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…
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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,…
By Onoriode Etatsemi Delta State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Isaiah Bozimo has described members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) as key stakeholders in the realisation of the State Government’s quest for effective justice delivery. Mr. Bozimo stated this in his office in Asaba when the Asaba Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) paid him a courtesy call. He thanked the association for acknowledging his achievements in the Ministry, adding that the Ministry of Justice under his watch had been taking the capacity development of the legal and non legal officers seriously. Mr. Bozimo , who said…
President Muhammadu Buhari says some people hide under the canopy of religion to advance their economic and political agenda, and continuous education is needed so that the larger populace would not be hoodwinked. The President spoke at Nouakchott, Mauritania, Tuesday, while meeting with Rashad Hussain, United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. Recounting his private meeting at the White House with former President Donald Trump, the Nigerian leader recalls Trump asking him: “why are you killing Christians in Nigeria,” and how he proceeded to tell him that the issue in the country was not religious, but rather criminal, and a…
As a member of the world football family and stakeholder in African football, I am concerned that Morocco, the defending champion of the African Nations Championship, CHAN, was hindered from participating in the 2023 edition of the tournament holding in Algeria. According to the Moroccan Football Federation, it was compelled to withdraw from the tournament when the Algerian authorities failed to grant clearance to Air Maroc, the official airline of the Moroccan team, to access the Constantine Airport in Algeria, 24 hours to the kick off, after the Algerian authorities had assured the Confederation of African Football, CAF, that it…
The Atiku Campaign Organisation has cautioned Nigerians to be wary of the antics of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, and not submit to his overlordship as he is currently doing in Lagos. Spokesman of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, Charles Aniagwu, gave the advice at a news conference on Tuesday in Asaba and warned that Nigerians would be subjecting themselves to internal slavery if they allowed Tinubu to become Nigerian president. He said that Tinubu who already captured Lagos was looking for avenue to extend his control on the other 35 states and FCT and urged…