Tag: Sunday Adeyemo

Igboho’s Hope of Leaving Beninoise Prison This Year Uncertain

Wonuola Olujobi

“We have no idea of who Sunday Igboho is and what is happening to him’ – ECOWAS Court   The hope by Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, to be set free from prison in Repubkic of Benin before the end of 2022 is uncertain. Platforms Africa reports that the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice, which Igboho and his supporters are banking on, has said that it has not received any matter relating to the trial of Yoruba Nation agitator. The embattled agitator had said that…

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Sunday Igboho and allegory of Asantehene Golden Stool, by Festus ADEDAYO

Festus ADEDAYO

Queen Mother Nana Yaa Asantewaa was just a mother and farmer who spiced her vocation with being an intellectual, politician, and human rights activist. Living in a confederate Gold Coast, now Ghana, riven by a civil war of 1883 to 1888, the moment the British exiled Asantewaa’s brother and the King of Asante Prempeh 1 to Seychelles in 1896, a fertile ground was laid for a deadly rebellion against British rule in Ashanti land. Frederick Hogston, Governor-General of the Gold Coast, hastened the rebellion. By obstinately demanding for the Golden…

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