The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Jigawa State, Abdullahi Tsoho, Friday defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Mr Tsoho’s defection comes barely hours before the visit of the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu, who is expected to campaign in the state on Saturday. Mr Tsoho was received by the Jigawa governor, Muhammad Badaru, and the APC governorship candidate in the state, Umar Namadi, at the Government House. Mr Tsoho said he joined the APC alongside all the senatorial candidates, the candidates of the House of Representatives of the Labour Party and other party…
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By Fred Edoreh It needs no telling that Chief James Onanefe Ibori, former Governor of Delta State, is the father of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Delta State. Everyone knows that. At the PDP Ethiope West LGA rally in Oghara, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa reaffirmed that “Ibori is our leader, that is not in contest, and Oghara is home to PDP.” It therefore amounts to an insult on the Odidigborigbo himself for some persons to be peddling speculations that he might be scheming to defect to the APC in anger over the non-emergence of his speculatively preferred candidate as the…
By Nimot Sulaimon Nigerian film and record producer, Abdulrasheed Bello, better known as JJC Skillz, has reverted to Islam. He revealed this in an interview recently, noting that he was born a Muslim but never practised the religion. According to him, returning to Islam has given him peace, and he expresses joy and happiness over it. “It’s God’s design that I will return to Islam. I thank Allah for sparing my life. I am so happy I found Islam again because it has given me peace. It has given me direction and focus. I was truly lost but now, I…
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, NEAPS, fdc, CFR, has commenced the distribution of cheques to cover Insurance benefits of officers who lost their lives while in service, as well as those who suffered various forms of life-threatening injuries while on active duty. The total sum of cheques presented to about Seven Thousand families of deceased officers and those injured or rendered disabled in the line of duty between 2012 and 2020 amounts to over Thirteen Billion Naira. These backlog payments were made possible through the IGP’s passionate drive to ensure that Police Officers are adequately…
Former third term member of the House of Representatives and Senatorial aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Hon Daniel Reyenieju, has been dressed and decorated with All Progressives Congress (APC) robes, a sign that he has fully pitched tent with the party. It would be recalled that Hon. Daniel Reyenieju, a dedicated member of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State, recently dumped the party that gave him the platform to the House of Representatives for the APC, over what he described as deviation from core values that his former party was known for The decoration exercise…
Foremost Delta political leader and erstwhile Governor of Delta State, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, has described the All Progressives Congress ((APC) candidate for Delta South Senatorial District, Hon. Joel-Onowakpo Thomas as a man with undeniable capacity to transform the District, as he prays for his election victory. Chief Ibori made the observation on Wednesday, January 18. 2023, when he received Hon Joel-Onowakpo Thomas, in his country home at Oghara, Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State. Joel-Onowakpo had visited the political heavyweight and elder statesman for consultation and to humbly request his support in the forthcoming elections to represent…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, is seeking to have members of the House addressed formally as ‘Representative’. This will mean addressing a member, for instance, as Representative Femi Gbajabiamila, Representative Nkeiruka Onyejeoacha and Representative Sada Soli Jibia. Members of the House currently carry the title, ‘Honourable’, the same prefix that is also used by many other office and non-office holders in Nigeria. On Thursday, a bill sponsored by Speaker Gbajabiamila to officially address members as Representative, as opposed to Honourable, passed second reading on the floor in Abuja. He co-sponsored the bill with the Chief…
By Sylvester Nkwor Hon. Bullet Otuaro (immediate younger brother to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s Deputy, Dcn. Kingsley Otuaro) has resigned his appointment as a Special Assistant (Security) to Okowa and membership of the Okowa PDP. The Deputy Governorship Candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Rt. Hon. Friday Osanebi has just welcomed into the progressive family, Hon. Bullet Otuaro, immediate younger brother to the current Deputy Governor of Delta State, Dcn. Kingsley Otuaro. An elated Otuaro who has also resigned his appointment as a Special Assistant (Security) to Okowa, said now is the time for Delta Youths to come together and…
Junior Chamber International JCI, a non governmental organization has called on all stakeholders in the electoral process to ensure that the 2023 general election is credible, free and fair. The President,Junior Chamber International, Mr Uti Inyang who stated this during an interview after it’s January General Assembly in Asaba said all hands must be on the deck to ensure that the 2023 general election was violent free. Mr Inyang said the body had concluded plans to embark on a road walk on major roads and streets of Asaba to sensitive the public and all stakeholders on the need for a…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD The Delta State Government has asserted that as an age-long grassroots leadership institution, government would continue to rely on the traditional rulers as dependable medium of reaching the people. It added that the traditional institution remains a priceless legacy in any African society for which there is yet no credible substitute, as a rallying point for the people. The State Governor and Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ifeanyi Okowa stated this at the official presentation of Staff of Office to His Royal Majesty, Amb. Meshack E.A. Ubabiri, as the Bini Pere IV,…