It is always emotionally draining and physically incapacitating to write about failed dreams and shattered great expectations. In essence, perpetual analysis of what ought to be, and what is, especially as it is with the case of Nigeria, is a daunting task that makes any reasonable person weakened, if not disillusioned. The Nigerian state and project is massively great on …

The fact is, when men carry the same ideals in their heart, nothing can isolate them – neither prison walls nor the sod of the cemetery. For a single memory, a single spirit, a single idea, a single conscience, a single dignity will sustain them all – Fidel Castro Emma Ochuko Arodovwe’s ‘Troubling thoughts from Chief Frank Kokori’s funeral event’ …

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday eulogised the late former General Secretary of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG), Chief Frank Ovie Kokori describing him as the foremost nationalist Nigeria has ever produced. The President made the declaration about Kokori at the burial service of the octogenarian at St. James’ Anglican Church, Oviorie-Ovu in Ethiope East Local Government …

It was 25 years ago; Saturday, 10th October 1998 to be precise. We were all inside the living room of the Yaba, Lagos modest home of Frank Ovie Kokori. We were waiting for our heroes. In the heat of the 12th June 1993 presidential election validation saga, Kokori was Secretary-General of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) …

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has described the death of the former national secretary of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) Comrade Frank Ovie-Kokori, as a great loss to Nigeria and called on the federal government to immortalise him to appreciate his immense contribution to the enthronement of democracy in Nigeria. Speaking on his …

Former General Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Chief Frank Kokori, who has been on hospital bed over kidney-related ailment for the past month, is dead. He was aged 80 years. He passed away at a private hospital in Warri around 1:30 am on Thursday, which is coincidentally his birthday. Kokori’s Personal Assistant, Atawada …

Elder statesman and former general secretary of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Chief Frank Kokori, has a kidney ailment. Kokori, who has been admitted at a private hospital in Warri, Delta State, has sought help to secure medical aid outside the country. Kokori, who was in pain when some journalists visited him at Mount Horeb …