The Yoruba ethnic community in the 19 Northern States has said that it has nothing to do with the calls for Oduduwa Republic. President of the Yoruba Welfare Group Worldwide, Abdlhakeem Adegoke, told ...

The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdul-Rasheed Adewale Akanbi, Telu I, has debunked claims that Oduduwa, the progenitor of the Yoruba race, was the last born of an Igbo prince. Reacting to Ohaneze Ndigbo ...

The O’odua Nationalist Coalition, (ONAC), which is made up of 18 Yoruba groups has called for the creation of Oduduwa republic. Following the call for the sovereign nation of Biafra by the Indigenous ...

A group, the Oduduwa Development Initiative, has called for the cessation of the Yoruba Nation agitation, expressing the need for collective efforts to move Nigeria forward. The National President of ...

Sunday Adeyemi, popularly known as Igboho, has refuted claims that he abandoned the agitation for Yoruba nation. Igboho said there is no going back on the issue of actualizing Yoruba nation. In his ...

COLUMBIA — Steady drumbeats of African music blared out of a set of speakers and mingled with the sharp smell of spices at the American Legion Hall on Saturday night. As several women in brightly ...

This examination of the Oyo Yoruba claim to the heritage of Oduduwa throws light on the process by which traditional history is modified to serve changing political ...

COLUMBIA — African music and dancing filled the American Legion Post on Saturday night as over 100 Nigerians celebrated the Yoruba culture. Saturday marked the 18th anniversary of Egbe Omo Oduduwa of ...

Yoruba traditional rulers in North Central Nigeria have pledged their loyalty to the ancient throne of Oduduwa, Ile-Ife, the cradle of Yoruba nation. The monarchs, from Kogi and Kwara states led by ...

In Odu to da Iwa, Jangbalajugbu-Homeland Stories introduces readers to Oduduwa..”Oduduwa is regarded as the progrenitor of the Yoruba race. In one of the stories of creation, Oduduwa is said to have ...

Such is the godlikeness of Oduduwa that the site which he landed with chains from heaven, as believed, is known and talked about around the world. Whoever Oduduwa was during his time on earth cannot ...

In the wake of the International Year of Indigenous Languages in 2019 and the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032, many Africans have started to take a wide range of actions to ...