I have already held a couple of top-level meetings on the sidelines of the AAM. These included fruitful discussions with President, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Bank of Industry, Dr. Olasupo Olusi, as well as the Founder/Chief Executive Officer of Dubai-based Arise IIP Group, Mr. Gagan Gupta.
Hon. Engr. Rodney Ambaiowei can be likened to the biblical David who defended the people of Israel in the face of daunting challenges, especially when intimidated by the giant from Philistine, Goliath who boasted to defy the God and people of Israel in the field of battle but as a rare and unique personality, he stood out and led the party to victory in the 2023 general election in Southern ijaw Federal Constituency. On the 16th day of April, 2023 he was declared winner after the conclusion of the supplementary election, polling a total of 13,992 votes against his close contender, the candidate of APC who polled 12,992 votes.
The Federal Government has urged organised labour to propose or agree to a realistic minimum wage that will not lead to massive job losses in Nigeria. Speaking at the opening of the 2024 Synod of the Charismatic Bishops Conference of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, said…
In a remarkable celebration of his 20th Coronation Anniversary, His Royal Majesty King Oweipa Jones Ere III, the Third in the historic lineage of the Ogboin Ebe, expressed his heartfelt gratitude to all who attended the event. The King thanked his kinfolk, kings and queens of all Ijaw, friends, and the greater Ogboin Family for…
President of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), Prof. Benjamin Ogele Okaba, has felicitated with Nigerians and the Federal Government on this year’s Democracy Day. In a press statement made available to journalists on Tuesday, the INC President said that Democracy Day is worth celebrating, considering the relative human rights and freedom Nigerians have been enjoying…
Edited By Ere Robinson Erebi The Ancient Origins and Founding of Ogboin-Ebe Historical records trace the origins of the Ogboin clan to its progenitor, Ogboin, who migrated to a location known as Orubiribaibou. Initially a hunter, Ogboin settled in this forest and established his roots. An Ancient Squabble and the Split Legend has it that…
By Oweipa Jones-Ere III My people of Ogboin. 20 years ago when I ascended this throne, Ogboin was a place of great hope and excitement. The first graduates were just coming of of the New Niger Delta University. The People of Otuan and Amatolo were, along with the people of Amassoma, experiencing direct access to…
The attention of the Department of State Services (DSS) has been drawn to plans by certain individuals and groups to stage physical protests in some parts of the country on 12th June, 2024. The protests are designed with sinister objectives to coincide with the Democracy Day Celebration. While citizens may have the rights of assembly…
“The federal government and the national assembly have the call now. It is not our call. Our demand is there for the government to look at and send an executive bill to the national assembly and for the national assembly to look at what we have demanded, the various facts of the law, and then come up with a national minimum act that meets our demands”.
