Following alleged statement credited to him that “the Urhobos are satisfied with the appointment and performance of the interim management committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)”, a group known as Urhobo Nationality Progress Coalition, Thursday condemned the statement, noting that he has no power to make such statement because he does not represent Urhobo people.

Members of Idjerhe Youth Council, IYC, in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State have advised President Muhammadu Buhari, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, all elected leaders from the Urhobo land (Delta Central), including Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, to urgently call on killer herdsmen to relocate from their ancestral land.

By Festus Ahon GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State and Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege have blamed the relocation of multinational oil companies from Urhoboland to other parts of the country on youth restiveness and illegal development levies. Speaking separately during the Second Urhobo Economic and Investment Summit organised by the Urhobo Economic Summit […]

A former Executive Secretary of South African Relief Fund, SARF, Dr. Omawumi Urhobo, in this interview, explains how South Africa and Nigeria can foster permanent harmonious relations.

The Chairman, Ekpan Indigenous/Community Contractors who doubles as the Vice Chairman and Secretary, Ekpan Community Relations Committee, Warri Refining & Petrochemical Company (WRPC), Comrade Enaefewan Friday Okieriemagbaren, has urged all leaders in Urhobo Nation to embrace peace and promote unity across party lines, adding that when this happens, Urhobo Nation will experience greater progress in this […]

A prominent community leader in Warri mainland and former member Delta state Advisory Council on the Prerogative of Mercy, Prince  Churchill Oki has enjoined various ethnic groups in the old Warri province and the entire state to rally support for   Chief Bernard Okumagba to succeed as Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.  Oki  who is […]

FORMER Governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori and  leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta Central Senatorial District of the state have declared that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta North) will hand over power to the district in 2023, according to the subsisting power rotation arrangement among the three senatorial districts of the state

The President of Urhobo Progress Union (UPU), Youth Wing, Worldwide, Comrade Louis Anidi, has condemned the move by Ijaw youths to stop an Urhobo indigene from becoming the deputy governor in Bayelsa State.

ASABA- COALITION of Urhobo Youths in Delta State has asked the state Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa to as a matter of urgency, send a visitation Panel to the Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka.

THE Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, worldwide, yesterday,  rejected in its totality, the Federal Government’s proposed Ruga settlement for herdsmen, insisting that it was a subtle attempt by the government to forcefully cede lands across the country to the Fulani people who constitute less than five per cent of Nigeria’s total population.