Politics

I’m not too young to be Are Ona Kakanfo —Gani Adams

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2017 0

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

News

OPC, Fasehun condemn Anambra killing, urge govt to invite INTERPOL

Ihesiulo Grace 9 August 2017 0

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 […]

Opinion

NIGERIA: UNITY AND THE INELASTICITY OF NATIONHOOD

Ihesiulo Grace 20 March 2017 0

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 […]

Headlines Politics

OPC, Afenifere, Disgrace to Yoruba –Agbekoya Group

Ihesiulo Grace 18 May 2015 0

  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 […]

Life & Style Life & Times

OPC Has Come to Stay – Otunba Gani Adams

Ihesiulo Grace 15 May 2015 0

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 […]

News

Ejigbo Torture: Market Leader, Others Remanded in Prison

Ihesiulo Grace 5 May 2015 0

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,

News

Total Lockdown in Arepo after Clash with NNPC and OPC

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2015 0

  There is a total lock-down in Arepo community which is close to the Lagos Ibadan express way, close to the bridge following a clash between OPC and NNPC workers. NNPC workers whose job it is to protect the pipeline from ‎vandals got into a clash with some oil thieves which in the process killed […]

Politics

Lagos Polls: Lai Mohammed, Gani Adams Tango over Violence

Ihesiulo Grace 13 April 2015 0

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 […]

Politics

OPC, Ex-Militants Wearing Fake Police, Military Uniforms to Unleash Mayhem on Opposition – APC

Ihesiulo Grace 27 March 2015 0

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 […]

News

OPC, Ijaw Coalition Group Drum Support for Jonathan in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 26 March 2015 0

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 […]

News

OPC, Ijaw Group Drum Support for Jonathan in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 26 March 2015 0

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 […]

Politics

Fasheun- Jega Is Okay but His Surbordinates Are Saboteurs

Ihesiulo Grace 25 March 2015 0

“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 […]

News Nigeria

I Will Not Join Issues with Parasite – Gani Adams

Ihesiulo Grace 19 March 2015 0

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 […]

Nigeria

Expelled Members Behind Attack On Gani Adams- OPC

Ihesiulo Grace 19 March 2015 0

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 […]

Politics

Jonathan Not Involved in OPC Protest – PDP

Ihesiulo Grace 19 March 2015 0

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 […]

News In Brief

Yoruba Groups Condemn Lagos OPC Rally

Ihesiulo Grace 18 March 2015 0

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 […]

Headlines Politics

OPC Endorses Jonathan For Second Term

Ihesiulo Grace 13 March 2015 0

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 […]