Afenifere News Today

In a statement signed by the president of the Afenifere US chapter, Dr. Duro Akindutire, he noted that “Truly, we understand the economic situation of the country and its untold hardship on the citizens, particularly the masses with whom we identify.

Oyo State Governor, ’Seyi Makinde, yesterday, chided a former Vice President and presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 polls, Atiku Abubakar, for not reaching out to him despite the havoc wrecked by the explosion in the Bodija area of Ibadan on January 16, 2024.

The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, has abrogated the dual positions of acting leader and deputy leader within the group.

PAN-YORUBA socio-cultural and political organisation, Afenifere, has called on Federal Government to quicken steps at tackling insecurity threatening socio-economic well-being of the people.

As Nigeria marks her 63rd Independence anniversary celebration today, the apex Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has tasked all Southwest governors to improve regional co-operation to move the zone and by extension, Nigeria, forward. Leader of the organisation, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, said that in spite of the country’s 63rd anniversary celebration of freedom from Colonial rule, it […]

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has congratulated Presiden Bola Tinubu on his victory at the Presidential Electoral Court (PEPC). A press statement signed by the organisation’s National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi, stated that the National Leader of the group, Reuben Fasoranti, expressed delight over the judgement. While congratulating Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima, […]

Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, congratulated the former leader of Afenifere, Reuben Fasoranti, on his 97th birthday as a state icon and an elder statesman.

Afenifere has expressed concern about the upsurge in terrorist activities since after the 2023 poll, especially as the country got closer to the handover date.

With  barely a month to the inauguration of the  President-elect Asiwaju Ahmed Boka Tinubu  on May 29, 2023,  Afenifere, the  Pan Yoruba cultural organisation, which has been the formidable voice in pursuing  Yoruba agenda, both politically and otherwise,  is still further divided over support for Tinubu's presidency.

A Yoruba youth group, under the aegis of Yoruba Afenifere Youths Organisation of Nigeria (YAYON), yesterday, passed a vote of no confidence in the leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo.