In the video, members of the Confraternity during a procession gyrated to an anti-Tinubu song and poked fun at the former Lagos State governor for a speech he made in June in Abeokuta, Ogun State, where he asked that power should be handed over to him. Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has dissociated himself from a video showing some members of the National Association of Seadogs, popularly known as the Pyrates Confraternity, mocking the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 election, Bola Tinubu. In the video, members of the Confraternity during a procession gyrated to…
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Notwithstanding the notice of appeal and processes being pursued against the July 7, 2022 judgement of Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, Olorogun David Edevbie remains the authentic candidate of the Delta State Peoples Democratic Party for the 2023 Governorship elections. Contrary to false claims from some quarters, neither the court of first instance nor the Court of Appeal has granted any Stay of Execution against the subsisting judgement of the Federal High Court declaring Edevbie as the lawful candidate emerging from the Delta PDP primary held on May 25. The court held that Sheriff…
By Sunday Apah The Council of Chiefs of Ofuoma Community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State have threatened court action against the Community Development Board chairman of OML 30, Dr. Morris Idiovwa over his alleged connivance with Mr. Godfrey Etabuko whom they claimed to be impersonating as President General to shortchange their community. The Council of Chiefs in a letter addressed to the CDB chairman and signed by its Chairman, Chief D. G Afatakpa and Secretary, Chief A. O Izoma, stated that there had been vacuum in executive positions of the community since 2019 created by tussle…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has fixed August 19, 2022 as date for proper hearing in the appeal seeking to upturn the judgement of the Federal High Court declaring Olorogun David Edevbie as the lawful and authentic candidate of the Delta State Peoples Democratic Party for the 2023 Governorship election. At the proceeding this Monday the judges granted a request for the abridgement of time to enable expeditious trial. Accordingly, all the respondents have been asked to file their replies within eight days while the appellant is to respond within two days. It will be recalled that on July…
The narrative by one Mr. John Akugbe, dated 2nd of August 2022 with the headline: “Okowa’s Misunderstanding and Misinterpretation of ‘Deep Experience’,” was one talk that exposed the shallow perception of the writer on politics and political talks. If he knew better, he would have known about what in politics is called “calculated advancement,” which refers to the use of tactics and strategy against an opponent in the game of power struggle. Movement for Stronger Delta (MSD) believes that it’s this poor perception that got the better part of the writer, making him to become hysterical and leading him to…
NIGER DELTA INTEGRITY GROUP:….Our attention has been drawn to statements attributed to Rita Lori Ogbebor published in Vanguard Newspaper of Sunday, August 7, 2022 where she, in her usual style, made several false claims regarding the substantive Board of the NDDC. Among other false claims, Lori-Ogbebor stated that the Board of NDDC is being delayed because of “pending court cases.” Nothing can be further from the truth. The facts are very clear. What happened in the case of the NDDC Governing Board, which was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in October 2019 is that after the appointees were vetted by all…
Italian company, TecnimontSpa, charged with the rehabilitation of Port Harcourt refinery records 1 million man-hour without a Lost Time Injury (LTI). The refinery will begin production in the first quarter of 2023 with 60,000 barrel per day and subsequently 210,000 bpd in the last quarter of 2024 to complete the renovation. The Federal Government under President Buhari had paid and processed $332 million to Tecnimont for timely completion, with $194 million disbursed already while $98 million and N17.2 billion processed. The refinery will be almost as good as a greenfield plant with all the new fittings. Rehabilitation of the 210,000…
By Fred Edoreh There are always eras in history. From the Stone to Bronze to Iron Ages, we evolved into the Modern Age which also revolved from Subsistence to Industrial to Machine to Nuclear to Space and to Information ages. These evolutions or revolutions which enabled higher development and growth in human culture and economy were inspired by increase in knowledge, underlining the axiom that knowledge is power. As was espoused in Frantz Fannon’s foreword in The Wretched of the Earth, “each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it in relative opacity.” Delta State has gone through…
By KENNETH OBIEH FROM ASABA/ The officials of the Nigeria Covid-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) programme commended the Governor of Delta State, Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa for his passion to bring deliberate succour to its citizenry promptly. They gave this commendation when the governor officially flag-off Result Area 1 and 2 of the D-CARES programme in the state. The Director Economic Growth, Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning/Chairman, Federal CARES Technical Committee, Mr. Aso Ovakporaye thanked His Excellency for making Delta State proud for been the first to flag- off the program with Result Area 3…
Delta Governor and Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa on Friday said the state’s COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (D-CARES) Programme was to mitigate the adverse economic impact of the pandemic, particularly on the poor and vulnerable. Okowa disclosed this at the official flag-off of the implementation of activities under Result Areas 1 and 2 of the Delta COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (D-CARES) Programme held at the Events Centre, Asaba. He said that the D-CARES programme is a World Bank supported intervention with the main objective of expanding access…