Modakeke Progressive Union News Today

A non-aligned group, Ifeland Peace and Development Movement, has condemned the tragic deaths of farmers by suspected criminals

Leaders of Ife Community under the aegis of "Great Ife Movement " have accused Modakeke communities of usurping the authority of Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye

Prince Joseph Olubiyi Toriola, an 81- year old biological father of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the largest telecommunications provider in

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 17 May 2021 Representatives of Ile-Ife and Modakeke communities in Osun State, on Monday, allayed fears of a rumoured communal clash, saying there is peace in the two towns. Our correspondent gathered that sporadic gunshots were heard around the Alaro Area of Modakeke in the early hours of Monday. The gunshots heard in the area had caused panic on social media and in the towns that there could be a renewed war among people of Ife and Modakeke. However, the sp...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 12 May 2021 Two people said to be residents of Modakeke in Osun State, whose identities were not immediately available, had been reportedly shot dead in Alapata village by some gunmen. Sources in Modakeke told our correspondent that the deceased were shot dead in the early hours of Tuesday. It was learnt that as soon as the news of the incident got to town, angry residents mobilised to the village and took the corpses to the palace of Ogunsua of Modakeke. A r...

Vanguard News Osun indigenes demand justice for Mother, child allegedly murdered in cold blood On By Shina Abubakar Following the gruesome murder of a Mother and child in a village in Ife-North Local Government of Osun state, Modakeke community have demanded thorough Investigation into the circumstances surrounding their death. Vanguard had reported that Titilayo Gbadegesin and her son, Reuben Gbadegesin were murdered on their farmland at Alapata village by unknown persons on Tuesday leading t...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 9:00 pm Three persons were injured during a fracas that broke out at the meeting of the All Progressives Congress of Ife East Central Local Council Development Area, Modakeke, in Osun State. The meeting held at St. Stephen Grammar School, Modakeke on Friday, was said to have ended abruptly when the APC chairman for the LCDA, Taiwo Olalonkun, asked members to react to the allegations that Special Adviser to Osun governor on Science and Innovation, Ismail Akand...

From War to Peace: How Ife, Modakeke have been living together 20 years after last bloody conflict Historians have described the crisis between Ile-Ife and Modakeke as one of the oldest intra-ethnic conflicts in Nigeria. 4 min read Saka Aminu, a retired teacher, and his wife, Saudat, sat in front of their house at Oke Yidi, one of the areas where lives were lost when Ile-Ife and Modakeke indigenes fought 20 years ago. Now septuagenarians, the couple recalled how the conflict tor...