By Grade-One Clark This short but incisive exposition is not just an academic standpoint, but a factual narrative of the grand betrayal of a people. it unravels the bits and pieces that have in recent times tipped the odds and shifted the balance of power from the PDP to the APC as a new party of destination for Ijaw people. The Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa led administration adopted deliberate policies of Ijaw exclusion and isolation from mainstream politics and governance in Delta State. There is anger in the heart of Ijaw, the anger is underpinned on issues, as in: denial of…
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Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Tuesday arrested two suspected abductors and rescued a female victim inside their car around Presbyterian Church, Yaba, Lagos The General Manager of LASTMA Mr. Bolaji Oreagba stated that the two suspected abductors were arrested by a team of personnel from the Somolu zone while on traffic monitoring patrol around the Yaba axis. He said, “Our officers on patrol and with the help from passersby chased and apprehended a Toyota Corolla saloon car (FST 60 RJ) after a lady in the back seat was heard shouting ‘kidnappers’ after the bridge coming…
By Oniobo Ofegor Collins (mnim) It is in public domain, the way and manner the Judiciary arm of government which is the beacon of hope, has been reduced to it’s lowest ebb by the Executive. This is a system that has been in place over the years but was, however, worsened by the current administration of President Mohammadu Buhari (GCFR) since inception in 2015. During the 2018 Presidential primary of the PDP, Alh. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, an aspirant in the Party then, publicly apologized to former President Goodluck Jonathan (GCFR) for leaving the PDP and helping to enthrone a tyrant…
The Stephen Keshi Stadium, Venue of the ongoing National Sport Festival is wearing a new look. Conducting the host Governor , Senator Ifeanyi Okowa round the facility, the Managing Director of Peculiar Ultimate Concern, Engineer Lanre Adeleke, the company that handled the stadium construction work explained that the facility in the stadium would compete with anyone in the world. Engineer Adeleke maintained that the stadium work was handled conscienciously to further prove that indigenous contractors had capacity to deliver on world standard project, using best global standard practices. He commended Governor Ifeanyi Okowa for his vision of putting together such…
By Oniobo Ofegor Collins (mnim) It is in public domain, the way and manner the Judiciary arm of government which is the beacon of hope, has been reduced to it’s lowest ebb by the Executive. This is a system that has been in place over the years but was, however, worsened by the current administration of President Mohammadu Buhari (GCFR) since inception in 2015. During the 2018 Presidential primary of the PDP, Alh. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, an aspirant in the Party then, publicly apologized to former President Goodluck Jonathan (GCFR) for leaving the PDP and helping to enthrone a tyrant…
By Patrick Ochei The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council has inaugurated a Committee to set agenda for candidates of political parties standing elections in 2023, naming the channel of activities as “The Platform’. Inaugurating the Committee, the NUJ Chairman, Comrade Michael Ikeogwu said that The Platform was a creation of the Council to enable it interface with candidates of political parties running for the 2023 General Elections for the purpose of bringing them to interface with Journalists in the State. He quoted sections of the Constitution of Nigeria where the power to hold government to account and…
Deputy Governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Rt. Hon. Friday Osanebi, has stated that youths and women would benefit more with Senator Ovie Omo-Agege as next Delta State Governor. Osanebi, a former Deputy Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly (DTHA), said Omo-Agege would attract human and capital development to Anioma nation and other parts of Delta State. He stated this on Wednesday, while addressing mammoth crowd of APC supporters during the Party’s Ward -to- Ward campaign to Aniocha South Local Government Area of the State. The lawmaker representing Ndokwa East posited that Omo-Agege remains the best…
The Deputy President of the Senate, DSP and Governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Delta State, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, on Wednesday, vowed to end 24 years perennial darkness in Nsukwa and Ogwashi-Uku clans in Aniocha South Local Government Area of the State. Omo-Agege said when elected, his administration would established an independent power project at Ubu River Dam as part of measures in addressing the epileptic power supply in Delta North. He also said his administration would address the infrastructural decay and absence of quality health care center in Aniocha council area. Omo-Agege, accompanied by APC Deputy…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA The Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, His Excellency Senator Ovie Omo-Agege and his Deputy, Rt. Hon. Friday Osanebi, have bagged chieftaincy titles in Nsukwa Clan of Aniocha South Local Government Area of the State. Omo-Agege, who is the Deputy President of The Senate (DSP), and his Deputy in the 2023 governorship race were on Wednesday unveiled as the ‘Ezinna Bu Enyinye and Ikemba’ of Nsukwa Clans by His Royal Majesty Obi Dr. Kenneth Ezegbunem 1 JP, The Obi of Nsukwa Kingdom, on behalf of seven other monarchs of Nsukwa Clan…
The group, Delta State House of Assembly Staff and Friends For PDP, Ethiope East Chapter last Sunday, at Isiokolo in Agbon clan gathered together to hold their inaugural meeting. Speaking at the gathering, the central Coordinator of the Group, comrade Marvis Emebraido, who represented the State Executive chairman Barr. Augustine Nwasike thanked the Wards leaders for believing in Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori leadership in the State House of Assembly. He disclosed that before the PDP primaries in the State, the group met with Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori to come out to pick gubernatorial form for Delta state 2023, because his…