National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Otunba Gani Adams has said that he is not too young to be bestowed the title of Are Ona Kakanfo. Adams said this, yesterday at a media parley in Lagos. This was as the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere and the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, said the choice […]
The Yoruba socio-cultural group, the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has condemned Sunday’s killing of about 11 worshippers in Saint Philip’s Catholic Church at Ozubulu in Anambra State, demanding that those behind the cold blooded slaughter be immediately unearthed and brought to justice. In a statement issued in Lagos Tuesday, and signed by the Founder and […]
Anyone that wishes Nigeria well as a nation will not for one minute entertain support for groups or activities that contemplate the fracturing of the nation. Breaking up the nation would in the case be most outrageous. As of the time of writing this piece, groups like the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the Movement […]
For pitching tent against a political party and for the role played during the last general election, the Yoruba farmers’ group, the Agbekoya, has described the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere and the militant Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), as a disgrace to the Yorubas. Agbekoya said the ignoble role allegedly played by the Afenifere and […]
There are many that passed through this planet with wisdom and talents but few are they that utilize these God-given gifts to the glory of God and the welfare of their people. Otunba (Dr.) Gani Adams is a man of many parts; a visionary leader, a charismatic political activist, a reliable champion of rights of […]
Ten persons were, on Tuesday, arraigned by the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions, before Justice OluwatoyinIpaye, in connection with the torture of three women for stealing pepper, at Oba Morufu International Market, in Ejigbo, on February11,2013. They were arraigned on a 19-count charge bordering on conspiracy, attempted murder, sexual assault, maliciously administering poison, […]
The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) Alhaji Lai Mohammed and the coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Otunba Gani Adams are in a war of words of over reported violence in Lagos State during last Saturday’s governorship and house of assembly elections in the state. Alhaji Mohammed had raised the […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and ex-militants are putting on fake police and army uniforms to unleash mayhem on the opposition and disrupt voting, especially in the South-west, without hindrance. In a statement issued in Lagos on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the […]
Some ethnic nationality groups in Nigeria, including the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and the Tony Uranta convened Ijaw Coalition Group (ICG) on Wednesday reiterated it’s conviction that President Goodluck Jonathan would be re-elected. The Nigerian Presidential election is billed for Saturday March 28. The rally which kicked off with a walk from the Toll Gate […]
Some ethnic nationality groups, including the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and the Ijaw Coalition Group (ICG), on Wednesday, reiterated their conviction, through a rally, that President Goodluck Jonathan would be re-elected on Saturday. The rally, which kicked off with a walk from the Toll Gate area of Lagos, saw the groups dancing through the popular […]
“I have no apology to make to those who are criticising the contract awards.” That’s Dr Frederick Fasehun, founder of the six million-strong Odua Peoples Congress (OPC) replying his critics over the newly signed Federal Government contract for his ethnic nationality group to safeguard pipelines. Slight of build; almost, but not frail, the 74-year-old looks […]
Following a reaction from a Council member of the Oodua Peoples’ Congress (OPC) to the rally of Monday, the national Coordinator of the group, Otunba Gani Adams said he has decided not to react to a ‘faceless’ council member who he described as a parasite. Gani Adams disclosed this while briefing journalists at the post […]
The leadership of the Oodua Peoples’ Congress (OPC) has dismissed the recent attack on the personality of its national leader of the group Chief Gani Adams by the OPC National Coordinating Council saying that the group was comprised of people who were expelled from the OPC as far back as 2007. Speaking through a press statement […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has berated the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) for trying to link President Goodluck Jonathan to Monday’s protest by members of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) in Lagos. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh in a statement on Wednesday described the allegation as cheap blackmail and part of the mind […]
The Coalition of Oodua Self Determination Groups, (COSEG), has taken a swipe at the leadership of the Oodua People’s Congress, (OPC), over what it tagged “brazen disregard for law and order and naked display of political ignorance, uncharacteristic of the Yoruba.” The group was reacting to the Monday rally of the OPC in Lagos, to […]
The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), has said that it is fully in support of the re-election bid of President Goodluck Jonathan of the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). The national leader of the group, Mr. Ganiyu Adams, revealed this to newsmen in Lagos after a solidarity visit of its members to the President at the State […]