Tag: Urhobos
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In Delta PDP, Urhobos have a bruising fight on their hands – By Mideno Bayagbon
They were kicked into the rubbish dump and parties like the People Democratic Party emerged through, again, the efforts of the already mobilised GDM foot soldiers who coalesced into the PDP to trounce all the established political titans in Delta state.
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Delta 2023: Urhobos and Ukuanis are one blood, critical stakeholders tell Urhobo leaders
The leaders and stakeholders of Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State have stated that the Urhobo and Ukwuani people are one blood, neighbours, and friends who can work together for a better Delta State. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports this was disclosed when the leaders and members of Delta Central 2023 (DC-23) lobby group paid a…
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Omo-Agege: Urhobos drag Saraki, Ekweremadu, other principal officers to court
Sequel to the suspension of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege on Thursday for a total of 90 legislative days from the Senate, the Urhobo ethnic nationality (Delta Central Senatorial District) have dragged the leadership of the Senate before a Federal High Court in Abuja seeking to stop it (the Senate) from denying them (the Urhobos) representation by…
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Urhobos in Lagos brainstorm
Prominent Urhobo sons and daughters in Lagos will gather on Monday, October 2, 2017, to discuss matters relating to the current socioeconomic and political situation in Nigeria. The club will discuss some of the national issues in the country and how they affect the development, growth, progress, and survival of the Urhobo Nation both on…
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Urhobos join calls for restructuring, seek reversal to 1960 constitution
The Urhobo Nation, one of the major oil and gas producing ethnic groups in Nigeria has joined its voice with several other groups in virtually all the geopolitical zones in Nigeria calling for a restructuring of the country. Lamenting how the Urhobos have being shortchanged on all fronts in the present Nigerian project, the President…
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Urhobos are not Biafrians, we are Nigerians – Senator Omo-Agege
Ovie Omo-Agege, the senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly has come out smoking, declaring that the Urhobos who form the majority ethnic group in Delta state are not Biafrans, but Nigerians. In his words, “the Urhobo Nation has never been, is not and does not wish to be part of Biafra.”…