Tag: Yinka Odumakin

The union noted that the two-day event will also feature an interfaculty debate not just to honour the deceased but ...

Mrs Okei-Odumakin noted that it was a dream come true, adding that the twins came 18 years after her last ...

Joe Okei Odumakin describes the act of the police as unacceptable.

Mr Odumakin was a rights activists and ex-spokesperson of Afenifere.

"We are grateful for his life, he came, he saw and he conquered. I never knew he came to make ...

"Odumakin’s death was a rude shock when Yoruba nation in particular and Nigeria at large needed him."

"You were not only a worthy son of the House of Oduduwa, you lived Oduduwa land. You breathed Oduduwa."

Mr Odumakin's remains was taken to his hometown in Osun State on Friday.

Mr Odumakin's body was received by Chief of Staff to Osun State governor, Charles Akinola.

The lying-in-state, service of songs, and tributes for the late activist held at the Police College in Lagos

The governor also donated three buses, and an ambulance to the Odumakin solidarity memorial.

The Afenifere Spokesman died on April 2, after battling with respiratory problems occasioned by COVID-19 complications.

Tributes have continued to pour in for the late Afenifere spokesperson who died on April 2 at the age of ...

There would be day of tributes and Service of Songs at the Police College, Ikeja, Lagos, between 11:00 am and ...

In the condolence register, Mr Soyinka said: “Farewell to a doughy fighter.''

Yinka Odumakin was an activist who also married Ms Joe, another defender of human rights.

Yinka Odumakin died at the age of 54 but left behind a legacy of active public engagements

Mr Falana said a high court quashed the expulsion of Mr Odumakin and his colleagues and ordered their reinstatement

The senator said Nigerians would not forget the unquantifiable sacrifices made by the duo during the dark days of military ...

Mr Tinubu, who disagreed with Mr Odumakin on several issues while the latter was alive, said the incident was "premature ...

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria jetted out to the United Kingdom to undertake his own surgery inside a Cleveland-type Oneida yacht.

Mr Odumakin died on Saturday at the intensive care unit of LASUTH where he was being managed for respiratory issues ...

"As spokesman for the Afenifere, Odumakin made his mark and became a reference point as major voice for the development ...

Mr Odumakin was Mr Buhari’s spokesman when he ran for president on the platform of the defunct Congress for Progressive ...

Mr Odumakin, activist and politician, died Saturday morning in Lagos from COVID-19 complications.