Archives for January, 2019
ON THE NBA BOYCOTT OF COURTS AND HOW I SEE IT
By Zik Gbemre
With regards to the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) directive recently for a boycott of Courts by its members (Nigerian lawyers), to protest against the suspension of the now former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, I believe it was a directive that would amount to nothing, as it carries no weight to ...
Onnoghen’s suspension: Those attacking Buhari are a danger to Nigeria’s peace – Eze
...Calls Nigerians to warn PDP, Saraki, others not to set Nigeria ablaze
The barrage of attacks on President Muhammadu Buhari by opposition elements in the country and outside for obeying the order suspending former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, has been described as the response of corruption against moves to finally rout it.
Giving ...
ON THE URHOBOS REAL STATUS IN DELTA STATE AND NIGERIA
In my own view and from independent research carried out, and also from the consultation I made with some famous Nigerian scholars living within Nigeria and foreign countries, I have come to the conclusion that The Urhobos, are the Fourth largest tribe in Nigeria. Regardless of most of the unexplained and unjustified claims on the internet ...
REPS 2019: AHWINAHWI PROMISES EWU URHOBO COMMUNITIES MORE DIVIDENDS OF DEMOCRACY
... As His Campaign Train Storms Omosuomo, Ofrukama, Okuama Communities
As the 2019 general elections draw near, member representing Ughelli North/Ughelli South/Udu Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Hon Solomon Ahwinahwi has promised his constituents that if reelected, he will attract more dividends of democracy far beyond their expectations.
Ahwinahwi made this promise when his campaign ...
Breaking: Woman delivers baby during Okowa campaign in Delta
A woman identified as Mrs Odirin Benjamin has just delivered a baby at Okowa campaign ground at Isiokolo, Ethiope East local government area of Delta State.
According to our correspondent who witnessed the delivery of the new born baby on Tuesday, the woman was at the campaign ground oblivious of the fact that she was going ...
HOUSE OF REPS 2019: AHWINAHWI MEETS PRESIDENTS GENERAL OF UGHELLI SOUTH, APPEALS FOR SUPPORT
...Uges Them To Take Message Of Continuity To Their People
Member representing Ughelli North, Ughelli South and Udu Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Hon Solomon Ahwinahwi has appealed to community leaders to use their positions to mobilise support for his reelection.
Hon Ahwinahwi stated this during a meeting with Presidents General and Chairmen of Communities ...
US Ambassador Visits Tonye Cole – encourages his style of politics
US Ambassador to Nigeria, William Stuart Symington and Arch. Tonye Cole
….. Prays he is on the ballot
As part of his whirlwind tour of potential hotspots in the 2019 elections, the US Ambassador to Nigeria, William Stuart Symington visited Rivers state where he paid a closed door visit to his old friend, the APC candidate ...
THE URHOBO CAUSE IS FAR BEYOND YOU AND I – THE NEED TO RE-ECHO OUR UNITY OF PURPOSE AND ECONOMIC DRIVE AS A PEOPLE
By Zik Gbemre
With everything that has been going on recently concerning the Urhobo nation, perhaps there is expedient need for most of us to be reminded of the great sacrifices and contributions some of our past and present sons and daughters of our Urhobo lands had to make to bring all of us to where ...
ATTENTION UPU: THE URGENT NEED TO CALL TO ORDER THOSE TRYING TO BRING THE URHOBO NATION TO SHAME IN THE NAME OF POLITICS AGAIN
Olorogun Moses Taiga, UPU President General.
By Zik Gbemre
Let me reiterate here that the PDP is not Urhobo tribe, and there is no agreement between the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) and other political parties in Nigeria. These few Urhobo PDP elites should know that the Urhobo nation, which is under the umbrella of UPU, is ...
UPU committed to setting up of Mukoro Mowoe Varsity – Taiga
Olorogun Moses Taiga
PRESIDENT General of the Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, Olorogun Moses Taiga has said that his administration would work relentlessly towards the establishment of the Mukoro Mowoe University.
Taiga who spoke when the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists NUJ, Delta State Council, paid him a courtesy visit at his Okpare-Olomu country home ...
GOV OKOWA HAS COMMITTED OVER N5 BILLION IN SUBEB IN THREE YEARS- OFA
From left: Comrade Michael Ikeogwu, Chairman, NUJ, Delta chapter and Dr Henry Ofa.
The administration of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has so far committed over N5 billion in the administration of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB).
The Second Member of the State Post-Primary Education Board, Dr Henry Ofa, made the revelation today in Asaba when ...
Okowa Inspects Warri/Sapele Road Project
Delta State governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa (middle); Delta State PDP Chairman, Barr. Kingsley Esiso (right); Commissioner for Works, Chief James Auyoye (left) and Others, during a Inspection at Effurun/Sapele Road, Effurun Delta State
DELTA State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa yesterday, inspected the ongoing reconstruction work on Warri/Sapele road describing the road as very vital ...
THE NEED FOR DELTANS TO ALWAYS LOOK BEYOND TODAY IN THEIR ACTIONS, TO SECURE THEIR TOMORROW AND THE FUTURE OF THEIR CHILDREN
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State.
By Zik Gbemre
One very bad trait that we come to notice about the people in this part of the world, referring to Deltans, is their negligence of the adverse and rippling effects of their actions of today, and how this affects the outcome of their tomorrow and far future. ...
Group Alerts International Community Of Buhari’s Plan To Arrest Atiku, Other Opponents, Rig Polls
The International community has been called upon to pressurize President Muhammad Buhari to keep to promise made to British Prime Minister in 2018 to conduct free and fair elections as well as ensure liberty of his opponents.
The call was made in a statement signed by the President of the Concerned Nigerian Patriots For A Sustainable ...
ATTENTION UPU AS REBELS BRING URHOBO TO SHAME IN THE NAME OF POLITICS AGAIN
Ahead of elections at hand, desperado Urhobos, seeking petty political relevance are going about contriving parallel leadership movements with our collective ancestral identity (URHOBO), in direct competition with the UPU, to front partisan support for office seekers.
Every election year, this clan of jobbers, without any collective bargaining and approval of the larger Urhobo nation, impulsively ...