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Family unveils funeral programme for Afenifere leader, Ayo Adebanjo

EditorApril 26, 2025

by EditorApril 26, 20250873

The family of Chief Ayo Adebanjo, the late leader of the Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, on Thursday announced the funeral arrangements for the deceased elder statesman. Adebanjo died on February 14 at the age of 96 at his Lekki residence in Lagos. The family, in a statement said the......

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Rauf Aregbesola, Dayo Adeyeye, paid condolence visit to family of late Ayo-Adebanjo in Lagos

Peter AnayoFebruary 26, 2025

by Peter AnayoFebruary 26, 20250850

L-r…Chairman of the Board of Nigeria Port Authority(NPA) Senator Dayo Adeyeye; daughter of late Afenifere Leader (Pa Ayo- Adebanjo) Mrs. Adeola Azeez; former Governor, Osun State; former Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola; (daughter ) Dr. Folasade Ayo-Adebanjo, during the Condolence visit over the death of Afenifere Leader (Pa Ayo Adebanjo) in Lagos on 25/2/2025… PHOTOS:......

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An Iroko has fallen: Makinde mourns Afenifere Leader, Ayo Adebanjo

Peter AnayoFebruary 16, 2025

by Peter AnayoFebruary 16, 20250864

JOSEPH OKWUOFU, Ibadan The Governor of Oyo State Seyi Makinde has described the death of the foremost Yoruba leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo as the fall of a mighty ‘Iroko Tree ‘ in the forest. According to Makinde the death of the prominent leader of the pan-Yoruba sociopolitical organisation,......