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  • Yoruba youths seek proper monitoring of Tinubu’s empowerment scheme

    Yoruba youths seek proper monitoring of Tinubu’s empowerment scheme

    Youths under the auspices of Yoruba Youths Assembly have called for proper monitoring and supervision of various empowerment schemes initiated by President Bola Tinubu to better the lives of Nigeria youths.

    They said investigation showed Tinubu has released more money for youth empowerment since the return to democratic rule in 1999.

    President of the YYA, Hon Olarinde Thomas, spoke when the body conferred the Leadership Award of Integrity, on renowned philanthropist and Chief Executive Officer of Dayclar Global Services, Dr. Ernest Abhulimen.

    Abhulimen was also recognised as the Humanitarian Icon of the Year 2025.

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    The YYA President said Abhulimen has shown commitment to ethical leadership, innovation, and community service.

    He said Abhulimen has empowered numerous youths, inspired excellence in corporate governance, and contributed meaningfully to national development.

    According to him: “The Yoruba Youth Leadership Award of Integrity is reserved for individuals who exemplify honesty, accountability, and a selfless commitment to societal growth.

    “Dr. Abhulimen has built a company rooted in professionalism, innovation, and ethical values. His visionary leadership has positioned Dayclar Global Services as a symbol of reliability, efficiency, and integrity in Nigeria’s corporate landscape.”

  • Ekiti, Osun polls: Yoruba youths to engage governors on accounts March 27

    Agbarijo Egbe Odo Yoruba, the Grand Council of Yoruba Youths, will hold the sixth edition of Yoruba youth leadership summit, titled: Gbangbadekun on March 27.

    The event, which will hold at the Lagos Airport Hotel in Ikeja, the Lagos State will begin at 10 a.m.

    A statement by the National President of Agbarijo Egbe Odo Yoruba, Awa Bamiji, said Gbangbadekun is designed to engage the two outgoing governors of Osun and Ekiti states – Rauf Aregbesola and Ayodele Fayose – on their accounts of stewardship ahead of the governorship polls in their states later this year.

    The topic: Agbarijo Egbe Odo Yoruba: Abo Mi Ree! (Grand Council of Yoruba Youths: My Scorecard), will be delivered by both governors.

    The chief host is Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, while Archbishop Ayo Ladigbolu is the chairman of occasion.

    Children of the past Yoruba leaders, including Dr Tokunbo Awolowo-Dosumu, Mr Tokunbo Ajasin, Bayo Abraham-Adesanya and Muyiwa Ige, are guests of honour.

    The Royal Fathers of the Day are: the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III and the Ooni of Ile-Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II.

    Afenifere Leader, Chief Reuben Fashoranti and and his deputy, Senator Ayo Fasanmi, will be the special guests of honour.

    The Father of the Day is the Yoruba Council of Elders’ President General, Pa Idowu Sofola while Prof Sophie Oluwole will be the Mother of the Day.

    Odu’a National Awards, in form of carved Ori Olokun, will be bestowed on three eminent Yoruba personalities – Chief Reuben Fashoranti, as Agba Akin Ti Ile Odu’a; Pa Idowu Sofola, as Baba Eto Ti Ile Odu’a and Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba, Aare Gani Adams, as Ajagungbade Ti Ile Odu’a.

    The statement added: “We are using this summit to bring together members of Afenifere, Yoruba Council of Elders, Yoruba Unity Forum, Yoruba self-determination groups, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), civil society organisations (CSOs), community-based organisations (CBOs), National Youth Council and National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in the Southwest and participate in a very sensitive and intellectual issue that concerns everybody in the region. This can be best described as Yoruba Unity Summit in honour of this two outgoing governors.”

  • Ekiti, Osun polls: Yoruba youths to engage governors on accounts March 27

    Agbarijo Egbe Odo Yoruba, the Grand Council of Yoruba Youths, will hold the sixth edition of Yoruba youth leadership summit, titled: Gbangbadekun on March 27.

    The event, which will hold at the Lagos Airport Hotel in Ikeja, the Lagos State will begin at 10 a.m.

    A statement by the National President of Agbarijo Egbe Odo Yoruba, Awa Bamiji, said Gbangbadekun is designed to engage the two outgoing governors of Osun and Ekiti states – Rauf Aregbesola and Ayodele Fayose – on their accounts of stewardship ahead of the governorship polls in their states later this year.

    The topic: Agbarijo Egbe Odo Yoruba: Abo Mi Ree! (Grand Council of Yoruba Youths: My Scorecard), will be delivered by both governors.

    The chief host is Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, while Archbishop Ayo Ladigbolu is the chairman of occasion.

    Children of the past Yoruba leaders, including Dr Tokunbo Awolowo-Dosumu, Mr Tokunbo Ajasin, Bayo Abraham-Adesanya and Muyiwa Ige, are guests of honour.

    The Royal Fathers of the Day are: the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III and the Ooni of Ile-Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II.

    Afenifere Leader, Chief Reuben Fashoranti and and his deputy, Senator Ayo Fasanmi, will be the special guests of honour.

    The Father of the Day is the Yoruba Council of Elders’ President General, Pa Idowu Sofola while Prof Sophie Oluwole will be the Mother of the Day.

    Odu’a National Awards, in form of carved Ori Olokun, will be bestowed on three eminent Yoruba personalities – Chief Reuben Fashoranti, as Agba Akin Ti Ile Odu’a; Pa Idowu Sofola, as Baba Eto Ti Ile Odu’a and Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba, Aare Gani Adams, as Ajagungbade Ti Ile Odu’a.

    The statement added: “We are using this summit to bring together members of Afenifere, Yoruba Council of Elders, Yoruba Unity Forum, Yoruba self-determination groups, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), civil society organisations (CSOs), community-based organisations (CBOs), National Youth Council and National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in the Southwest and participate in a very sensitive and intellectual issue that concerns everybody in the region. This can be best described as Yoruba Unity Summit in honour of this two outgoing governors.”

  • Yoruba youths seek confirmation of Magu

    The Yoruba Youth Council Worldwide has appealed to the Senate to reconsider its stance on the refusal to confirm Ibrahim Magu as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
    Its President, Oladotun Hassan, said it would aid government efforts to bring sanity to the country. The Senate recently refused to confirm Magu for the second time as the EFCC Chairman, after he was presented for confirmation by President Muhammadu Buhari, citing a report indicting him from the Directorate of Security Services (DSS).
    Hassan urged the Senate to show understanding on the matter, noting that the DSS report should not be seen as a court judgment.
    He said: “The Senate has the right to screen any nominee of the President, including Magu, but our appeal to the Senate is that it should reconsider its stand, because the war against corruption requires the support of all. In as much as the Senate has the right to reject Magu, it also has the right to reject DSS report that indicted Magu since it is not a decision of a court of competent jurisdiction.”
    He said the Senate should not to set a bad precedent by equating a report of an agency of government to a pronouncement that must guide its decision.
    The group also called for the lifting of the suspension of the former Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume. Hassan said the position of the Yoruba youth is that the Senate has no right to suspend its member for a period of six months.
    He added: “What will be the fate of the people of the senatorial district that he represents during the six months suspension. It is wrong for the Senate to be a judge in its own case; the suspension of Ndume is illegal.”

  • Yoruba youths deplore ‘conspiracy against Tinubu’

    Yoruba youths deplore ‘conspiracy against Tinubu’

    •Coalition advises Southwest politicians 

    AN interest group, National Coalition of Yoruba Youths and Students (NCYYS), has warned political office holders and politicians from the Southwest not to allow themselves to be used against All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

    The group said attack and conspiracy against Tinubu, who it described as a “foremost Yoruba leader, fighter, political father and a pan-Yoruba progressive  by all standards” was a direct repetition of the loss of Ilorin, a Yoruba city to the Fulani.

    Going down memory lane, the coalition noted that some Yoruba politicians were playing Afonja, who helped in the collapse of the Oyo Empire in the 19th Century, but was eventually eliminated by his co-Fulani conspirators.

    NCYYS National President Sunday Asefon, in a statement in Ado-Ekiti yesterday, decried the action of some politicians in the APC, who, he said, were beneficiaries of Tinubu’s magnanimity, influence and affluence.

    He said such politicians have “betrayed their benefactor in the power game in the ruling party”.

    Describing them as “traitors”, Asefon contended that any attempt to frustrate Tinubu and render him redundant within the party would be a direct affront on the Yoruba nation.

    He said: “The former Lagos State governor remains the leading voice from the Southwest geopolitical zone in the party.

    “As Yoruba people and youths, we wish to remind these traitors that the friendship between a lion and a dog is just for a predetermined end that will surely end the life of one and we have not seen in history where the dog kills the lion.

    “The unfolding political development in the nation calls for careful evaluation and collective reprimand of sell-outs within the Yoruba nation. We are disappointed to behold some major beneficiaries of Asiwaju’s magnanimity, political influence and affluence enrolling in this dastardly act of betrayal for a temporal sitting with the devil.

    “As an organisation, we wish to warn the Alimis and their agents to stay clear of their divisive tendency within the Yoruba nation, hence we shall physically repel them and their conspirators with everything left for us by Oduduwa, our great ancestor.

    “For Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, we shall make the Yoruba land too hot for traitors, who wouldn’t have achieved anything politically without the support, finance and influence of their new enemy.

    “All of them just suddenly woke up and started fighting the same system they rode on and make them what they are today.

    “The Yoruba nation, especially the youth, are more united in our effort to fight for the Yoruba welfare and interest within the Nigerian union and we will spare no obstacle to ensure the Yoruba are placed in our rightful place within the union.”