A first-page political pundit,Chief Emma Ejiofor has charged the in- coming tenth national assembly to unanimously endorse Chief Orji Uzor Kalu as the president of the senate on inauguration. Ejiofor, chairman, Board of Trustees(BOT) of the Amalgamated APC Support Groups (AASG) and also, the coordinator of the Delta State Chapter of the Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Group made this clarion call during a presser with journalists in Asaba, Delta State. According to him, Senator Orji Kalu, currently the senate Chief oWhip, parades an impressive resumé as a pan-Nigerian, replete with stellar accomplishment as an avowed democrat, a pragmatic, prolific politician,…
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She died in the early hours of today at the age of 79. Senator Afegbua, a native of Okpella, a town in Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State, combined beauty and brain during her service to Nigeria. Franca Afegbua was a Nigerian beautician and politician who represented Bendel North in the Nigerian Senate in 1983. Elected as a National Party of Nigeria (NPN) senator, she was the first elected woman senator in Nigeria. Afegbua was born in Okpella, Edo State. She had her tertiary education in Sofia, Bulgaria. Prior to the beginning of the second republic, she worked…
Rita Enemuru, Reporting Agents of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have on Saturday taken to Okandeji Street to solicit votes for the Party’s governorship candidate, Mr. Sheriff Oborevwori with a promised sum of N200,000 as a reward. Okandeji Street is in the Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State. The agents whose names were not disclosed said that voters in the residents of the area should make the wise choice by voting for Sheriff Oborevwori as Delta State governor come March 18, 2023. “Watin make us come here today na to come to meet una tell una to say…
In the academic world, according to Stephen Lampe, those who have already won awards, received honours, or research grants are more likely to get more than those who hadn’t. The phenomenon has become known as the Matthew Effect in sociology. The Matthew Effect is a reference to the parable of the talents recorded in the Gospel of Matthew 25:29, ” For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.” Extrapolating the concept on the Delta State governorship election, now shifted to…
Amidst speculations that the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, is not a Christian, the Catholic Church (Universal Church), whose faith he practices, has come to his defense. The Church said Omo-Agege was not only a Christian, but a baptised, practicing and dedicated member of the Catholic Church. A statement issued on Saturday by his Parish Priest, St. Jude’s Catholic Church, Effurun, Delta State, Very Rev Fr. Mark Ikeke, said Omo-Agege is a member of the parish. St. Jude’s Catholic Church, Effurun, is one of the parishes of the Catholic Diocese of Warri, Delta State. Fr. Ikeke urged…
By Kassim Afegbua. The tidal waves are still in their rambunctious cadence, swirling through like sea breeze, leaving whispers along their trail. Tongues are wagging, some faces wear tempers of defeat, others are beaming with smiles and laughter. Life’s archetypal nuances, the good, the bad and the ugly are ubiquitous, without surprise. Yes, expectations were shattered, emotions punctured, permutations broken, opinion polls ridiculed, and lamentations replete about a polity that was anxious about how the three-some front runner candidates would pan out. The three front runners stood on three different “ideological” pedestals. Obi was the youngest and freshest of them.…
The Delta State Chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) have stated that Contrary to the speculation and rumour being spread by suspected agents of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State that the APC Governorship candidate for the March 18 electrons was planning to reverse the newly domesticated retirement age for teachers which Governor Ifeanyi Okowa just signed into law, that the Harmonized Retirement Age for Teachers in Nigeria Act was passed into law by the National Assembly in January 2021 under Senator Omo-Agege’s watch as Deputy Senate President. The APC, in a Press Release signed by Mr.…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA The President of University of Ibadan Alumni Association (UIAA) worldwide, Prof. Saawua Gabriel Nyityo, Senator Oluremi Tinubu and top Clergies across the globe, on Thursday showered encomiums on Pastor Maureen Florence Iyabode Bakare, for her courageous, steadfast and diligent to public service. Prof. Nyityo in his respective congratulatory message on behalf of UIAA at the presentation of an autobiography, ‘On The Service Lane – An Autobiography’ and 85th birthday celebration of Maureen Bakare, lauded the author for doing a thorough job of encapsulating her experiences in a book. Nyityo, who led other alumnus to the official…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA National Association of seadogs (NAS), Pyrates Confraternity, has urged stakeholders to continue to work towards increasing women’s participation in politics across the country. That inclusiveness of women in political participation has been shown to engender a balanced atmosphere for robust debate on topical and pressing issues. Joining the rest of the world in celebrating this year’s International Women’s Day, a day set aside to celebrate women’s achievement and raise awareness about gender inequality, NAS noted that Women are largely underrepresented across political and governance strata in Nigeria, and this can be attributed to various social and…
The Senator-elect, Delta South Senatorial District, Hon. Joel-Onowakpo Thomas, has called on the electorates in Delta State to vote massively for the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the governorship and House of Assembly elections billed to hold Saturday March 11, 2023. Hon. Joel-Onowakpo made the call in a statement he personally signed and made available to pressmen in Warri, Delta State, titled, “Governorship & State Assembly Elections: Let’s Follow The Progressive Pathway,” saying that it will amount to a wastful venture if Deltans vote for the opposition Peoples Democratic Party ((PDP), which according to him has not…