Tag: UPU
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Urhobo, Omene and the affliction of adult delinquency – By Happy Oharisi
The Urhobo people are a self-respecting people who have over the years secured a pride of place for themselves not just in Nigeria, but across the world. The Urhobo pride themselves as republicans and they embrace some unwritten ethics about how life should be lived and that life should be lived with dignity clothed with…
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UPU and Delta State 2023: To be or not to be – By Abraham Ogbodo
It is like the Urhobo have been wired to agonise instead of getting organized. Instead of seeking information and be informed, we have chosen to be impulsive and create a staccato around Delta State governorship election in 2023 with baseless commentaries. Last week, Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) came out boldly to announce David Edevwie as…
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Delta Guber: PDP kicks against UPU’s endorsement of Edevbie
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Delta Central Senatorial District, has kicked against the endorsement of Olorogun David Edevbie, a governorship aspirant for the 2023 election, by the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU). The Party, in a statement signed by the PDP Delta Central Chairman, Chief Patrick Fovie, and 30 members on
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The UPU endorsement and the essence of Urhobo ‘tanure’ – By Williams Ilerhijele
When the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) was founded in 1931 as the Urhobo Brotherly Society, the founders wanted to advance Urhobo interest in the emergent order evolving from the experience of colonialism. The founders looked around them and saw that the Urhobo were frustrated, disorganized, confused and not reckoned with in the new scheme of…
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2023: Edevbie campaign office hails UPU’s decision for endorsing him as Urhobos sole candidate
The David Edevbie Campaign Office has hailed the Urhobo Progress Union, UPU for edorsing him as the sole candidate of the Urhobo Nation in the 2023 governorship race. TheNewsGuru.com,(TNG) reports the organization spoke via a statement issued and signed by Clement Ofuani, Director General, Olorogun David Edevbie Campaign Organization. The organization stated that:”The choice of…
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2023: Full text of UPU’s statement endorsing David Edevbie for governorship
The Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) Worldwide has endorsed Olorogun David Edevbie as it’s preferred aspirant for the 2023 governorship election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State.
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Ailing Urhobo leading traditional musician calls for urgent help
Ailing Urhobo leading traditional musician calls for urgent help
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Olu of Warri congratulates UPU on 90th anniversary
Olu of Warri congratulates UPU on 90th anniversary
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Gate man for over 60 years bags award in Delta [PHOTOS]
Gate man for over 60 years bags award in Delta
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UPU honours 56 prominent Urhobo sons, daughters [FULL LIST]
UPU honours 56 prominent Urhobo sons, daughters