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OKPE IS A DISTINCT ETHNIC NATIONALITY: OKPE UNION’S RESPONSE TO THE ORODJE OF OKPE KINGDOM BY THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF THE OKPE UNION (WORLDWIDE)
November 24, 2025 INTRODUCTION On November 5, 2025, an undated video of HRM Orhue l, Orodje of Okpe Kingdom, appeared on several Okpe platforms, as well as on some non-Okpe platforms. In the video Orhue l categorically declared that “Okpe is a dialect of the Urhobo” and therefore not a distinct ethnic nationality.…
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PREPARING FOR IGBO EXIT BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE
PREPARING FOR IGBO EXIT BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE When I write about thorny issues of Biafra, the proponents of Biafra always tell me my observation is one-sided. This makes me laugh. What have they been doing since the end of the war? They have been telling one sided stories. I can’t help…
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FORMER BAYELSA STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL PENS TRIBUTE TO MADAM ELSIE AJAYI IKOLI
FORMER BAYELSA STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL PENS TRIBUTE TO MADAM ELSIE AJAYI IKOLI The First Senior Advocate from Bayelsa State, Chief Anthony George-Ikoli, on Sunday described Madam Elsie Ajayi Ikoli as a paragon of virtue, compassion, and elegance. ‘’We will congregate on Friday, November 28, 2025, in Lagos to bid a fond farewell to a…
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It is a criminal offence to obstruct officers of EFCC from carrying out their lawful duties.
It is a criminal offence to obstruct officers of EFCC from carrying out their lawful duties. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission wishes to warn members of the public that it is a criminal offence to obstruct officers of the Commission from carrying out their lawful duties. Section 38(2)(a(b) of the EFCC Establishment Act makes…
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Atiku Abubakar, Panama Papers and Lagos-Calabar superhighway
Atiku Abubakar, Panama Papers and Lagos-Calabar superhighway A Policy Paper by Independent Media and Policy Initiative In a criminal court in Panama, the trial of the first batch of 27 individuals accused of money laundering related to the global “Panama Papers” revelations began on Monday, the 8th of April, 2024. The owners of the Mossack-Fonseca…
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Election violence: Investigate governors, deputies or face legal action, SERAP tells INEC
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to “urgently seek the appointment of an independent counsel to investigate allegations of electoral violence and other electoral offences including bribery against any state governors and their deputies during the just concluded general elections.” SERAP also…