Yoruba Group Lashes Maj-Gen Olanrewaju For linking Army Killing To Pipeline Surveillance Contractors

A Yoruba Group, O’Odua Integrity Network (OIN) has rained heavy knocks on Rtd. Major General Tajudeen Olanrewaju over his statement linking private security surveillance contractors to the killing of 16 soldiers in Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State The OIN accused him of fronting for oil Barons in the country, wondering why a 78-year made himself available for dirty jobs. The Group in a Statement Signed by Chief Adewale Adeosun (President) and Mr Ige Kilanko ( Secretary), said that brutal killing of officers and soldiers…

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Halt Military Operation In Okuama Community, Agbobore Appeals To Tinubu

    The Welfare Officer of the Urhobo Progress Union, (UPU) Youth Wing Worldwide, Comrade Ese Simon Agbobore has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to halt the military operation in Okuama community, Ughelli South local government area of Delta State over the recent killing of some soldiers. Commiserating with Nigeria Army, families of the four officers and 13 soldiers killed recently at Okuama in Delta State, Agbobore  appealed to the Federal Government to prevail on the Nigeria Army to seize fire of their reprisal attack on innocent lives. According…

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Ogbodo: Military Ambush In Okuama Not Caused By Communal Crisis But Tied To Illegal Oil Bunkering

  Former Editor of Guardian Newspaper and Niger Delta leader of thought, Abraham Ogbodo, has said that the ambush and murder of the troops from the 181 Amphibious Battalion is not connected to the communal crisis between Okuama and Okoloba, but instead connected to illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta. During an interview with ARISE NEWS on Thursday, the Urhobo indigene also said that the military should give investigators access into the Okuama community so that they can find out reasons behind the attack that killed 16 soldiers. Ogbodo…

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Okuoma Killings: Oborevwori cautions traditional rulers against shielding suspects

Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Thursday, cautioned traditional rulers in the state against shielding suspects involved in the killing of four military officers and thirteen soldiers in Okuama community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state. Governor Oborevwori gave the warning when he addressed traditional rulers, on the unfortunate incident at the State Traditional Rulers’ Council Secretariat in Asaba. The Governor who said that the act was alien to the state, described it as barbaric, inhumane and unacceptable and vowed that those who committed the evil act…

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We Won’t Take Our Good Relationship With Former Gov Okowa For Granted – Nurses

  … As they recount his contributions to health sector   Considering his immense contributions to the welfare of Nurses in Delta State, the immediate past Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, yesterday received commendations from the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) in the State. Making the commendations in Asaba, the State Capital, the State’s Chairman of NANNM, Comrade Philomena Onokpuvie said, though no longer in office as a Governor, Senator Okowa will for a long time be appreciated by Nurses in the State for his remarkable contributions…

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Opinion & Analysis: Okuama Is No More!

By Sunny Awhefeada   The above title reechoes a significant statement in the understanding of the disruptive essence of colonialism in Africa as depicted in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, a novel which is crucial to the understanding of the African predicament. It was Obierika who told his audience including his great friend Okonkwo, “Abame is no more”. The village of Abame was wiped out because her people killed a Whiteman the very symbol of the colonialism in Africa. The colonial enterprise left in its wake a series of punitive…

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UNYC calls for calm between Hausa and Igbo Communities in Asaba

…says both communities should obey State Government order By Gradeone Henry The Urhobo National Youth Congress (UNYC) has called for peace between the Hausa and Igbo Communities in Asaba. The group acting President, Prince Comr. Austin Emuetama who made the clarion call, stated this in a phone chat that this act is unhealthy to the state mostly at this time when the State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff F. Oborevwori is working towards ensuring peace is restored in the crisis between Okuama and Okoloba communities in the riverine area of the…

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Gov Oborevwori Positively Impacting Nursing Profession In Delta – Onokpuvie

  With almost one year of the Delta State Governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori’s administration, Nurses in the state’s public service have began to reap the fruits of his electioneering promise to better their condition, and make them have a sense of belonging in government. This was disclosed by the Delta State Chairman, National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Comrade Philomena Onokpuvie at the weekend. Comrade Onokpuvie, who described Governor Oborevwori as “A man of his words and a promise keeper,” disclosed that, to prove this, the Governor,…

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Oviri-Ogor Community Petitions Gov Oborevwori Over Alleged ‘Deve’ Collection

LEADERS of Oviri-Ogor community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, have sent a ‘Save Our Souls’ to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori over the allege collection of ‘Deve’ that has been banned by the state government years ago. The leaders, had in a petition to the state government alleged that land developers and investors are scared of community because of the fear of ‘Deve’ as the only means of livelihood for some set of persons in the community. It would be recalled that in 2018, the Delta State House…

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Breaking: Nigerian Army Releases Identity Of Killed Soldiers In Delta Community

Four days after they were killed in Delta community, the Nigerian Army Defence Headquarter, has revealed the identity of the slain soldiers. The Defence Headquarters had also responded to some media publications. According to the released by the Nigerian Army Defence Headquarters, Seventeen (17) Soldiers were gruesomely murdered in the unfortunate incident.     RESORT TO PROPAGANDA BY OKUAMA COMMUNITY IN THE FACE OF GRUESOME MURDER OF TROOPS ON PEACE MISSION IS CALLOUS AND TOTALLY CONDEMNABLE The unfortunate killing of troops of 181 Amphibious Battalion of the Nigerian Army (NA),…

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