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Yoruba leader, Prof Banji Akintoye,  on Monday in Ibadan said Yoruba “are now slaves”  in the country, following the alleged humiliation of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo by a cabal in the Presidency. Akintoye spoke at the House of Chiefs, Ibadan, venue for the 126th anniversary of the Kiriji War – that engulfed Yorubaland from 1877 to 1893. There cannot be smoke without fire. Although we don’t know where the fire is,  we can see the smoke all around us,” Akintoye told reporters. “Yoruba are in a terrible situation in Nigeria, because what Osinbajo is going through shows that we Yoruba are now like slaves in this country, so we need to dig ourselves out of it. “All we are hearing is just like a smoke, but we don’t know where the fire came from. So, whatever might be happening to him now has demonstrated that whoever is not part of the people who control the government is only allowed in the government on surveillance. So, the person can be kicked out whenever they like. “There

Barring any last-minute changes, the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, will lead members of the group to the ongoing United Nations General Assembly in New York today. The IPOB leader last week led a delegation to the United Nations in Geneva to explain why they were insistent on the Sovereign State of Biafra. Spokesman for the group,  Emma Powerful, stated this a statement on Monday. The 74th session of the UN General Assembly began on September 17. The statement read in part, “Regarding the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York, we have both direct and indirect representations for the event in the US. Our people are on the ground. If the right conditions, which we are waiting for are put in place, our leader will personally lead our people; otherwise it would be on a later date. “Our exchanges were frank and forthright. If there were doubts before in their minds that Nigeria is one almighty calamity, the feeling we got after o

Defeat him with superior ideas, not persecution’ Oodua youths give 21-day ultimatum ‘No govt will allow call for revolution’ Mixed reactions are trailing the calls and protests for the release of the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, after the expiration of the 45 days granted by a Federal High Court, Abuja for his detention. Sowore, who is also the publisher of Sahara Reporters, was arrested in Lagos in August by the Directorate of State Service (DSS) for calling for revolution against bad governance in the country. The DSS sought 90 days to detain the activist, but the court granted 45 days, which lapsed recently, and following which individuals and groups across the country have called for the release of the activist politician and journalist. To beat the 45 days detention order by the court, which was to end on Saturday, September 21, the Federal Government on Friday September 20, filed a seven-count charge of treasonable felony,

Ms Leilana Fartha, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Adequate Housing, on Monday urged the Federal Government to impose vacant home taxes with a view to addressing housing challenges in the country. Fartha at a news conference in Abuja, expressed concern over human rights crisis presented by poor living conditions in Nigeria’s informal settlements. According to her, the informal settlements house about 69 per cent of the urban population. She said: “Most residents in Nigeria’s ballooning informal settlements live without access to even the most basic services, like running water. “And they lack any security of tenure, forcing them to live in constant fear of being evicted. “My 10 days fact findings visit to Nigeria has presented an economic inequality in the country, which has reached extreme level and is playing itself out clearly in the housing sector. “There is an estimated housing shortage of 22 million units. “At the same time, newly built luxury dwellings are sp

The Nigerian government has selected five witnesses to testify against the detained publisher and activist, Omoyele Sowore. The trial is scheduled to begin on Tuesday. The witnesses include investigation officers and banking officials. They are to give statements on Mr Sowore’s alleged treasonable offences instigated through the #RevolutionNow protest. Premium Times reports that the witnesses include Paul Clement, Moses Amadi, Cyril Odawn and Paul Okafor. The investigative officers would reveal how Sowore allegedly “mobilised youths across the country to embark on a revolution that will see to the end of the democratically elected administration.” Two banking officials with the GTB and the UBA will also speak on how Mr Sowore’s banking statements with the various banks were created. Last Friday, the federal government filed a seven-count charge against him, accusing him of treason, fraudulent transfer of funds, cyber-stalking, dissemination of inciting media content and ins

Senior Pastor of the Awaiting The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ Gospel Church, Adewale Giwa, has advised the founder of Later Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare to study his bible carefully and perish the thought of becoming the president of Nigeria. Giwa, in a statement he issued on Monday, urged Pastor Bakare to learn from what is befalling vice president Yemi Osinbajo. According to the cleric, it is not possible for a man claiming to know Christ and also turn out to serve the devil. Bakare, in a video trending on the social media, declared that he would succeed President Muhammadu Buhari as 16th president of Nigeria. Giwa, in response to Bakare’s assertion, specifically quoted 1 John 2:15-16 which says, “Do not love the world or things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, that is, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life is not of the Father but is of the world.” “Whatever Pa