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“Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings” Prover b s 31:3 (KJV) Introduction History is adorned with exploits of women; some heroic and valiant; others atrocious and villainous. Women build men and empires and bring down kings and kingdoms. Apart from the overriding love for God and humanity, the other driving force that propelled High Chief O. B. Lulu-Briggs from the proverbial grass to grace; from a hand truck pusher to a household name and from an agricultural labourer to an oil mogul - the unquenchable zeal that propelled him through his checkered life history, was the institutionalization of the Lulu-Briggs family within the pantheon of the Young-Briggs chieftaincy stool and the Oruwari Briggs House of Abonnema. High Chief O. B. Lulu-Briggs spearheaded a renaissance that restored the pride of place to the Young-Briggs stool and the Oruwari Briggs House of Abonnema, recounting history and erecting monuments, whilst announ...

It looks like Oraye St. Franklyn Esq. has settled into his new job as Spokesman for Mrs. Seinye O. B. Lulu-Briggs and has as of 18th October, 2019, published a response to the Graphic Online report on Mrs. Lulu-Briggs’ challenge of the Order for an Inquest granted by the Kaneshie Magistrates Court. The said response is however fraught with presumptions and inaccuracies, and is unfortunate to say the least because the whole article was about putting out facts. First of all he “presumes” that https://www.graphic.com.gh /, the online portal for Ghana’s national newspaper is a “Ghanaian online tabloid”, and this is disrespectful to the Ghanaian media, which he obviously has little regard for. Also, he seems to think that an autopsy is the only basis for an inquest into the suspicious death of a person under the Coroners Act, 1960 (Act 18) and goes to great lengths to conclude that the autopsy was conclusive on the cause of death of a High Chief O. B. Lulu-Briggs, when there has...

A group of Civil Society Organisations under the auspices of Centre for Credible Leadership & Citizens Awareness has classified areas like Southern Ijaw, Ekeremor of Bayelsa State as flash point as some individuals are still planning to perpetrate Electoral violence in the areas. Addressing the media during the Civil Society Roundtable on Bayelsa and Kogi State Gubernatorial Elections on Thursday, 3rd October, 2019 in Abuja, the Director General of Centre for Credible Leadership & Citizens Awareness, Dr Nwambu Gabriel also called on INEC to use the Kogi and Bayelsa State Governorship Elections respectively, to correct the mistakes made in the 2019 General Elections. “The difficult terrain further makes some of these flash points even more vulnerable and susceptible to electoral related violence, Dr Gabriel said. Among the issues discussed includes electoral violence, voters apathy, ballot box snatching, thuggery and falsification of elections result. Other...