of Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), Dr Kunle Olajide, has tasked President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure true federalism and national unity.

Recently, Anthony Joshua took to cracking up his Nigerian fans by attempting to speak his Nigerian indigenous language Yoruba. The boxer whose family house is in Shagamu made a show of speaking the native tongue.

Senator Ayo Fasanmi, a factional leader of the Pan Yoruba group, Afenifere, and Prof Banji Akintoye, an elder statesman and historian, have urged Yoruba people to get ready for the presidency in 2023.