A chieftain of Yoruba socio-cultural group Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has strongly condemned the action of the Nigerian Police and the Federal Government for having the audacity

Ayo Adebanjo, a factional leader of the Pan-African Yoruba group, Afenifere, said he has evidence that Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari rigged his re-election in February. “I maintain my stand that until the Supreme Court rules that he is validly elected, I will not recognise him. We have evidence that the election was rigged, let the…

Leaders of Ohanaeze, Afenifere, Niger Delta and the North yesterday condemned the gradual slide to dictatorship and regulatory attack on democracy and its institutions under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. They particularly condemned President Buhari’s remark that national interest takes precedence over rule of law and asked him to immediately withdraw the statement. At their summit…

For about five hours yesterday, leaders of the three major socio-cultural groups in the southern part of the country, South-South Forum, Ohanaeze Ndigbo...

If Chief Ayo Adebanjo was waiting for a day of redefining of who he is and an endorsement as leader and the war general of the Yoruba people, last Tuesday it was.

There was a deep concern among prominent Nigerians who attended the recent launch of the autobiography in commemoration of the 90th birthday of Chief Ayo Adebanjo.

There is a relentlessness about Chief Ayo Adebanjo’s life works that makes you feel it is not about to reach a denouement. His quick wit, his compelling logic, his fearless embrace of the truth, his perception of the world through the prism created by his political....

Attaining age 90 in a country where life expectancy is 55 years is a monumental achievement. Chief Ayo Adebanjo, the great Awoist, nationalist, patriot...

More than ever before and with more commitment, the agitation for restructuring of the Nigerian federation took fresh vibrancy as the ethnic nationalities from Southern and Middle Belt parts of Nigeria...

The issue of restructuring has been resolved in 1954 after the crises following the motion for self-government by Chief Anthony Enahoro.

Horsfall, a former security chief, said the country was disabled and, therefore, needed restructuring for renewal and survival as one indivisible nation.

Ayo Adebanjo spoke in Ibadan at the fifth Babatunde Oduyoye birthday lecture entitled: “Imperatives of Nigeria’s Survival and Development Programme Agenda.