Category: Analysis & opinion

The Gathering Plot To Hijack The UPU Election Must Be Resisted

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  As the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) approaches its crucial December 5, 2025, election, troubling signs have emerged, pointing unmistakably to a deliberate, well-coordinated plot to rig the process. The Chief Dr Emmanuel Ighomena-led Electoral Committee appears determined to plunge the UPU into chaos by refusing to follow even the most basic tenets of transparency. Their actions, or lack thereof, demand urgent scrutiny. Barely three days to the election, the Electoral Committee has refused to publish the number of accredited delegates expected to vote. This simple requirement is standard in…

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A MANDATE FOR MASTERY: WHY DELTA CENTRAL MUST RETURN SENATOR EDE DAFINONE TO THE RED CHAMBER

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By  Lord Davidson Onedju De Pen Lion The political air in Delta Central is thickening with anticipation, as the conversation around who will bear our standard in the Senate in 2027 begins in earnest. In this crucial deliberation, one truth emerges, not as a whisper of suggestion, but as a resonant decree of political and developmental logic: Senator Ede Dafinone is not merely an option; he is an imperative. To speak of denying Senator Dafinone a second term is to interrupt a symphony at its intermission. His first term has…

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UPU Election And The Quest For Urhobo Rebirth

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By Annabel Ogheneganre   Since the establishment of the Urhobo Progress Union with Chief Omarohwovo Okoro as pioneer President General, the Urhobo nation have been led by different personalities who have given their best to propel Urhobo to greater heights. The current leader, Chief Ese Gam is the 14th president general of UPU while UPU under Mukoro Mowoe has generally been applauded as the golden era of the union.   UPU was established with Chief Omarohwovo Okoro as the founding President General from 1931 to 1935. Chief Mukoro Mowoe succeeded…

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Senator Dafinone Hails Unveiling of National Counter-Terrorism Strategic Plan as a Major Boost to Nigeria’s Security Framework

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By Nelson Agbajor   Senator Ede Dafinone, representing the good people of Delta Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, has applauded the recently unveiled National Counter-Terrorism Centre’s Strategic Plan (2025–2030), describing it as a significant milestone in strengthening Nigeria’s security architecture and enhancing national resilience. The dinstingished senator made the remark in Abuja when he joined the Senate President, top security chiefs, and other distinguished national leaders at the official launch of the comprehensive strategic plan. The event, organised by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), brought…

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Nigerian Existentialism By Sunny Awhefeada

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  Studying literature was stimulating and ennobling. Many people only see the story and entertainment value of the subject. However, beyond that is the symbolic exegesis of the discipline with a multi-generic character manifesting in prose, poetry and drama. The configuring of literature as a mirror of life is as apt as it is definitive. Yes, the discipline reflects the social history of humanity through storytelling. The curriculum of the literature we studied in the university was beguiling at face value and first encounter. We were enthralled by the nomenclature…

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NIGERIA HAPPENS TO OKUAMA

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By Moses Darah   Since the tragic incident that claimed the lives of 16 soldiers on an alleged peacekeeping mission, the Okuama community of Urhobo in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State lies in ruins. The town has been flattened. Homes reduced to ‘kalukalu’ and ‘ikelekpen’. Leaders held for over a year without trial. Survivors are scattered in makeshift ‘itughe’, their lives stripped of normalcy. Children wander without schools, the sick have nowhere to turn, elders have no one to lean on. And the politicians, who should be…

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Why Can’t You Fight With Trump?

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By Sunny Awhefeada   The interrogative title of today’s intervention is directed at the President of the Nigerian Senate and Chairman of the National Assembly, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio. In the wake of America’s President Donald Trump’s christening of Nigeria as a “country of particular concern” (CPC), with intimations of a likely military intervention if the Nigerian government did nothing to stop what he called “Christian genocide” Nigerian government people spoke in a measured and supplicatory tone. The responses were most cautious and courteous in a manner with which they…

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The 2025 Urhobo Progress Union Election: A Litmus Test for Urhobo Traditional Institutions and the ‘Ovuovo Mentra

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By John Uwa (PhD)   Introduction The Urhobo Progress Union (UPU), the apex sociocultural body tasked with protecting and advocating for the Urhobo nation in Delta State, Nigeria and anywhere in the world, is at a critical juncture and stands at a pivotal moment in its history as its 2025 election inches nearer with each passing day. The upcoming election presents an opportunity for renewal, but it is under threat from powerful interests seeking to, or, not to maintain the status quo. As patriotic stakeholders rally against clannish patronage and…

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Senator Ede Dafinone: A Quintessential Legislator Building A Transformational Legacy In Delta Central

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By Akpor Odedede,   Leadership is a sacred call to duty—anchored on the delivery of meaningful service to humanity and the advancement of society. True leadership becomes hollow when the welfare of the people ceases to be its central concern. In Nigeria’s political environment, often fraught with instability and self-interest, there is an urgent need for transformational leaders who rise above transactional politics and pursue the collective good with vision and integrity. Egocentrism has, unfortunately, become the hallmark of many politicians in Nigeria today. A public office is too often…

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TRUMP’S NEXT FEATHER By Richard Maduku

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By Richard Maduku,     On Sunday, 2 November, 2025, many Nigerians abandoned whatever they were doing to celebrate a post by the United States president, Mr Donald Trump. It was carried on his Truth social platform. He had earlier on 31 October, informed the world that Nigeria was now designated a ‘Country of Particular Concern CPC ’ to the United States government. Few Nigerians understood what that entailed and as a result, they concluded that it would end at just the labelling. But how wrong it turned out to…

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