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By Ehichioya Ezomon He cuts a familiar figure and preaches a familiar message! Two-time governorship candidate of rival Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2016 and 2020, respectively, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, claims he’s a detribalised, pan-Edo politician, who sees Edo State as one family, and seeks simultaneous even development of all sections, as a panacea for the divisive issues of marginalisation and recourse to ethnicity. Aspiring again to be governor in the September 21, 2024, election on the platform of main opposition APC in the state, Mr Ize-Iyamu, 61, says the agitation for zoning of the…

By Young Erhiurhoro The Urhobo as an ethnic group in Nigeria is a blessed land with many natural resources like oil, gas, cash crops, food crops, timber and other forest products. Many communities within the group are also blessed with rivers and rivulets, comprising many marine products. All these resources are naturally created to generate income to the people and to remove the people from the gulag of extreme poverty ravaging them from many centuries.  Yet, in the abundance of these natural resources, the Urhobo poverty rate increases on daily basis. We discovered that, over seventy percent of the Urhobo…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) Youth Wing worldwide has condemned a statement, allegedly made by the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), against the rumoured appointment of a retired Urhobo military officer as the coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to replace the current Ijaw-born General Barry Ndiomu (rtd.) This was contained in a statement released to the media in Ughelli, Delta State by the Public Relations Officer of the Urhobo group, Omiregwa Aboyi Lawson, with a call on Ijaw elders to call their youths to order. The call by the Youth…

… Back Tinubu on Joint Security Task Force By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Nigerians based in the United States of America and United Kingdom, under the aegis of the United Nigerians for True Federalism (UNTF), North America Chapter, have attributed the worrisome rate of crime and criminality in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to ‘the activities of those against the pragmatic developmental strategy by the FCT Minister, His Excellency, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike.” According to the UNTF, through its secretary general, Mr. Kenneth Friday, “the numerous achievements of Nyesom Wike in the FCT with infrastructural projects, savings to the FCT of over…

. … Accuses Tinubu of Playing Politics with Health of Ijaw People By Odie Ramon, Yenagoa A group, the Good Life For Ijaw People (GLFIP), has slammed the Federal Government over the delay in the appointment of a substantive medical director for the Federal Medical Center,Yenagoa in Bayelsa State. According to the group, despite the screening of three candidates with scores and recommendations made on who is most qualified to be appointed medical director of the institution by the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria, the Federal Ministry of Health, the Department of State Services, DSS and the Independent…

By Mandy Tina United States of America-based Ogoni advocacy groups, Centre for Democracy, Human Rights, and Anti-Corruption (CDHRAC) and the National Union of Ogoni Students (NUOS) International USA, have called for a referendum among Ogoni people, home and abroad, to determine whether oil production can resume in Ogoniland. The groups stated this in a statement jointly signed by Cornelius Dumerene, coordinator of the Centre for Democracy, Human Rights, and Anti-Corruption, and Pius Barikpoa Nwinee, president of NOUS International, USA, and made available to journalists in Nigeria on Sunday 21 January, 2024, after addressing the demands that led to the stoppage…

By Mandy Tina Former commissioner for Urban and Physical Planning Rivers State, Dr. Reason Onya, has expressed optimism that after distraction arising from the legal battle and political crisis being faced by Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Rivers people will experience dividends of democracy. Onya, who reacted to the political situation in the state, said Ahoada West Local Government Area remains save haven for the administration of Siminalayi Fubara irrespective of the current political issues. The former commissioner for Urban and Physical Planning who is a political economist and developmentalist, said the policies of the current administration have direct impact on the…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Loyalists of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and youths from the Niger Delta region have raised an alarm over “plans by some politicians and presidential aides to embarrass and mock the duo of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), His Excellency, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike CON, Alhaji Majid Asari Dokubo and other Tinubu loyalists in the region over the appointment of Chief Dennis Otuaru, a cousin to former militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo also known as Tompolo who publicly fought against the emergence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as president in February 2023.” These Tinubu loyalists, made…

By Pius Dukor Many have described the game of Polo as for only rich and well to do in the society. Reacting on the sidelines of the just concluded Polo tournament in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, Mr. Adokiye Ikpoki, the managing director of Chairborne Global Services dismissed the insinuation saying Polo game is for all. He made the statement over the weekend at the just concluded Port Harcourt Polo Tournament competition. The young entrepreneur maintained that the game of Polo is for all especially those who love the game. ” You can play irrespective of your social status,…

By Pius Dukor It was Mathew Desmond who postulated some years ago that “Housing is absolutely essential for humans to flourish. Without stable shelter it all falls apart. The pathway to housing should be fair and equitable for everyone, and access to affordable housing is the infrastructure people in our community need to elevate families into the working class and the middle class. Without any circumlocution, its on this philosophy that The 20,000 Housing Units initiated by Governor Sim Fubara at Mbodo Aluu in Ikwere local government area of Rivers State is anchored. This is a quantum leap of this…