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Yoruba youths back Buhari, urge those planning violence to retrace steps

The Progressive Yoruba Youths (PYY) has backed President Muhammadu Buhari over strict measures put in place against Nigerians plotting to jeopardise the forthcoming elections.
President Buhari, had yesterday, during the All Progressive Congress (APC) caucus meeting threatened to come hard on those with plans to rig the elections.
The president’s honest warning didn’t go down well with the opposition, who appear hell-bent on reclaiming power by any means whatsoever, even by snatching ballot boxes.
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Yoruba Community in Plateau sensitises members on security during election

By Marie-Therese Nanlong
Ahead of the general elections, the Yoruba community in Plateau State has called on its members to be vigilant during this elections period and remain peaceful and law-abiding during and after the exercise.

This is even as a coalition of Civil Society Organisations under the aegis of Women Situation Room in Nigeria has held a rally to sensitized citizens of Plateau State on the need to ensure a hitch-free exercise.
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2019 presidency: Yoruba farmers make U-turn, endorse Atiku

South-west farmers under the auspices of the Agbekoya Farmers’ Society have endorsed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar in the February 16 presidential election. Agbekoya disclosed this on Friday after a meeting with the Deputy Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council (South), Otunba Gbenga Daniel. The farmers had earlier […]
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Yoruba people benefited more under Buhari than PDP govt – Oke

The South West Zonal Coordinator of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council, Olusola Oke, has stated that the three and half years of President Muhammadu Buhari have been more beneficial to the South West than the 16 years rule of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Oke stated this during a press conference in […]
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2019: We’ll resist attempt to foist Yoruba governor on Kwara – Baraje vows

Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abubakar Kawu Baraje has said the people of Kwara State, especially the Ilorin indigenes would resist attempt to cede the state to the Yoruba-dominated Western part of the state in next month’s governorship election. He said the adoption of campaign slogan, Otoge (which literally means enough […]
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Afenifere mandates Yoruba to re-elect Buhari/Soinbajo

MEMBERS of the Pan Yoruba group, Afenifere (Egbe Ilosiwaju Yoruba), Tuesday in Ibadan have mandated all Yorubas to vote President Muhammadu Buhari/Osinbajo and all candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming general election in the country.
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Southwest APC’s betrayal of Yoruba cause

THE Yoruba are the most ardent federalist in Nigeria. They don’t believe they must belong to the party controlling the centre to survive. As a result, they are immune to the “bandwagon effect” in Nigeria’s elections, whereby people vote in gubernatorial and state assembly elections for the party of the declared winner of the earlier presidential poll. The Yoruba don’t do that. They are the Californians of Nigerian politics.
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PDP fires back at Osinbajo for saying Yoruba will become president after Buhari

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Campaign Organization, PPCO, on Sunday advised the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo to “wake up from his pipe dream of becoming the President of Nigeria in 2023, as President Muhammadu Buhari, who he is anchoring on, will be voted out of office in February 2019.” Osinbajo, while speaking in Ibadan, […]
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