The Movement for Stronger Delta, MSD wants to state categorically that we are extremely disappointed with the very simplistic and naive profiling of the qualities and characteristics of Nigeria’s interested in the Vice Presidency position, by Arise Television, especially as it relates to the excellent personality and impeccable political reputation of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State. But while we will not dwell much on this seemingly peevish and mischievously provocative profiling, not just of Governor Okowa, but indeed of those mentioned in consideration for the VP position in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP by Arise TV. Let us state,…
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By Jackson Ekwugum My attention has been drawn to a not-so-distinguished statement by the Senator Ovie Omo-Agege Campaign Organization, which was signed by failed presidential spokesman, Ima Niboro. Typical of the APC and their penchant for lies and vile propaganda, the statement claimed that Delta State has received “over N770b” in receipts from the Federation Account without visible developments. It is pitiful, immature, and shameful when supposed leaders make unfounded and unguarded statements in their desperate bid to score cheap political points. It is on record that Delta State, under the watch of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, has reached new heights…
Here comes a time in a nation when the hopes of the moment. Let not the destiny of this land be stolen because we did not do what was meant for us to do at this critical moment. Remember, we formed this party not simply to wrest power from a wrong and failing PDP. We formed this party to give the people of this land the progressive good governance they deserve so that they may live as well and as peacefully as any people on the face of this earth. This corrective journey began with the election of President Muhammadu…
The need to diversify the nation’s economy came to the fore as critical stakeholders in the oil palm industry converged in Asaba, the capital of Delta State, to brainstorm on actualizing set goals and to put machinery in motion to make it a fruition. Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State and Mr. Godwin Emefiele, (CON) Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), were in the forefront of those who championed the diversification of the nation’s economy at the Oil Palm Stakeholders Engagement with the theme “Oil Palm Development In Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects, held in Asaba today. Declaring the program open…
By: Shehu Bashir Esq. In my entire life, I have never seen any individual who has suffered such mischievous conspiracy as Asiwaju has. Worst still, this evil conspiracy is coming from those he had been so kind and generous to. Is it now a crime to be kind? What a life, what an irony. Asiwaju is the most politically savvy and administratively intelligent, yet, the most envied, he is the kindest, yet, the most hated, he is the most generous, yet, the most vilified, he is the most detribalized, yet, the most calumnied, he is the best of philanthropists, yet,…
By Andy Chukwuma I had refrained from making comments on the claim by Governor Nyesom Wike that he was betrayed by his colleagues from the south because of my belief that in a matter of days the accusation would wear off. But with many people, especially on social media, pushing the narrative, I have decided to throw some light on this subject because many of the commentators are not politicians and, therefore, do not have full knowledge and understanding of what transpired in the PDP in recent weeks. I will begin by saying that if I had the chance to…
President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday afternoon cleared all doubts about where he stands on the choice of a presidential candidate for the governing All Progressives Congress, APC, declaring before the party’s 14 governors of northern states that he has “no preferred candidate,” and has “anointed no one,” and is determined to ensure that “there shall be no imposition of any candidate on the party.” Speaking at a meeting with the Governors at the State House, Abuja, President Buhari said the party is important and its members must be respected, and made to feel they are important. The President said he had…
The Movement for Stronger Delta (MSD) has observed with consternation a barrage of sponsored attacks on the person of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, especially aimed at disparaging him since it filtered into the information space that the Governor’s rising profile on the political scene as an achiever and team player is winning him consideration for a higher calling within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). It is sad, to say the least, that this bad belle syndrome is oozing out from Delta State, the Governor’s own State, and from otherwise respected chieftains of the party, with a sworn disposition to get even…
A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has spoken of how a former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, raised money for Muhammadu Buhari to win the 2015 presidential election. Mr Lawal disclosed this in an interview with Punch Newspaper on Sunday. He stated that it was Mr Tinubu who raised funds for the All Progressives Congress (APC) to defeat the then President, Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in 2015. Mr Lawal argued that Mr Buhari and his supporters had no money to win an election except “ideas, zeal and fanaticism”. “Tinubu, who…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has restrained the Peoples Democratic Party in the interim from forwarding the name of Mr Oborevwori Sheriff Francis Orhowedor to the Independent National Electoral Commission, as well as the INEC from receiving his name and acting in any manner recognising him as the flag bearer of the PDP for the Delta 2023 Governorship elections. The court also restrained Oborevwori from parading himself as the candidate of the PDP for the Delta 2023 Governorship election. IN THE ABUJA JUDICIAL DIVISION The orders emerged from an Exparte Motion in suit…