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2027: OKPE UNION WARNS AGAINST BLIND SUPPORT FOR POLITICAL PARTIES, CANDIDATES
OKPE UNION STATEMENT ON POLITICAL PARTICIPATION BY THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (NEC) OF THE OKPE UNION (WORLDWIDE) As we enter the season of another election cycle in Nigeria, we expect politicians to be flocking town and village halls distributing cups of rice, beans, wrappers, etc to buy the votes of Nigerians, including Okpe…
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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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MILITARY, SUBORDINATION AND THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE
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VIBROFLOTATION AND GEOTECHNICAL, PRISONERS CARE, OTHERS EULOGIZE ELSIE AJAYI IKOLI AS DIGNITARIES GATHER IN LAGOS
VIBROFLOTATION AND GEOTECHNICAL, PRISONERS CARE, OTHERS EULOGIZE ELSIE AJAYI IKOLI AS DIGNITARIES GATHER IN LAGOS Dignitaries from all over the world will gather in Lagos on Friday, November 28, 2025 to pay their last respects and bid farewell to Madam Elsie Ajayi Ikoli. A statement on Friday morning by the Ernest Sissei Ikoli Foundation said…
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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 luminary whose radiance illuminated our lives for 93 extraordinary years. My…
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LET THEM GO BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE
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Elsie Ajayi Ikoli dies at 93
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THE NEW AMERICAN AGGRESSION TOWARDS NIGERIA BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE
No Nigerian should lose sleep over the threats of Donald Trump. Nigeria is an independent Nation and not a vassal state of America. America is not concerned about Christians. Donald Trump is concerned about raw materials and white Supremacy. This is the man who dragged white South Africans to the United States…
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THE NIGERIAN JOURNEY AND THE RULE OF LAW BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE
It takes time to form a country. It takes patience and dedication to change attitudes. When people from disparate places and cultures are brought together to form a Nation, it is never easy. In the long run, the tears and toil are worth it because the interactions lead to expansion of consciousness…
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ERNEST IKOLI’S FAMILY ANNOUNCES BURIAL DATE FOR ELSIE AJAYI
ERNEST IKOLI’S FAMILY ANNOUNCES BURIAL DATE FOR ELSIE AJAYI The family of prominent political leader, thinker and great journalist, Ernest Sissei Ikoli, on Wednesday described Elsie Ajayi Ikoli as a priceless Jewell that would be hard to replace. “Elsie Ajayi Ikoli was an embodiment of the virtues of doggedness and resilience”. She…