Chief J. S. Olawoyin was the leader of the opposition in the Northern Nigerian House of Assembly from 1956 to 1961. On Wednesday, 5 February, 2025, I was in his hometown, Offa, Kwara State, to ...

Despite agitation for the Yoruba nation, a group, Yoruba Unity Forum has declared that the ethnic group will continue to put itself in a strong position within the context of Nigeria and champion ...

‘’At the moment, Yoruba are indigenous in Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Oyo States and in parts of Kwara, Kogi, Delta and Edo State of Nigeria, just as they are found in some other parts ...

The Yoruba Nation movement is an initiative by several groups in Nigeria’s south-west clamouring for the independence of the Yorubas, the dominant ethnic group in the region. The movement began to ...

The Onikan neighborhood is the cultural core of Lagos Island, the central district of Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city. Bisecting the area like a vein is J.K. Randle Road. To one side of its ...

This Yoruba wood carving was taken to the UK by British explorer Richard Lander following an expedition to Nigeria in the 1830s and has since become a symbol of the long-running restitution debate ...