ORON UNION FOUNDED 1925, HONOURS CAPTAIN EFFIONG EYO CNC (RTD) Award of Recognition  Presented to Captain Effiong Eyo cnc (Rtd). In appreciation of your service to Oro Nation in general and Oron Union in particular. Dated this 30th day of Dec., 2021. Congratulations! His Lordship, Bishop Etim Ante President General

JUST IN: Panic as militants blow up Agip facility in Rivers By Mike Odiegwu, Port Harcourt  On Nov 21, 2021   A new militant group in the Niger Delta region code-named Bayan-Men has blown up an oil facility operated by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company, (NAOC) in Ogba-Egbema-Andoni Local Government Area, Rivers State. The angry militants, who destroyed oil well, OB5, (Obiavu-5) in the area, accused the oil firm of failing to deal directly with the host communities insisting that they were fighting for justice for their people. The Commander of the Bayan-Men said the company refused to allow the people to benefit from their operations in the area, adding that the firm was neck-deep in divide and rule. He said: “The only thing we want Agip to do is to deal directly with the 27 communities of Omoku, according to the Federal Government resolution. “We don’t want Agip to be negotiating with anybody. They should deal with the communities. If they continue like this, wh...

The total budget of the FIRS stands at N228bn, surpassing the 2022 budget of the National Assembly (N134bn) and the judiciary (N120bn). The FIRS budget also surpasses the current 2021 budgets of Abia, Adamawa, Anambra, Bauchi, Benue, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, Jigawa, Kano, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Ondo, Osun, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe and Zamfara states. Budgets N17.8bn for miscellaneous expenses In its 2022 budget proposal, the tax body earmarked N2.5bn for the purchase of land, N3bn for office furniture, N1.5bn for photocopying machines, N2.04bn for computers and N500m for the construction of sports facilities. The agency set aside N1bn for generator fuel and N250m for maintenance while a separate N550m was set aside for purchasing more generators. The FIRS will spend N6bn on its new headquarters and N2bn on the purchase of vehicles. It budgeted about N1.3bn for cleaning and fumigation of its offices nationwide while N1.4bn will be spent on general maintenance...

 THE CONTEST AGAINST THE RELOCATION OF IBAKA DEEP SEA PORT (IDSP): MATTERS - ARISING  I have keenly followed the issues arising from the vexed contest against the relocation of Ibaka Deep Sea Port, a rare happening in very recent time in Oro Nation. This show of unity, togetherness and commitment rekindling Oro known age long ‘Afangkism’ and ‘Oroism’ philosophical tenets has been inspired by our indefatigable Engr. Okon  Nkpubre, the worthy and celebrated Chairman of Oro Technical Committee on Ibaka Deep Sea Port (Techcom on Ibaka Deep Sea Port).  I am seriously compelled to write these critical views of mine to join in advising my people of Oro Nation against allowing internal bickering to divide us at the point when victory against sustained oppression and injustice, and at the time the whole world is beginning to understand why the people of Oro have to frontally and fiercely contest this anomaly. Let me highlight and address the Matters - arising for ease of unde...

AKWA IBOM STATE GOVERNMENT'S PLAN TO RUBBISH ORO REVEALED!!! 1. Bring them to be part of the State Government Implementation Committee, so that we will tell the whole world that Oro people have aligned with the state government, and have sent us their 4 tested and trusted sons to be part of the committee.   2. Let us trick them to use another letterhead to do all their transactions with us henceforth, so that the Oron Union will be kept very far from the struggle.   3. They're bringing this satanic strategy because, only the Oron Union who started the fight from the beginning has the mandate of Oro people to stop the state government again in case of any disagreement.   4. The committee should be led by H.E. Amb. Sir Etim Udo Uye, because everybody in Oro believes whatever he endorses is regarded as being authentic in Oro.   5. Let us use our agents in Oro to engage and distract them, so that they will be divided and won't come together to plan ...

*LET'S STOP AND PONDER OVER OUR ACTION(S), INACTION(S) AND REACTION(S), LEST WE LEAD ORO ASTRAY BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANT TO RESPECT INSTITUTION(S)* 1. *If the 3 wise men, later enlarged to the 88 forebears (founders) of Oron Union were not mistaken in 1925 (96 years ago) in reasoning that having a body corporate in the mould and structure of Oron Union, where Oro people could speak with one voice and have the interests of Oro defended was appropriate, then there is obviously something mischievous about the current attempt to decimate Oron Union from performing its core role to Oro at this most auspicious time.* 2. *If Oron Union is an all-inclusive umbrella of Oro people, at home and in the diaspora, with membership open automatically to all Oro-blooded indigenes by birth, through identification of paternity or maternity in any of the 11 Clans of Oro and membership by enlistment in any of Oron Union Branches and its affiliates worldwide, then every Oro person is duty-bound to make ...

ORO, BEWARE OF SPOILERS AND SABOTEURS. There is a group in Oro Nation who, because of their political and business interests want to supress the agitation of Oron People against unbridled  deprivation of Oron Nation  by the Government of Akwa Ibom State especially  the Ibaka Deep Sea Port relocation agitation. Oron People must beware  of  the antics of this group whose motive is not in the interests of the Oron struggle.  They may appear to be suing for peace and reconciliation in Oron Nation but their ultimate goal is to subdue strong opposition to any plan of Akwa Ibom State Government by Oron People even when such a plan is outrightly oppressive to Oron Nation. This is a regroup of people who openly rebuked the Oron Techcom for forwarding the Petition of Oron People against Ibaka Deep Sea Port relocation to the Core Investor and  pushed the PGOU to attempt to disband the Techcom. These are people who stopped the protest of Oron Youths against the none recognition of Oron Nation ...