Category: KWARA STATESMAN

  • 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)

    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.…

  • PREPARATIONS IN TOP GEAR FOR ELSIE AJAYI IKOLI’S BURIAL CEREMONIES

    PREPARATIONS IN TOP GEAR FOR ELSIE AJAYI IKOLI’S BURIAL CEREMONIES

    CAKASA, WEMA, POLARIS MOURN IJAW LEADERS EXPRESS GRIEF LAGOS RESIDENTS COMFORT ANTHONY GEORGE-IKOLI CHARIS MICROFINANCE BANK EXTOLS LATE MATRIARCH’S VIRTUES   Preparations are in top gear as the family of First Republic politician, nationalist and pioneering journalist, Ernest Sissei Ikoli, gets set to bid farewell to a woman of profound moral scruples, stickler for hard…

  • UNEASY NEIGHBOURS AND THE BIAFRA DIALOGUES BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

    UNEASY NEIGHBOURS AND THE BIAFRA DIALOGUES BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

      UNEASY NEIGHBOURS AND THE BIAFRA DIALOGUES BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE   Lately, there have been eruption of kings and kingdoms of the Igbo people all over Nigeria and other parts of the world. If these occurrences were not being normalized, they will be easy to ignore.   Some months ago, I wrote that the…

  • NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN: NLC FIGHTS AKPABIO

    NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN: NLC FIGHTS AKPABIO

      NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN: NLC FIGHTS AKPABIO   CALLS SENATE ACTION ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY, DANGEROUS SLIDE TOWARDS FASCISM   THREATENS TO MOBILIZE WORKERS, MORAL AUTHORITY   VOWS TO RESIST NIGERIA’S SLIDE INTO AUTOCRACY   The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday described Senate’s persecution of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan as a descent into legislative dictatorship and democratic…

  • THE LAST JIHAD PART 1- 5B AND OTHER ARTICLES BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

    THE LAST JIHAD PART 1- 5B AND OTHER ARTICLES BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

          THE LAST JIHAD PART 5 BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE To Thine Own Self Be True. This is not an endorsement of any leader in Nigeria. I was in Nigeria recently and observed that Nigerians have formed a subculture of always complaining as a means of coping with the realities. I now see…

  • COURT JAILS IBRAHIM ABDULLAHI FOR FRAUDULENTLY SWAPPING AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE, ATM, CARD

    COURT JAILS IBRAHIM ABDULLAHI FOR FRAUDULENTLY SWAPPING AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE, ATM, CARD

    EMAIL PUBLISHER: henryebi@yahoo.com Call publisher: 08036977194 …………………………………………………………………………………..   Justice M.A Shambu of Bauchi State High Court, sitting in Bauchi on Thursday, December 14, 2023 convicted and sentenced one Ibrahim Abdullahi to one year imprisonment for stealing the sum of N30,000( Thirty Thousand Naira only) through fraudulent swapping of an Automated Teller Machine, ATM, card.  …

  • Okere-Urhobo royal families rebuke Louis Okumagba, seek IGP’s Intervention

    Okere-Urhobo royal families rebuke Louis Okumagba, seek IGP’s Intervention

    Move to prevent monumental communal war between Itsekiri and  Urhobo     Royal families in Okere-Urhobo have condemned the role of Chief Louis Okumagba in the 30 plots released by the Delta State government to the Olodi, Oki and Ighogbadu families of Warri in the Okere – Urhobo kingdom of Delta State.   They described it as…

  • Alhaji Nureni Oluwatoyin Animashaun is dead

    Alhaji Nureni Oluwatoyin Animashaun is dead

    Alhaji Nureni Oluwatoyin Animashaun is dead. The top Lagos leader died on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 in Surulere. He was 76. A totally detribalized Nigerian, Animashaun was known for being outspoken and for not shying away from the truth. Tributes from relatives, friends and neighbours have described him as a straightforward and a deeply committed…

  • 2023 Presidency: South-West opts for Godswill Akpabio

    2023 Presidency: South-West opts for Godswill Akpabio

      A Yoruba body, South-West Renewal Movement (SWRM), on Sunday threw a surprise by endorsing All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential hopeful, Senator Godswill Akpabio for the 2023 presidency. ‘’Senator Godswill Akpabio has remained the darling of the South-West people. He is a purposeful leader in Nigeria, a veritable model and always thirsty for legacies’’. .The…

  • MEDIAGATE MANAGEMENT & CONSULTING LIMITED: FAST, DIRECT AND CONSISTENT CONTACT WITH KEY CONSTITUENCIES

    MEDIAGATE MANAGEMENT & CONSULTING LIMITED: FAST, DIRECT AND CONSISTENT CONTACT WITH KEY CONSTITUENCIES

          MEDIAGATE MANAGEMENT & CONSULTING LIMITED: FAST, DIRECT AND CONSISTENT CONTACT WITH KEY CONSTITUENCIES   Communication Experts, consultants and counselors Public Relations, Advertising and Marketing Professionals Publishers   OUR RESPONSIBILITIES   Building credibility and awareness Building brand acceptance (Product launch/ publicity, special events coordination and getting free advertising) Maintaining an organization’s long-term reputation…