Banji Akintoye
17 Sep 2020
The Yoruba World Congress (YWC) is set to commence a mentorship programme aimed at guiding about 300 Yoruba youths that will put them at the centre of personal and community development.
16 Sep 2020
Not many Yoruba people would have reckoned that Yoruba World Congress (YWC) that was launched in August 2019 and which elected Emeritus Professor, Banji Akintoye...
21 Aug 2020
The Yoruba Appraisal Forum (YAF), a socio-political group, has kicked against secession of South-West region from Nigeria.
17 Aug 2020
A coalition of Yoruba groups, under the aegis of Yoruba Appraisal Forum (YAF), has warned against use of Amotekun security outfit to achieve political gains.
24 Jul 2020
The Yoruba Summit Group, an umbrella body for all Yoruba groups, yesterday, lamented the state of the nation, and therefore, restated the need for restructuring Nigeria fiscally and structurally before the general elections.
10 Jun 2020
The Yoruba World Congress (YWC), led by emeritus professor and leader, Banji Akintoye, has described a recent statement credited to the National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Abdullahi Bodejo...
1 Jun 2020
In July 2011, this writer was one of the starry-eyed guests invited to witness the birthday fanfare organised for Otunba Gani Adams, now Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland.
29 May 2020
In July 2011, this writer was one of the starry-eyed guests invited to witness the birthday fanfare organised for Otunba Gani Adams, now Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland.
3 Dec 2019
Prominent Yoruba leaders, including Emeritus Professor Banji Akintoye and the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, will join other stakeholders on Friday, December 6
1 Nov 2019
In realisation of a new Yoruba reality, the newly elected leader, emeritus professor of History, Banji Akintoye, has announced the constitution of an “Executive Council” to steer the affairs of Yoruba World Congress (YWC), an umbrella body of all Yoruba socio-cultural, self-determination and advocacy groups in and beyond Nigeria.
13 Sep 2019
Second Republic Senator, Prof. Banji Akintoye, has accepted the position of Yoruba leader and promised to work towards unifying all groups and politicians in the interest of the region.
24 Aug 2019
Banji Akintoye is a retired Professor of History and an Afenifere leader. In this interview with ONYEDIKA AGBEDO, Akintoye, who served as a senator in the Second Republic on the platform of the then Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), dissects the lingering conflict between the Jukun and Tiv ethnic groups in the country.
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