A Photo Gallery of 8th UHS Annual Conference
Held at Effurun and Ovu, Urhoboland, Delta State, Nigeria,
27-29 November, 2009
Photo Gallery Compiled by Peter Ekeh.
Urhobo and UHS Service Awards
Two sets of awards are featured in the Annual Conferences of
Urhobo Historical Society. First, there are
seven awards named after heroes of the Urhobo people. Second, there are awards that the Editorial and Management
Committee of Urhobo Historical Society selects for awards to
those who have served Urhobo people well in various fields as
well as those who have been benefactors of the Society. A
total of eighteen men and women received these awards at Ovu.
Professor Peter Ekeh, Chairman of the Editorial and Management
Committee and Dr. Aruegodore Oyiborhoro, Chairman of Urhobo
Service Awards Committee, explained the purposes of these
awards to the assembly of Urhobo kings, chieftains and people
that gathered at Ovu Grammar School on 29 November, 2009.
November 29, 2009
Ovu Grammar School, Ovu, Urhoboland, Nigeria
