Let us Return to Olden Times

By Sunny Awhefeada, Time does fly and circumstances for good or bad contribute to how swiftly time runs. Growing up, our parents and grandparents spoke in Urhobo about oke awanre which in its literal sense meant “olden days” and we would be so enraptured listening to them and wanting to know what happened in the olden days they so much idealized. The olden days for them constituted an ideal era when everything was perfectly in order in a way that looked like utopia. In fact, our grandparents’ idea of the…

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Arrested Cable Vandal Dies In Delta Hospital

  A suspected Cable vandal arrested by locals at Otogor community, has died from suspected severe beating and injuries sustained at Central Hospital Ughelli, while receiving treatment in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. The deceased, Micheal, 29, from Akwa Ibom state, was arrested while allegedly vandalizing Otogor community transformer at about 9:30pm on Tuesday. According to Otogor community president general, Mr.Edirin Tobi Emmanuel, “The boy later died at the general hospital after it was discovered that he was shocked by electric current. He said, “People came from…

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