Tag: Uwheru
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A day with bereaved folks in Uwheru – Hope Eghagha
By Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha So it was that we, members of Urhobo Renaissance Society (URS), a pan-Urhobo socio-cultural organisation dedicated to the upliftment of the Urhobo people, made up of professionals, academics, businessmen and some other patriots, paid a sympathy visit to our bereaved kith and kin in Uwheru Delta State on Friday the 20th…
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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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How Gov. Okowa saved communities attacked by herdsmen from invasion by military
The Uwheru Development Union (UDU) has said if not for the intervention of Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, military men would have invaded the Uwheru kingdom, following attacks on the kingdom that claimed 10 lives and left many injured. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) recalls on 13th, 14th and 15th February, 2020, the entire Uwheru kingdom was thrown…
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Killings in Delta State: Corpses exhumed, as FG maintains silence
Silence of the federal government over renewed killings in Uwheru has sparked outrage, even as the communities affected on Monday exhumed bodies of the victims and dumped them at a mortuary in Ughelli. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Deltans are calling for justice after some arms-wielding herdsmen launched attacks on several communities in Uhweru kingdom in Ughelli…