Urhobo youth shall soon be storming Abuja for this protest Says THE OSU RE IGHELE Activists Blessed O Ughere .. we are not Cowards please read About the Oruwheru Women Riot ,

Again urhobo youth of 2020 says no to this slavery billl .. please google Oshue of Oruwheru.
Yes this was what Hon Jeroton Mariere stood for ...
What about the Salubis and the rest of our hero’s ....

We are not carwards even if the whole of the Niger Delta refuse to talk or make a stand on this ( in the voice is Mukoro Moweo- WE ARE URHOBO’s) Urhobo youth condemn the Water Bill.This Bill was proposed by some Enemies of Nigeria Delta who sole aim is so Enslave Niger Deltan’s ..off curse they tried this With a Ruga Bill and they failed .Now they want to try it again and yes they would fail again..

Urhobo youth Calls on Deputy Senate President of Nigeria Distinguished Sen Ovie Omoagege the senators Representing Delta Central Senatorial District (Urhobo Senator) ,Distinguished Hon Ben Roland Ibakpa representing Ethiop Federal Constituency, Hon Revd Francis Ejiroghene Waive representing Udu,Ughelli North and Ughelli South Federal Constituency , Hon Efe Afe Representing Sapele,Uwie and Okpe federal Constituency all Of Urhobo Nation to come out and defend us as it is the pourpose for which they were sent to represent the good people of urhobo nation ..

We therefor call on all Niger Deltans Tribes and Nation to join us again as we reject and condemn this in totality..

We are not slaves to Nigeria ... Niger Delta it’s time to speak In one voice as against our common enemies..

1. Fourteen (14) years in a marital dissolution matter, where no party is raising objection, is enormous and I believe unprecedented, mired/knit with fraud, corruption, manipulation, and violation of court rules and process, secret trials, intimidation, lies, threats and all abuse of fundamental human rights – woman and child rights. Within this period the defendant has long remarried and raised another family.

2. I am the petitioner in matter SUIT NO: ID/308/2006 with CHINYERE IDIKA AGWU KALU as the defendant. We were married according to customs, Statutory and church ordinances (1992) in Lagos and the union is blessed with a son (1993), who Mr. Kalu abandoned at three months. Before two years into the marriage, Mr. Kalu instituted a divorce in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and subsequently remarried and started another family with no provision at all for us – mother and son. The case file, after a few hearings could not be located, causing my lawyer, Nigeria’s present Labour Minister of State, Barrister Festus Keyamo, to institute another case in Lagos which then made me the substantive petitioner (2006). Before 2006 in fact, to date, Mr. Kalu has not contributed in any way to our welfare and upkeep in spite of numerous appeals.

3. The defendant was gainfully employed as an Engineer Ashland Oil and a very senior officer of an American oil company in Nigeria then Addax petroleum; the brother of a former Minister of Finance in Federal Cabinet of Nigeria whose name and person reverberated in court (in a country where unfortunately Social Position and Money are yet to be separated from justice); chose as his lawyer the husband of a current Justice in Lagos State judiciary. These factors played a very crucial role in derailing the judicial process and landing us in a vicious trap of unending litigation.

4. The Nigerian legal system is meant to provide speedy and qualitative access to justice for her **citizens. The Nigerian Constitution in Chapter 4 provides for fundamental human rights protection and promotion for her citizens, a violation of which, redress can be sought in court. However, this is not the case in my situation as I have explored different aspects of the justice system to seek redress for the injustice done to me and my son, to no avail; worst still the problem continues in a heinous way.
POLICE
Meanwhile, a case of Child abuse, negligence, Bigamy, and Perjury was reported to the police. In response Mr. Kalu who claimed violation of his fundamental human rights filed a suit in Port Harcourt against four senior Police officers, including the Inspector General:

Four years, (while the welfare of the child waited as if it’s a piece of furniture) after, (22/04/2014), Justice S. A. Aliu found Mr. Kalu guilty of the criminal charges. To date, six years after, the NPF is yet to charge the matter to court, with respect to the Court order.
1. The matter since then has dragged in court with the bills of self and the child on me. An attempt to have an emergency respite from Mr. Kalu; with the concession of the trial judge was thwarted at the last moment as remittance was never effected. My son was forced out of school in his final year of study.
2. After this, I requested a change of Judge. In spite of several reminders, I was not communicated until after 2years. From then on till date, I was locked out of my matter. Even when in between I found out I wrote to withdraw the case without prejudice. Surprisingly, to date, the case is still going on in the court of yet another judge. So, since 2015 I have been kept in the dark about my matter.
The grounds on which I ask for a re-trial include:
i. Violation of all known Human Rights:
a. the right to be tried within a reasonable time b. by an impartial court or tribunal;
ii. Gross violation of court process;
iii. Absence of Transparency;
iv. Denial of fairness and equality before the law:
v. Intimidation, threats, and lies;
vi. Secrete Trial;
vii. Continuing a case two years after it has been withdrawn without prejudice.
viii. Violation of Child Rights - witnessed a lot of abuse and molestation, particularly abuse of Articles 3,6,9,10,19,24,28;
ix. Refusal to obey court order of a Lagos High Court Judge on the remittance of the balance of school fees of the child in UK University forcing my child out of school in his final year.
Judiciary is a very important and delicate arm of the government. As concluded cases set precedents and guide future rulings, mistakes of the judiciary are perpetuated which ultimately shapes the society. We must consider what legacy we leave for the future of women and children and the society at large.
I believe retrying and charging the criminal cases respectively present greater chances of correcting the wrongs of the past and setting aright record for the future. The contrary will leave a wrong legacy that will negate ALL positive efforts so far, impact and advancement on human, women and child rights globally.
While paying homage to the Federation of Women Lawyers, (FIDA) for their support, I believe Women worldwide must rise up and speak. The undue delay and the attendant cost in time, money and energy and all the intimidations, threats and lies are meant to discourage women from pursuing their rights. Although my son, the primary recipient of the judgment has been victimized, brutalized and totally abused and bruised, the next Nigerian child and woman should not. It is my earnest desire that wherever this case is cited, a woman of right standing receives justice; justice that translates to children’s welfare and protection.
• Women’s Right is Human Right.
• Justice for one Woman is justice for all.

Since the enactment of the Act, the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has not contributed to the Fund. FGN's contributions would have demonstrated ownership, commitment and leadership and attracted donors and other contributors as anticipated in the Act. It would have also attracted counterpart funding from states and local governments thereby providing more resources for primary health care. The percentage of the budget allocated to health has been abysmally low; from 2014 till 2017, the health budget has not exceeded 5% of the entire National Budget, This flies in the face of the Abuja Declaration of 2001 stipulating 15% budgetary allocation to Health. Also, the funds released and utilised falls below the appropriated percentages.

Nigeria's maternal, newborn and child health indicators are very poor leading to high levels of mortality and morbidity whilst the state's obligation to use the maximum of available resources for the fulfilment of the right to health has been neglected.. Lives have been lost and the constitutional right to life of citizens is under threat.

Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), the Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria (HERFON) with the support of Citizens Wealth Platform and the Health Sector Reform Coalition call on all Nigerians to sign this petition for the allocation of not less than 1% of the CRF for the implementation of the Fund in the 2018 Federal Budget.

Sign up today to save lives and protect the well being of Nigerians!

We are living in times of great peril nationally, continentally and globally, in the midst of a deepening social, economic and political crisis, with grave consequences for the conditions of living and existence of working peoples and the poor all over the world.
Yet, as more and more people are thrown into poverty, as the level of hardship intensifies in scale and in scope, fewer and fewer people are seeing their personal wealth increase and having greater and growing proportions of the world’s wealth in their own hands.
In the midst of these global crises of existential proportions, we are seeing the rise of extremist far right ideology and groups, Read more...http://tinyurl.com/krfgn9y

This has to stop! These crimes against humanity are rarely investigated and the bystanders are never even considered as accomplices.

However, I ask that we remain civil and reasonable as we continue to pressure our elected officials to help #LiberateNigeria. The doctrines of democracy requires that we guide our elected officials to do the right thing. We cannot leave them alone knowing they face a headwind of opposition, our petition provides them a strong pedestal to stand on and fight on our behalf.

Please share this petition with your family and friends and request them to sign the petition. We can no longer sit idly and watch our fortunes disappear. Do not like the petition on Facebook, sign and share it with your loved ones.

Let's keep all fears behind us and get serious with our future and the future of our children and grandchildren. The first step in our quest for #LiberateNigeria is to engage in participatory democracy, Call you NASS member, send them email, and text messages until they agree to listen and act on the side of the people to help us all #LiberateNigeria.

Thank you all!
Olusegun Phillips-Alonge

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Their hopelessness is total and their tears and pains are ubiquitous. Relief for workers at the liquidated Nigeria Airways is nowhere near. Victor Ogunyinka recently attended their annual meeting and reports on their devastating conditions after 10 years without their entitlements.

By Victor Ogunyinka/Lagos

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Since 2002, Nigeria has been left without a national carrier in the aviation sector that automatically paved the way for influx of private participation which has no doubt ushered in developments in the aviation sector. But for all its worth, for about 11 years and counting, the staff of the defunct national carrier, Nigeria Airways, have gone from being proud civil servants and patriotic countrymen to bunch of clueless aging and dying pensioners.

The news of another colleague passing on to the world beyond seems like an everyday affair and while they wallow in penury and untold hardship due to their unpaid gratuities and entitlements, the surviving ones are battling with different ailments instead of enjoying the fruits of their years after service.
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The 47 years reign of the national carrier came to an abrupt end in 2002. Before the eventual fold up, it experienced neglect and lack of fund from the then government; maintenance of the aircrafts was minimal, salaries weren't coming in at the right time. With that, it became imminent for the Federal Government to consider it for privitisation. It is noteworthy to emphasize that Nigeria happens to be so fortunate in the history of aviation particularly in Africa; Nigeria was the first African country to have international route passing through it and with the development, it happens to be the country in Africa with two international corridors.

Another member of the union, who spoke on the condition of anonymity emphasized that the fact must be revealed and explained without acrimony. He lamented that the liquidation of the national carrier had affected the growth of the economy in no small measure. He further explained that Nigeria has a country has lost all its means of transportation to miscalculated privitisation and as a result, the road, which now happens to be the only surviving general means of transportation has suffered from the setbacks.

In the first quarter or 2013, the then governor of the CBN, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, came out confidently to say that foreign carriers made 17 billion dollars out of our airports and to a great extent, Nigerian Airways would have had some cut. Somebody once said that the aviation industry is one that you invest billions and at the end, you hope to get one per cent profit. You see, one per cent of one million is not the same as one per cent of one billion. Our elites must come together; we are losing a lot of money everyday.

With over 5000 people affected in the liquidation who apparently were breadwinners and pillars of their families and relatives alike, the multiplier effect of that lot could be close to half a million people, who have had their sources of getting good education, having food on their tables or having any form of meaningful living cut short.

The bitterness and contempt mixed with frustration in the voices of some of the affected pensioners was a reflection of how hard and unbearable their present predicament is.

...Looking for a national carrier is not a six month project, if it is done properly; it is going to require nothing less than three years with serious commitment. So, any minister who will tell me he is looking for a new national carrier as if he will last three years is joking. The people to make it happen are the ones you are seeing here now; they are well trained, they will give you the guidelines. What you have in the aviation industry today is the residual knowledge of the Nigerian airways staff that are holding the place now, remove the Nigerian Airways staff and there will not be any aviation because who is training new people now? Nobody. Who is building on what we have left? Nobody. It is unfortunate.

The anonymous pensioner analysed that during the active days of Nigeria Airways, security and safety was what made them outstanding.

Nigerian airways lasted 47 years and recorded just nine incidence; three fatal crashes, one hijack among others. With the exit of Nigerian Airways, within 52 days, there were five fatal crashes; from EAS to bellview, not to talk of Dana. Let someone have the audacity to check the records. So what development are we talking about?

John Kennedy once said, the rich must not go to sleep because the poor are hungry, the poor are hungry and that is why they cannot sleep.

Whether we like it or not, we have just this country and we have to listen to each other no matter the acrimony hence, the labours of our heroes past could go in vain.

Victor can be contacted on ogunyinkavictor@gmail.com

Faced with such a gridlock and without any provisions for 'pit stops', commuters are often seen urinating at various points on the Third Mainland bridge. There are policemen and patrol vans stationed on the bridge and without mobile toilets, one wonders where these cops 'go when they have to go'

It is against this background that this petition is being started to persuade the government to provide mobile toilets on the Third Mainland Bridge.

“Edmund Obilo” is not a strange name to the average Nigerian, both home and abroad. Whoever has the slightest interest in good governance in this part of the society will most likely follow Obilo’s programmes.

• He conducts broadcast journalism with a most admirable precision and openness.

• His points are always well marshaled and interviews conducted with undiluted facts and figures.

• You never can pin him with partisan alliances, and that is probably because he has none, apart from speaking or unraveling the truth about any matter he picks on.

• He pitches his tent on the side of fairness, justice and accountability of governments to the governed.

• Edmund Obilo is courageous and fearless. His programmes afflict the corrupt and powerful but comfort the economically and politically excluded and afflicted members of the public.

The news of the suspension of this young and vibrant broadcaster by either the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) or his employer, “Splash FM” without any justification or explanation is therefore one which raises eyebrows and suspicions.

Shortly after the information went viral, Splash FM issued a release stating Inter Alia: “...Edmund Obilo has not been sacked... Due to the sensitivity of the matter touched on during the last edition of Bull’s eye, the NBC has decided to conduct an investigation... Pending the outcome of the ongoing investigation, the NBC has decided the programme ‘Bull’s eye’ will be put on hold.”

It was therefore not only suspicious but also unsettling when the other programme, “VOICES”, which he produces and anchors was aired on Wednesday, 11th June 2014 on Splash FM without the voice of Edmund Obilo. Instead, Mr. Tunde Olawuwo presented “VOICES” instead of Obilo.

We write on behalf of all advocates of good governance, all who align on the side of justice, and all who will always stand for what is true, regardless of the costs, to express concerns. We speak on behalf of millions of listeners to Obilo’s programmes and we say the sudden disappearance of Edmund Obilo is unacceptable to us.

Obilo has done nothing in breach of the National Broadcasting Commission Act. Obilo balances his interviews by giving all necessary parties an opportunity to have exercise their right of say. Programmes exposing corruption and deals in the corridors of power should not be tagged as repugnant to public interests.

As Femi Aborisade, Esq. put it when he appeared on “VOICES” on 11th June 2014, the Management of Splash FM should not succumb to political pressures by putting Edmund Obilo under pressure.