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2023: URHOBOS, BE WISE

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By Simon Okeke   It was the great Chief Herbert Ogunde, that music maestro and veteran entertainer of blessed memory, that admonished the Yorubas in 1964 or thereabout, to be wise, think, and meditate deeply over the ugly political crisis that engulfed the then Western Region and refrain from self-destruction. He was concerned about the situation and made the appeal to his people through a popular song, titled; *Yoruba Ronu,* meaning simply, that *”Yorubas should think.”* The situation that played out then in the Western Region which prompted Ogunde to…

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Delta 2023: Otu Issues 7 Days Ultimatum For UPU To Withdraw The Endorsement Of Edevbie, Else…

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  …..Gives UPU 7 Days To Withdraw Endorsement Or Face Legal Action     The Chief Executive Officer of Lym Consults Nigeria Limited, Mr Larry Otu has rained heavy knocks on the leadership of the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) over the endorsement of Olorogun David Edevbie of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the choice of the Union for the Governorship position in 2023 governorship election in Delta State and threatened lawsuit against the UPU if the alleged endorsement is not withdrawn within 7 days. In a Press Statement issued…

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ALGON Faults UPU Adoption Of Gubernatorial Aspirant

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ASSOCIATION of Local Government of Nigeria, ALGON, Delta Central Chapter, Monday, told  the Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, to backtrack and rescind it’s adoption of a gubernatorial aspirant as it’s preferred Urhobo candidate ahead of the primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the interest of unity and love in Urhobo land  and the state.     The chapter, in a press conference attended by the local government council chairmen in Delta Central, said; “our attention has been drawn to an advertorial published by the Urhobo Progress Union, UPU on…

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