Facts have emerged that members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have rejected an offer of $50,000 made to each of them to accept Ahmad Lawan, senate president, as the party’s consensus presidential candidate for the 2023 general election. APC national chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu had called a meeting of NWC by 1pm on Monday in Abuja. Sources privy to the meeting informed our correspondent in Abuja that Adamu told the NWC members that President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed Ahmed Lawan as presidential candidate of the party. The NWC members as Prime Business Africa…
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by Ese OBOTE-OGWU The Governor Ifeanyi Okowa-led administration has proven beyond cynicism to be a youth-friendly government in all ramifications with its score of youth investment programmes. It is believed across many climes that investing in Delta youth is one bold stride that has rekindled hope for living by rewinding them with the countless mindset change and value re-orientation programmes and human capital development projects. One of the best legacies that can be given to this agile and unique generation is to empower them now. Since the inception of this administration, an array of youth empowerment programmes has been…
By Andy Chwukuma Magnus Onyibe’s article, “Rising And Falling Of Delta State Political Family And Consequences,” is a classic example of political red herring. The article was riddled with fallacies, contradictions, distortions, prejudices, misrepresentations, and utter falsehood. Posturing as an intellectual, Onyibe ended up sounding like a neophyte with his convoluted arguments and jejune conclusions. His pain and frustration were palpable in his desperate attempt to discredit the Delta State PDP gubernatorial primaries, in which his friend, David Edevbie lost. And so, for him that means that Delta State is headed in the wrong direction. It is safe to say…
By Chukwudi Asoya In a bid to actualise the finishing strong agenda of Senator (Dr. ) Ifeanyi Okowa led administration, the office of Delta state SERVICOM and Labour Relations undertook a monitoring and inspection visit to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the state . Speaking during the commencement of the visits, the Director in the office of SERVICOM and Labour, Mrs. Uche Onwusanya charged SERVICOM line officers to reawaken the SERVICOM activities in the MDAs and Delta state in general. Mrs. Onwusanya , who is the Head of a four man monitoring committee also urged them to be proactive…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has raised the alarm over desperate moves by the State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi to take N5 billion loan to prosecute the June 18 governorship election for the All Progressives Congress (APC). The PDP, which also said deductions from workers salaries for seven months are also to be used to fund the election for the APC, called on all well-meaning Ekiti indigenes to caution Governor Fayemi to desist from mortgaging the future of the State because of his tall project of installing a successor. In a statement on Friday, by the State…
We have entered the meat of primary season. Sensationalism and wilful inaccuracy tend to push aside truth during such moments. I make this statement so that truth and accuracy may have a chance. It is important that people truly know what I said and where I stand. Whatever view you have of me is within your right to make. But let it be based on truth and not on falsehood or reckless exaggeration. *There have been gross misinterpretations in some sections of the media regarding comments I made on Thursday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. To a degree, the…
The Senator Ovie Omo Agege Campaign Organisation has lamented the gross negligence of key economic and development indicators in Delta State by successive governments. The Campaign Organization flayed what it called ‘the deplorable state of development indices’ in the state following the choking economic grip from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According to the Director, Communications and Media Strategy of the Organisation, Ima Niboro, despite the huge oil and non-oil earnings into the coffers of the state, successive PDP governments have effectively ran the state aground. Niboro, a former Presidential spokesman in the administration of Goodluck Jonathan and ex-Managing…
By Ochereome Nnanna, Did Wike just run for president? Did Nyesom Wike, the Governor of Rivers State, really imagine himself a president of Nigeria? As a lawyer, former local government chairman, chief of staff to a governor, minister and now two-term Governor of Rivers State, Wike is eminently qualified. But his bad mouth, bellicosity and lack of temperance have just robbed him of a chance to at least secure the ticket of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and take it from there. Wike’s 237-371 votes loss to Atiku Abubakar was a good show. The Rivers people’s money which he threw…
By Promise Ogana In a bid to to expand the education landscape for Deltans and Nigerians in general, the Dennis Osadebay University, Asaba has matriculated its first set of undergraduates into the 2021/2022 Academic session. The University which was established in February 2021 by the law of Delta State has matriculated a total number of 651 students into six faculties of the the University. At the ceremony which was held at the 1000 seater Auditorium of the University, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ben Oghojafor applauded the Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa for the giant strides he had made in…
Some of the governors are dismissing the view that only a northern candidate can match the PDP candidate, Atiku Abubakar, at the poll. They believe the former VP can be beaten by a candidate from the South. At least nine northern state governors are urging their colleagues to support the All Progressives Congress (APC) to pick its presidential candidate for the 2023 election from the southern part of Nigeria. The party will nominate its presidential candidate at its National Convention in Abuja next week. Twenty-three (23) aspirants have been screened to participate in the primary, 19 of whom are from…