archiveApril 3, 2021

Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday paid a condolence visit to leader of pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, on the demise of the National Publicity Secretary of the group, Yinka Odumakin. Obasanjo visited the nonagenarian at his Lagos residence to commiserate with him on the death of Odumakin. Odumakin died...

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has described the death of Yinka Odumakin, the National Publicity Secretary of the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, as a personal loss of a good brother and a great loss to the Yoruba race. Makinde, who stated that the news of Odumakin’s passage came as a...

President Muhammadu Buhari has mourned the National Publicity Secretary of Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, describing him as a dutiful man of conviction. The President, in a condolence message on Saturday by his Media Adviser, Femi Adesina, commiserated with the family, friends and acquaintances of Yinka Odumakin, who was...

The Nigerian Air Force has dismissed claims by Boko Haram that it shot down the missing Alpha jet – NAF 475. The aircraft went off the radar on Wednesday during an operation around the Sambisa Forest in Borno State. NAF Director of Public Relations, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet said the...

Dr Joe Okei Odumakin, widow of the late Spokesman of Afenifere, a Pan-Yoruba sociocultural group, Yinka Odumakin, on Saturday said a part of her is gone. Odumakin who expressed gratitude to God for Yinka’s life said her husband died from respiratory issues due to complications from COVID-19 which he had...