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Melanated Ovienzowoba

@melanated0147

Journalist • Documentary Filmmaker • History Researcher | Debunking distortions, decolonising narratives, and telling Africa’s story unapologetically.

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I find it deeply unprofessional that the official Edo State Govt emails keep bouncing back. As a journalist, I’ve tried reaching them for an on-the-record comment about the $250m EuroAfrica CCI “deal.” Nothing. Silence.

I find it deeply unprofessional that the official Edo State Govt emails keep bouncing back.
As a journalist, I’ve tried reaching them for an on-the-record comment about the $250m EuroAfrica CCI “deal.”

Nothing. Silence.
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It’s concerning how sections of the Nigerian media are framing the EuroAfrica CCI investigation as “PDP allegations.” This is not an opposition talking point. It is a matter of public accountability. Watch full video here: youtube.com/@Beyondtheberl…

It’s concerning how sections of the Nigerian media are framing the EuroAfrica CCI investigation as “PDP allegations.”

This is not an opposition talking point. It is a matter of public accountability.

Watch full video here: youtube.com/@Beyondtheberl…
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IYALOJA GENERAL IS ILLEGAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL From a legal perspective, the title Iyaloja-General of Nigeria is nonexistent in the Constitution. From a cultural perspective, it is alien to Benin tradition. For Edo people, this controversy is about protecting cultural integrity

IYALOJA GENERAL IS ILLEGAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL

From a legal perspective, the title Iyaloja-General of Nigeria is nonexistent in the Constitution. From a cultural perspective, it is alien to Benin tradition. For Edo people, this controversy is about protecting cultural integrity
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Edo Govt announced a “$250M signed deal” with no clarity on financiers, projects, or funds. EuroAfrica CCI gave only vague talk of agri/mining & later admitted it was just an MoU. No proof. No breakdown. No investor signature. That’s why I’m digging.

Edo Govt announced a “$250M signed deal” with no clarity on financiers, projects, or funds.

EuroAfrica CCI gave only vague talk of agri/mining & later admitted it was just an MoU.

No proof. No breakdown. 
No investor signature. 
That’s why I’m digging.
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Breaking news: The World Bank just disrespected us. I officially agree with the Nigerian government. 😤 The World Bank is lying, only 139 million are suffering? Please! If they had done proper research, they’d know it’s more than 200 million. Every single one of us! #fyf #fyp

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Unshaken. Unowned. Unapologetically Edo. Here I stand. Edo blood. African mind. Clear eyes. I don’t shout. I don’t bend. I do the work. Facts first. Feelings later. If it’s true, I’ll say it. If it’s false, I’ll challenge it. If truth offends you, that’s your fight, not mine.

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EDO STATE UNDER THE ASIWAJU CAP What exactly is happening in Edo State? Because this right here is not leadership. A sitting governor, in an Executive Council meeting, telling his commissioners they must wear a political cap before entering Exco?

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Denial, Arrests, and ‘Routine Discipline’: What’s Really Happening in Nigeria? First they said it was “fake news.” Then Sahara Reporters mentioned arrests. Now BBC confirms 16 officers are under investigation. So which one should Nigerians believe, the denial or the discipline?

Denial, Arrests, and ‘Routine Discipline’: What’s Really Happening in Nigeria?

First they said it was “fake news.”
Then Sahara Reporters mentioned arrests.
Now BBC confirms 16 officers are under investigation. So which one should Nigerians believe, the denial or the discipline?
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I haven’t verified this report yet, but if it’s true, Edo people in that constituency must ask questions. Classrooms allegedly worth ₦222 million, yet no desks, no chairs? #Edo #Nigeria #Accountability #Leadership

I haven’t verified this report yet, but if it’s true, Edo people in that constituency must ask questions.

Classrooms allegedly worth ₦222 million, yet no desks, no chairs?

#Edo #Nigeria #Accountability #Leadership
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I watched Osho Baba talking about free and fair elections, and it was like a cat warning fish about greed. It's like the man who taught thugs how to crawl is now warning us about their footsteps. Our hypocrisy deserves an award. #NaijaIrony #PoliticalComedy #OshoBaba

I watched Osho Baba talking about free and fair elections, and it was like a cat warning fish about greed.

It's like the man who taught thugs how to crawl is now warning us about their footsteps.

Our hypocrisy deserves an award.

#NaijaIrony #PoliticalComedy #OshoBaba
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89.77% votes. Fourth term. Same face. Alassane Ouattara don win again, after “adjusting” the constitution and losing every successor mysteriously. In Africa, we don’t retire presidents — we recycle them. #IvoryCoastElection2025 #Ouattara #DemocracyInChains #MelanatedOvienzowoba

89.77% votes. Fourth term. Same face.
Alassane Ouattara don win again, after “adjusting” the constitution and losing every successor mysteriously.
In Africa, we don’t retire presidents — we recycle them. 
#IvoryCoastElection2025 #Ouattara #DemocracyInChains #MelanatedOvienzowoba
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Maybe Sweden too “stole” from Ife? 🤔 Even in 2025, European papers still write about Benin art with colonial suspicion, “may end up with a king.” When Britain keeps stolen crowns, it’s heritage. When Benin reclaims hers, it’s a “risk.” The hypocrisy screams. #BeninBronzes

Maybe Sweden too “stole” from Ife? 🤔
Even in 2025, European papers still write about Benin art with colonial suspicion, “may end up with a king.”

When Britain keeps stolen crowns, it’s heritage. When Benin reclaims hers, it’s a “risk.”
The hypocrisy screams.

#BeninBronzes
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The 2019 Benin Dialogue Group agreed on a Royal Museum. By 2020, the Legacy Restoration Trust + British Museum launched EMOWAA “with Palace approval.” Today it’s MOWAA; “independent,” non-profit, but with unclear ownership.

The 2019 Benin Dialogue Group agreed on a Royal Museum.

By 2020, the Legacy Restoration Trust + British Museum launched EMOWAA “with Palace approval.”

Today it’s MOWAA; “independent,” non-profit, but with unclear ownership.
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So now Okada is suddenly “Òkè Àdà”? 😂 At this point Ife-centrism isn’t history, it’s a content-creation hustle. Anything to stay relevant. “Okada sounds like Oke Ada, therefore Yoruba.” By that logic: – Osaka = Osa-Oka, therefore Edo. – Canada = Kana-Ada, therefore Yoruba.

So now Okada is suddenly “Òkè Àdà”? 😂
At this point Ife-centrism isn’t history, it’s a content-creation hustle. Anything to stay relevant.

“Okada sounds like Oke Ada, therefore Yoruba.”

By that logic:
– Osaka = Osa-Oka, therefore Edo.
– Canada = Kana-Ada, therefore Yoruba.
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Sons and daughters of hell from Ile Ife in severe pains. Adimu Orisha is from Benin. Oba of Benin founding Eko is uncontroverted.