The Governor, who spoke at the 50th birthday reception of his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Semiu Okanlawon, in Iwo, Osun State, said by the appointment of Adams, who is from Arigidi Akoko, Ondo State, he has become the Generalissimo of both the seen and unseen Yorubas home and abroad.
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he decision of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi in picking Otunba Adams as the new Generalissimo after about 20 years of wait, the former Governor said, is divine and a sacredly delayed act in order to choose the anointed one
At a media chat in Lagos, Adams promised to use the new position to make friends, resolve issues and fight for the unity of Yoruba and the entire Nigeria
All Progressives National Congress National Stalwart, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has congratulated the Oodua People’s Congress Leader, Otunba Gani Adams,…
The information on the development was contained in a letter sent to Adams by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, on Sunday
The lighting of The Torch of Liberty was done by the Leader of the Oodua People’s Congress, Otunba Gani Adams.
From left – Chief Asimiyu Semiu, Odofin of Ikare, HRM Oba Kayode Akinyemi, Alabirun of Ikare, Otunba Gani Adams, Chief…
Adams disclosed this on Thursday in Ikorodu, Lagos State during the National Coordinating Council Meeting of Ikorodu West Chapter.
This was as Prof. Sophie Oluwole and Dr. Kemi Ojemoghaat, who all spoke at the 2017 World Literacy Day, with the theme: “Literacy in a Digital World,” called on government to offer genuine leadership and vision for the future of digital skills and digital economy in the country, with Oluwole reminding that computer was not new to Africa as depicted by the Ifa divinity, which is common to the Yoruba race
A group, the Niger Delta Agitators, was widely reported in the media earlier in the week to have threatened to evict Yorubas from the Niger Delta region.
The forum, represented by Chiefs Edwin Clark, Albert Horsefall (South-South); Chief John Nwodo, Prof. Joe Irukwu (South-East); and Chief Reuben Fasoranti, Chief Ayo Adebanjo (South-West), spoke in Lagos at a press conference titled: “Only Restructuring will Ensure the Unity, Peace and Development of Nigeria”
Adams, who lamented the lackadaisical attitude of some members of the Executive and Legislature “to the urgency that should be attached to fixing this important road”, declared that “the lack of seriousness is a reflection of why things are not working in Nigeria”
Adams, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday, said hate speeches indicated that all was not well with the country politically
In a communique issued by the socio cultural body of Yoruba natives in the diaspora under the umbrella of OPU after its 3rd Europe Summit in Gothenburg, Sweden at the weekend, the group, among other decisions, said it “supports the call for restructuring and devolution of power” even as it also “globally seeks, wants and supports that Nigeria be structured via regional line”
Condoling with the family of the late writer in particular and Yoruba people in general via a statement issued by his Publicity Secretary, Yinka Oguntimehin, in Lagos on Wednesday, Adams extolled the virtues of late Pa Faleti
According to the Lagos State Coordinator of the OPC, Alhaji Mutairu Adéshínà, the statement coming from these set of people expelled from the Otunba Gani Adams-led OPC in 2015, is a tissue of lies and a fabrication of what they dream of
According to the group’s Director of Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Davies, the joint action of the Lagos Police State Command, including the Rapid Response Squad and the Mobile Police Unit, and the Oodua People’s Congress, led by Otunba Gani Adams, and other vigilante groups will no doubt put an end to the reign of terror, which the Badoo cult had subjected the residents to.
According to available information, the raid was carried out on Saturday
The meeting was targeted at putting in place solid plans to combat incessant kidnapping and cultism attacks in the Ikorodu axis of the state
At the ceremony, which held inside the Palace of Oba Akran, the prominent monarch stated that the reason Otunba Adams was offered the chieftaincy was in recognition of his contributions to the promotion of the tourism sector in Badagry through Olokun Festival Foundation, which yearly organizes Olokun Festival that had been held in the last 15 years.