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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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CONTRACTORS, GOVERNMENT AGENTS AND THE STABILITY OF NIGERIA BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE
Who makes these changes? “I shoot an arrow right, it turns left“ I chase after a deer; I get chased by a lion. I dig a hole for my enemies, and I fall into it………. I should be careful about what I want” …. RUMI Who makes these changes? Why can’t we…
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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…
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THE IMPERIALISM OF FOREIGN RELIGIONS BY AUSTIN ORETTE
THE IMPERIALISM OF FOREIGN RELIGIONS BY AUSTIN ORETTE While Africans opine about imperialism of the west and others, the least talked about and the most lethal of all the isms, is the imperialism of religion in African society. We can criticize our tribes; we can criticize our politicians and politics but…
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GREENVILLE LNG NEWS: “With the Greenville LNG Gas Hub Station now in Lafia, I would advise energy investors in Nasarawa State that instead of building a petrol station, they should now invest in LNG-CNG daughter Stations”.
– Nasarawa State Governor, Engr. Abdullahi A. Sule The executive Governor of Nasarawa State, His Excellency, Engr. Abdullahi A. Sule, has advised energy investors in the State that, with the completion of Greenville LNG’s Gas Hub Station in the State capital, Lafia, instead of building more petrol stations, they should rather take visionary advantage and…
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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…