A veteran broadcaster and former National President of Auchi Polytechnic Alumni Association (APAA), Comrade Godspower Omadhebor, has endorsed the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, as the next governor of Delta State. Omadhebor said Omo-Agege remains the best governorship candidate that has the capacity and antecedents to change the underdevelopment trajectory of the oil-rich state. The broadcaster, fondly called PG, called on his fans and all Deltans to join him to vote en masse for Omo-Agege, who is the Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, in this Saturday March 18 governorship election. Omadhebor stated…
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The remarkable interventions of the Askia Ogieh-led board DESOPADEC are visible in the various benefiting communities, have shown commitment to delivering needed development within available resources across the ethnic nationalities in the state. Energy As was stated by Shubham Chaudhary, World Bank Country Director for Nigeria, “the lack of reliable power has stifled economic activity, private investment and job creation which is ultimately what is needed to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty.” This deficiency calls for massive generation, distribution and supply of electric power across communities in order to boost their economic activities, improve their social life…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s re-election bid received a major boost on Wednesday as former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Dr. Ade Dosunmu and Labour Party’s Lagos Central Senatorial candidate on February 25 National Assembly poll, Chief Adesunbo Onitiri dumped their parties to work for the Governor’s re-election. Dosunmu and Onitiri, who defected to APC with thousands of their supporters and members across Lagos State, declared their intentions to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and work for the party during Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections. They made the declarations on Wednesday during a meeting…
Delta State governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, has opted out of the debate slated for this evening in Warri. The debate is being organised by Arise News, operators of Arise Television. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Sunny Areh, said the decision to opt out was due to the non availability of his main contender and candidate of the PDP, Sheriff Oborevwori. In the evening of Tuesday, March 14, 2023, the Delta APC Campaign Organisation received a letter from Arise News, operators of Arise Television, inviting the leading…
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has promised to pay civil servants in the state 13th month salary if elected as governor in the March 18 gubernatorial election. Omo-Agege, who is the Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, also assured that his administration will train and retrain workers for optimal performance in the state civil service. He gave the promise on Monday when he met for the second time with mammoth crowd of the state civil servants in Asaba, the state capital. Omo-Agege said the challenges facing the state affected everybody…
The Delta Stability Forum (DSF) views with apprehension reports of the failed attempt by gun men to assassinate the Delta state Governorship Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori. Thanking the Almighty God for shielding the governorship candidate from the dastardly intentions of the gun men and their sponsors, DSF in a statement condemned the vile attempt on the life of the frontline governorship candidate, stating that it is surprised that in 21st century Nigeria, there are those who see politics and political contest, not as a pleasant struggle between opposing individuals, political parties and organisations, but…
By Dr. Tonye Timi The world has moved through many ages and epochs: stone age, agrarian age, industrial age etc. We are presently in the information age and with it comes the information super highway also known as the internet and other embedded means of communication. The world has never been confronted with such deluge of knowledge and information. A click on the buttons of personal computers and telephones can give anyone quantum of information on any subject of interest. It is therefore a disservice to oneself to wallow in self-imposed ignorance on any subject, be it politics, sports, religion…
By ENUJI Miracle This religious angle to Delta politics is not a welcome development. This is a dangerous trend. Even a professed Christian (Peter Obi) couldn’t get the *required votes* to defeat three Muslims (Kwankwaso, Tinubu & Atiku) who were sharply divided across political lines, cultural and geopolitical backgrounds. Don’t mess up your Facebook wall by condemning the religious belief of anyone. It’s a fundamental right to associate with any religion. The motto of Delta state was changed to the Finger of God during Governor Uduaghan’s administration but was reverted to the initial motto, The Big Heart by Governor Okowa’s…
The place of good health facilities and clean water can never be over emphasized as the presence of health facilities in communities and good and clean waters will do nothing but assures a healthy and virile populace. The Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, knowing this has continued to pursue some of the policies that lead to the formation of the commission. *Health* Conscious of the fact that “health is wealth” and that healthy people constitute a great asset to the essential productive processes of their immediate environment and beyond, the current DESOPADEC Board has in the…
Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, and governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Delta, has stated that the Governor Ifeanyi Okowa-led government priority is outright theft. Omo-Agege made the allegation statement at an interactive session he held with Delta civil servants on Monday, at the Grand-Hotels Asaba. He noted that Delta State has no modern infrastructure and public assets are brazenly and viciously targeted, stripped and corruptly traded to cronies for peanuts. While lamenting that the State have been plundered with impunity, corruption, ethnic hate and nepotism of epidemic proportions now drive government decisions…