Opinion: Wado City Movement And The Cry Of An Owl

By Annabel Ogheneganre Since the launch of the Wado City Movement, this writer has not ceased to advocate for caution in promoting the cause. In my initial remarks on the issue of name change for Warri, I stood for the status quo, maintaining as I had done in previous submissions that what Urhobo should rather do was to market the two Urhobo traditional rulers in Warri as Ovie of Warri Kingdom (for the Agbarha-Ame people) and Orosuen of Warri for the Okere people. The Ijaws could also be encouraged to…

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Publisher Of Advocate Newspaper, Onitsha Looses Mother At 94

By Andrew Darrah/Ughelli   Madam Agness Oyekokama , mother of the publisher and Editor-In-Chief, Advocate Newspaper, Mr. Ogaga Shedrack Onitsha, is dead. Born Saturday May 13, 1927, Madam Oyekokama passed on at the age of 94 years old. She died on Thursday October 14, 2021 at her residence in Abbi Town of Ndokwa West Local Government Area of Delta State. Mama Oyekokama was briefly sick before her passage in the presence of her children. Until her death, she was a successful trader, committed Church leader and Community leader, a philanthropists,…

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