Tag: UPU
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Give Urhobo HQ of Gas Flare Trust Fund – UPU tells FG
The umbrella body of the Urhobo people, Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) has asked the federal government to site the proposed headquarters of the Gas Flare Trust Fund in Urhobo land, in Delta State. In a letter signed by the President-General of UPU Worldwide, Olorogun Moses Taiga, the UPU said, Urhobos are host of some of…
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Constitution review: Position of Urhobo nation in process, says UPU P-G
The Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) has said it was in the process of submitting to the National Assembly (NASS) a paper on the position of the Urhobo nation on the Constitution review before the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) struck. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Olorogun Moses Taiga, President-General of the umbrella body of the Urhobo nation made this…
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INTERVIEW: NDDC probe just a token of Nigeria’s problems, says UPU P-G
President General of the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU), Olorogun Moses Taiga has said the probe of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is just a token of the problems in the country. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Olorogun Taiga, who stated this in an interview with newsmen recently, said it is a shame to that the wealth…
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BREAKING: Gen. Orho Obada, former minister of works is dead
Major-General Orho Obada (rtd.), a former Federal Commissioner for Works is dead, and according to sources, the former Federal Commissioner died after a brief illness. Obada, who was the current Chairman of the Board of Trustee of the apex socio-cultural umbrella body of the Urhobo nation known as Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) reportedly died on…
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Killings: Urhobo leaders give marching order to killer herdsmen, vow to take action
Urhobo leaders on the aegis of the apex body of the Urhobo nation, the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) Worldwide have demanded the immediate evacuation of killer herdsmen from the length and breadth of Urhobo land, vowing to take action if they refuse to leave. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Urhobo leaders made the demand on Thursday…
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Urhobo nation aligns with Amotekun – UPU
The apex body of the Urhobo Nation, Urhobo Progress Union (UPU), has expressed its support for Amotekun, the security outfit being put together by the south west to combat rising insecurity within the region. In a statement from the office of the President General of UPU, Olorogun Moses Taiga, the UPU said “Amotekun is a…
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UPU holds 88TH congress
Activities towards the 88th Congress of the Urhobo umbrella body, Urhobo Progress Union, will commence on Thursday, December 5, with an economic summit towards repositioning the Urhobo Nation economically. According to a schedule of activities released by the UPU, Friday’s activities will start with the inauguration new members into the Board of Trustees of UPU.…
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UPU congratulates Okowa, Urhobo legislators
The Urhobo Progress Union has congratulated the Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, on his re-election. In a release signed by the President General of Urhobo Progress Union Worldwide (UPU), Olorogun Moses Taiga, the UPU urged the governor to use his new tenure to bring more developments to the Urhobos, in particular, and Deltans…
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2019: Stop senseless killings, Taiga urges warring factions
The President-General of Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) Worldwide, Olorogun Moses Taiga, has called on politicians of Urhobo extraction to prevail on their supporters to stop the senseless political violence currently going on in Urhobo land. Olorogun Taiga spoke against the background of reported political violence which led to the death of political party supporters in…
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Urhobo Mfb begins operation in 2019
Mr Moses Taiga, the President-General (PG) of Urhobo Progress Union (UPU), says the proposed Urhobo Microfinance Bank (MFB) will start operation in the second quarter of 2019. The PG of the umbrella body of the Urhobo ethnic nationality said this on Thursday at a “Meeting of PGs of the 24 Urhobo Kingdom Forum” held at…