Nigeria: Yoruba Groups Rally Support for Self-Determination, Condemn Terrorism

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Nigeria: Yoruba Groups Rally Support for Self-Determination, Condemn Terrorism

[This Day] Several Pan Yoruba groups yesterday staged a peaceful protest in Lagos, calling for an end to the siege on indigenous communities by armed groups in all the South-west states.

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