By Ñosa Àkeñzua The age-old acrimony between the Urhobo, the largest ethnic group in Delta State, and the Itsekiri again reared up its ugly head as the umbrella body of the former, Urhobo Patriotic Assembly (UPA), slammed the Itsekiri over a purported petition to President Bola Tinubu and the Senate leadership protesting against his nomination […]
Nosa Akenzua, Asaba Security was beefed up in Ode-Itsekiri (Big Warri), ancestral home of the Itsekiri, at the weekend as sons and daughters of the ethnic nationality thronged the community for the commencement of the 14 days traditional funeral rites for the immediate past Olu of Warri, His Royal Majesty, Ogiame Ikenwoli. The event featured […]
By Gabriel Omonhinmin The protracted crisis which has been rocking the Itsekiri kingdom since the demise of the immediate past Olu of Warri, HRM Ogiame Ikenwoli, which resulted in the disappearance of the 378 years old crown, seems to be coming to a close. Palace Watch can now authoritatively report that all the warring factions […]
Hundreds of Itsekiri on Friday stormed the Zone 5 Police command in Benin to protest continued police involvement in the crisis rocking the Olu of Warri stool. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that armed with placards with various inscriptions, the people requested that the police should allow all the chiefs go back to […]
By Gabriel Omonhinmin The drama and intrigues which have become a daily occurrence in Itsekiri land since the passage of the immediate past Olu of Warri, HRM Ogiame Ikenwoli, are not not about to end despite numerous efforts by various groups to make peace in the ethnic nationality. A group known as the Warri Leaders […]
By Gabriel Omonhinmin Concerned Itsekiri chiefs are working round the clock to resolve the crisis and the high level intrigues that have arisen after the Iyatsere of Warri Kingdom, Chief Johnson Amastsenrunereleghe, announced the passage of His Royal Majesty, Ogiame Ikenwoli and the selection of Prince Utieyinoristsetsola Emiko as the new Olu-designate. Emiko was announced […]
By Sony Neme Itsekiri Public Affairs Committee (IPAC), United Kingdom has declared that royals and a freeborn cannot be fight over the the ethnic nationality’s throne. Therefore, it stressed, the ongoing faceoff emanating from the declaration of their Olu-Designate, Prince Tsola Emiko, was unnecessary distraction. The group drew the attention of the general public on […]
By Gabriel Omonhinmin Kingmakers on Monday, 5th April, 2021 at 10 a.m. in OdeItsekiri, the ancestral home of the Itsekiri in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, announced the appointment of Prince Utieyinoristsetsola Emiko as the new Olu-designate. But the move engendered controversy because it was in contrast to the then Bendel State […]
Fresh hostility broke out on Monday night as Ijaw and Itsekiri youths clash. Although details of the fracas were still sketchy as at press time, sources said three persons from Ijaw community were injured in the crisis. Sources said that youths from Madagho, an Itsekiri enclave, allegedly attacked some local security men who were working […]