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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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OUR ADHOC NATION AND THE MULTIFACETED SECURITY CHALLENGES PART 2 BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE
When the so-called leaders and other pretenders to the throne talk about the present security challenges in Nigeria, they magnify the situation by using memorized arcane language that makes them sound smart and alienate the citizens. Security is not alien to our culture. It is the process of safeguarding the members and properties in our…
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Elsie Ajayi Ikoli dies at 93
The Ernest Sissei Ikoli Foundation on Sunday announced the passing of Elsie Ajayi Ikoli. Elsie Ajayi Ikoli departed this earth on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, in the quiet of her Lagos home — not with fanfare, but with fulfillment. She was 93. A statement issued in Lagos by the Ernest Sissei Ikoli…
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HENRY OVIE EBIRERI: PUBLISHER, WRITER, POLITICIAN AND BUSINESSMAN
Henry Ovie Ebireri is a political communication specialist, social media consultant and full-time writer. Born in Midwest Nigeria and grew up in Sapele. Ebireri began his career writing for various magazines before joining a daily newspaper as reporter\researcher. He quickly moved up the ranks and spent several years as the newspaper’s…
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Uduaghan calls Ebie, Ogbuku, others perfectionist, urges support for NDDC Board
Business mogul, Chief Emmanuel Oritsejolomi Uduaghan, on Wednesday applauded President Bola Tinubu for the wisdom and appropriateness in the appointment of Mr Chiedu Ebie, Samuel Ogbuku and other Board members of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). ‘’The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is the hope of the Niger Delta people and the future…
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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…