Raymond Mordi

5 days ago | thenationonlineng.net | Raymond Mordi |Alao Abiodun

Yoruba socio-cultural group, the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has praised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for posthumously awarding Dr. Frederick Fasehun, the group’s founder, the national honour of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON). This recognition, announced on June 12, is seen as a long-overdue tribute to Fasehun’s pivotal role in the country’s democracy.

Mar 26, 2025 | thenationonlineng.net | Raymond Mordi |Alao Abiodun

If there is any voluntary activity that Nigerians are preoccupied with daily, it is prayer. Everyone across the various religious spectrums believes he knows how to pray and spends a considerable part of his daily life praying. However, a new pocketbook by Olusola Adeyegbe, “Make Your Work A Prayer: Spiritualise the Work of Your Hands,” asserts that the notions and forms of prayer held by many, which often centre around personal desires, are wrong.

Feb 14, 2025 | thenationonlineng.net | Raymond Mordi |Samuel Oamen |Bolaji Ogundele |Ernest Nwokolo

He was a father figure despite our political differernces – TinubuFlood of tributes for late Afenifere leaderPresident Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Muhammadu Buhari, state governors, the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation Afenifere and the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) were among the prominent individuals and groups thrown into mourning yesterday by the death of Afenifere chieftain, Pa Ayo Adebanjo.

Jan 16, 2025 | thenationonlineng.net | Raymond Mordi

The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has urged all six governors of the Southwest to treat the influx of insurgents and terrorists, fleeing military bombardment in the North into forests in the region with the urgency it deserves.  In a statement, its President, Otunba Wasiu Afolabi, has offered the assistance of the OPC in tackling the menace. Afolabi said: “These foreign Fulani terrorists have always said that after conquering the North, the South will be next. Now it is happening.

Jan 13, 2025 | thenationonlineng.net | Raymond Mordi

The Nigerian Human Rights Community (NHRC), a coalition of human rights and community-based organisations, has lauded Ekiti State Governor Abiodun Oyebanji’s performance in office last year. In a statement after its annual general meeting in Lagos, the coalition of 130 civil society and community-based organisations named Oyebanji the ‘Governor of the Year 2024’.  The group said the governor would be presented with a plague to encourage other governors to emulate him.