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Police barricade venue of self-determination rally in Ibadan April 17 Advertisement The proposed venue of the rally, Mapo Hall, Ibadan, Oyo state capital, has been taken over by armed policemen from the state command. Dapo Salami, a media aide of Sunday Adeyemo, a youth leader popularly known as Sunday Igboho, told TheCable that the rally had been postponed. Igboho is an ally of the 86-year-old Akintoye. Advertisement “I think the rally was postponed yesterday. But I am on my way to see Igboh...

Pan-Yoruba Congress is work in progress, Gani Adams On By Dapo Akinrefon The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, on Wednesday, restated his beliefs in the unity and progress of the Yoruba nation, maintaining that with the success of the Pan Yoruba congress, there is no doubt that the unity of the Yoruba nation’s is a collective project and it is surely, a work in progress. Speaking at the Pan Yoruba Congress held at Mapo Hall, Ibadan, Oyo state, Iba Adams said the gathering is ge...

Punch Newspapers Sections Wale Oyewale, Ibadan Published 12 March 2021 Leaders of thought in Yoruba land are billed to deliberate on insecurity in the nation in general and the South-West in particular in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. The stakeholders are expected to meet under the auspices of the Pan Yoruba Congress. A statement signed by the Congress Committee Chairman, Ogbeni Sola Lawal, on Thursday read that the meeting would hold at the Mapo Hall by 11am on t...

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Were Not Ready To Go To War With Any Group But Well Protect Our Region — Yoruba Leaders According to Adams, there are different layers by which insecurity can be addressed. This, according to him, necessitated the need for state and non-state actors to work together. by SaharaReporters, New York Mar 05, 2021 Eminent Yoruba leaders have said the South-West is not ready to go to war with anyone but will do everything within their power to protect the region.  They spoke at a press conference i...

Share If you plan to build your house like that of Adebisi, you might end up not building any house at all” is a recurring phrase in Ibadan. It is employed to sermonise people to avoid unaffordable show-off. The owner of that first-of-its-kind, one-of-a-kind residential building being referred to in that expression is Sanusi Adebisi, one of the wealthiest men of his time, during the colonial era. He died 83 years ago – on 23 January, 1938. A visit to the mansion in Idikan on Wednesday showe...

Share Tourist sites bring nostalgia of history, growth, time and season. It is also expected that culture comes alive when tourist attractions are explored because all that surround a place is often disclosed when there is a landmark. FAVOUR BOLUWADE who visited the popular Bower Tower in Ibadan, which is almost losing its grace and glory, reports how history was made at the site and the feel of  joy it would bring when renovated.  Though built in 1930, the unique architectural creation still...