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… As Outgone President Renders Scorecard Indigenes of Rivers State resident in Bayelsa State under the aegis of the ‘Rivers State Community’ at the weekend held their maiden cultural carnival. Tagged: ‘Rivers Day’, the event featured display of various delicacies original to the kingdoms of the state, songs and dances …

It was celebration galore for the people of Ayakiri-Ama community in Gbarain Kingdom, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State as the Bayelsa State High Court 9 presided over by Justice E. G. Umukoro in a declarative judgement pronounced Ayakiri-Ama as a community breaking out from Ogboloma. The legal battle …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The people of the Territory of Alei in Oyiakiri Clan have elected a new Alei of Aleibiri. He is Agbekeme James Sarakiri, who holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Corporate Finance from the Rivers State University and a retired public servant. Dr. Agbekeme Sarakiri was the …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The popular and culture-rich Ohworhu cultural festival, tagged, ‘Ohworhu Edjukpe 2024, of the Unenurhie people, Evwreni kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State was successfully celebrated on September 19, 2024, with a call to Urhobo people and Deltans “to always promote their …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The ancient town of Ofagbe in Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State was recently a beehive of religious and spiritual activities as the body of late Fr. Prof. John Ovuezirie Akeraino Idiodi was committed to mother Earth by the members of the Ancient …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The popular Ohworhu annual cultural festival, also known as ‘Ohworhu Edjukpe’ of the Unenurhie people in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State has been slated for September 19, 2024. A statement released by the Ohworhu chief priest, Olorogun Terry Jabin, aka ‘Dr. Alhaji,’ …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri Unenurhie, an autonomous community in Evwreni kingdom, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State recently installed their new Odion’Rode at the community’s ancestral hall with jubilation and joy. The new Odion’Rode, His Highness, James Amuke, an Ughelli-based business tycoon was accompanied to the ancestral …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri Uwheru people, especially those at home, have joined their kins in the diaspora and other Nigerians to send birthday messages, poured encomium and also offered prayers for one of their own, Chief Simeon Ohwofa, a Lagos-based industrialist and business guru as he marked a new …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The vigilante groups of Evwreni, Unenurhie and Uwheru communities, in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, have paid a solidarity visit to the president-general of Unenurhie community, Mr. Peter Maison The vigilante groups, from the three communities, led by their commandants, called on …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri Olorogun Simon Ighariemu, popularly known as ‘Ovie-Edjo 1,’ has ended the seven-day festival to honour the Ohor eponymous deity of the Unenurhie people, with a call to Christians and traditional worshippers to tolerate one another and show love in whatever they do as the true …