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UPU Youth Leader Endorses Dafinone For Second Term, Cites Youth Empowerment

August 18, 2026 Admin

The President of the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) Youth Wing, Ughere Blessed, has endorsed Senator Ede Dafinone for a second term in the Senate, urging Urhobo youths to rally behind the Delta Central lawmaker for continuity. Ughere, in a statement titled “Why Urhobo Nation Youths Must Endorse and Support Senator Ede Dafinone,” said the endorsement was informed by the senator’s accessibility, responsiveness and commitment to creating opportunities for young people across the Urhobo nation. He cited Dafinone’s intervention in securing places for 20 Urhobo youths in the ongoing Niger Delta…

Crack In UPU Youth-Wing As Ibebe Resign As SSA To Ughere

November 19, 2024 Admin

Senior Special Assistant on Contacts and Mobilization to the national president of Urhobo Progress Union, Youth-Wing, Comr. Rufus Akpobome Ibebe has resigned his position over unforseen circumstances. Comrade Ibebe had in a statement said “With Effect from 15th November, 2024 due to personal reasons that was taken after due considerations, I tendered my resignation as the Senior Special Assistant to the UPU Youth Wing President, Activist Ughere Blessed. “I wish to sincerely appreciate Activist Ughere in particular and the UPU Youth Wing in general for the…

A Betrayal Of Trust: Condemning The Urhobo Progressive Union’s Rejection Of Nationwide Protest

July 24, 2024July 24, 2024 Admin

By Onovwiona Onoriode Blessed In a shocking display of apathy and complicity, the Youth Wing of the Urhobo Progressive Union (UPU) has denounced the proposed nationwide protest against the crippling hardship in Nigeria. This communique, signed by Activist Blessed Ughere, is a stark betrayal of the trust placed in the union by the Urhobo youth and a blatant contradiction of the values of progress and unity that the UPU purports to represent. By refusing to support the protest, the UPU Youth Wing is, in effect, condoning the status quo…

GOMEP-NG Picks Owens-Ibie for 2026 Conference, Targets Electoral Disinformation September 27, 2026
The Guild of Online Media Editors and Publishers of Nigeria (GOMEP-NG) has named Professor Nosa Owens-Ibie, PhD, as keynote speaker for its 2026 Annual Conference, Lecture and Workshop scheduled for November 26 in Abuja. The conference, which will hold at the Maryam Babangida National Centre for Women Development, opposite the Central Bank of Nigeria […]
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Dafinone: Nigeria Can’t Afford To Abandon Tinubu’s Reforms September 27, 2026
…Urges Okpe youths to master AI, embrace entrepreneurship Senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District, Ede Dafinone, has called for continuity in the reform agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying Nigeria cannot afford to abandon ongoing economic and institutional reforms midway. Dafinone spoke at the 2026 World Youth Conference of the Okpe Youth […]
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ALLEGED MURDER: Adeda family rejects Delta State Committee and condolence visit September 27, 2026
THE Adeda family has publicly rejects the Administrative Panel Of Inquiry set up by the Government of Delta State that it consists of only Civil Servants with no Family Members, Civil Organization Or Human Right Activists. The family also rejects the condolence visit to the family that it does not have implicit confidence on […]
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Oborevwori Salutes Oyedepo At 72, Says His Legacy Transcends Ministry September 27, 2026
Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has congratulated the Founder and Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, on his 72nd birth anniversary, describing his contributions to faith, education and nation-building as enduring. Oborevwori, in a goodwill message issued on Sunday in Asaba by his Chief Press Secretary, Sir Festus […]
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Adeda’s Death: UDU Demands Full Probe, Says ‘Nobody Should Be Sacred Cow’ September 27, 2026
The Ughelli Descendants Union (UDU) has demanded a thorough and impartial investigation into the death of Mr. Unity Ekuevugbe Adeda, a senior civil servant and indigene of Ughelli Kingdom, insisting that every person connected with the circumstances leading to his alleged assault should be investigated irrespective of status or political office. The apex Ughelli […]
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Diri, Ogbuku Commend P-BAT Door To Door Movement for Galvanizing Support For Tinubu September 26, 2026
By Julius Agadaga, Yenagoa Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has described the P-BAT Door-to-Door Movement as one of the foremost and most coordinated support groups with organic grassroots support mobilizing for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027. The governor who spoke through the Special Adviser Political Matters, […]
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Akpodiete’s 31-Year-Old Legal Article Resurfaces In US Law Review September 26, 2026
A 31-year-old legal article written by Urhobo born and Delta Central senatorial aspirant, Prof. Alexander Osondu Akpodiete, has resurfaced in the United States legal literature after being cited in a 2009 American University Law Review article on federal court jurisdiction. Akpodiete, who wrote the original article as a young lawyer in 1995, said the […]
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Dafinone Demands Justice Over Adeda Ekwevugbe’s Death, Urges Calm September 26, 2026
Senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District, Ede Dafinone, has called for a thorough, transparent and impartial investigation into the death of Mr Adeda Ekwevugbe, a Deputy Director in the Delta State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education. Dafinone, in a statement, described the death of the public servant as “deeply troubling,” insisting that all circumstances […]
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Delta Secondary Schools: Transfer Dispute Deepens As Commissioner Is Being Accused Of Usurping Board’s Role September 26, 2026
A deepening administrative crisis over the transfer and posting of principals in Delta State secondary schools has triggered allegations of procedural violations, abuse of authority and deliberate disregard for seniority within the education system. A source accused the Commissioner for Secondary Education, Dr Kingsley Ashibuogwu, of allegedly acting in connivance with some members of […]
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Adeda’s Death: Isoko Union Demands Answers September 25, 2026
The Isoko Development Union (IDU), Asaba Branch, has called for calm and restraint following the death of an Isoko son, Mr. Unity Ekpevbughe Adeda, a Deputy Director in the Delta State Ministry of Secondary Education. Adeda reportedly died following an altercation with a superior at the Prof. Chike Edozien Secretariat, Asaba, on […]
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