Nigeria: Low Turnout of Voters in Edo as Owie, Oyegun Condemn the Exercise Apr 22, 2007
30pm when Sunday Champion left Uromi, the birthplace of the chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih, it was learnt that he was waiting for the voting materials in his wards and it was the same story even at the Iruekpen country home of the governor-elect of the state, Professor Oserheimen Osunbor. At the Edo North senatorial district of the state, report said voting materials arrived the area at about 3. (allAfrica.com)
Is there a roof over your head? Mar 3, 2006
My hometown Uromi, Edo state Nigeria has a population of over 150,000. The neighbouring Oria farm settlement houses over 10,000 farmers both migrant Ibos and the Uromi people. (BBC News -- Africa)
What is the legacy of martyrdom? Nov 10, 2005
I am waiting to see the day that the Nigerian government will commission historians to research, document and properly record the achievement of forgotten Nigerian patriots and martyrs, names like the great Uromi (Esan) kings like Agba, Okonojie, Okolo, Akhilolomhen and Ogbiodi Okojie. These Uromi kings established Lagos Nigeria ... Uromi warriors under these kings fought off Portuguese, Spanish, French and British slave raiders, pirates and buccaneers and invaders for centuries. (BBC News -- Africa)
Full text... Aug 12, 2004
They said the two "priests," identified as Goddy Akhimeon of Uromi and Prince Omoruyi of Benin, had been charged to a court in Benin, capital of Edo state. NAPTIP alleged that victims of human trafficking take oath of silence at the shrines, thus hampering the efforts of the government to stop the menace. (Panapress.com)
Alleged anti-party activity: I tried to use Waku to get Obasanjo ... Dec 13, 2003
I saw Chief Tony Anenih last, on one on one when I attended his New Year party at Uromi in June 2000. I am not aware of any overtures (Vanguard, Nigeria)
VISTA:But for Stella, we would have embarrassed Obasanjo ... Dec 13, 2003
The impression of some people is that the government has not done much in terms of development of the State, most of he projects like the Fruit Juice Factory, Ehor, the Cassavita Factory at Uromi, are not completed and yet the government is making noise about them. I do not think that is correct, we are not even making noise at all in the State, I am the government's spokesman, you can see that I have not been talking too much (Vanguard, Nigeria)
