By Elohor Rita Agbra With less than 48hrs to the PDP Governorship Primaries race in Delta State, the Frontline Aspirant Barrister Kingsley Burutu Otuaro is not stepping down for any one. It is only in the figment of imagination of some aspirants’ loyalists who are peddling false and baseless rumours, which goes to show the integrity of their Principals. Like the popular saying you can’t give what you don’t have, supporters of these aspirants are only displaying unseriousness… The Leading contender of Gubernatorial race in Delta State Barrister Deacon Kingsley Otuaro is still focused to lead Delta state to an enviable…
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The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Godwin Elumelu has overwhelmingly won the PDP House of Representatives Primary Election for Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency, Delta State. Rt. Hon. Elumelu on Sunday May 22 was declared the winner of the election by the Chairman of Delta State Electoral Committee, Hon. Solomon Funkekeme having scored 80 votes out of 132 accredited votes for the election conducted at the cenotaph, Asaba. Elumelu defeated two other contestants, Hon. Princess Pat Ajudua and Mr Banyam who scored 35 and 17 votes respectively. With the declaration of Elumelu as the winner in the…
By MIEBI JOHN Reports emerging from the PDP primaries indicate alleged attempts by some leaders to administer fetish oaths on delegates. Several cases have been reported in Delta North and it is feared that it might be widespread a across the state but many of the delegates are said to be resisting it, insisting that it is against their religious faith and right to free political expression. A delegate from Oshimili South narrated his experience on Saturday evening ahead of the House of Assembly and House of Representatives primaries holding this Sunday. “Chief Uzor invited delegates to his house yesterday…
Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development in Nasarawa State, Amb. Lucky Isaac Yargwa, is in Benin City, Edo State, on behalf of the Government and people of Nasarawa State to lend support to the State’s women’s football club, Nasarawa Amazons, who are participating at the ongoing 2021/22 Nigeria Women’s Football League Premiership Super Six tournament. Amb. Yargwa who was accompanied by the Senior Special Assistants to Governor Abdullahi Sule on Youth Development and Sports Affairs, Comrades Shuaibu Sani and Hamza Moyi Awe, was in ecstatic mood when a first-half brace from Amarachi Okoronkwo saw Nasarawa Amazons beat Naija Ratels 2-0…
By Tonye Ogbogbula Amity between the President Muhammadu Buhari government and the people of Nigeria who he governs is based on trust which is earned from promises made and promises kept. One of such promises by President Buhari to the nation was made on June 24, 2021 when, receiving the leadership of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), he unequivocally committed to inaugurate the NDDC Board upon the receipt of the Commission’s Forensic Audit report, which report has been submitted to him since September 2, 2021. The President said: ‘‘Based on the mismanagement that had previously bedeviled the NDDC, a forensic…
By Ovedhe Hezekia Delta South Senatorial District aspirant under the umbrella of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the forthcoming general elections, Hon Joel-Onowakpo Thomas, has said that APC is united more than ever before to take over Delta State and retain power at Federal level come 2023. Hon Joe-Onowakpo stated this when his Senatorial Campaign train belted in Warri, Warri South Local Government Area, to consolidate plans with Delta South Senatorial District Executives of the All Progressives Congress (APC), stressing that the party will win all elective positions in the Delta’s State. He said that, his decision to contest…
By Fred Edoreh With accruals from 13% oil derivation, Delta State receives one of the highest federal revenue allocation. It is also in the top five of states with the highest internally generated revenue. It is reported that from 2013 and into the current administration, there has been a fair annual economic growth of about 3% especially with Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s push to improve the agricultural, service and construction sectors, coupled with his efforts to drive entrepreneurship through the Job and Wealth Creation Office. In the face of these, there is still widespread poverty within the state, with unemployment ratio…
By Iteveh Ekpokpobe It is better to have a thief for a child, than to beget a fool. – Urhobo Proverb Left Turn! Right Turn! About Turn! Double up! Of all the contemptuous songs Fela Kuti wrote and produced in his life time, Zombie is arguably the most memorable – and the one that turned everything around. Fela Kuti, in this 12-minute-long Afrobeat maestro, pounced on the military junta that held sway in 1970s Nigeria. The misfortune that followed Fela after this track was of no small measure. Decades after, everything remains the same, like the ‘weekly activities of…
OPEN LETTER TO THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF DELTA STATE, HIS EXCELLENCY, SENATOR DR IFEANYI ARTHUR OKOWA Your Excellency, RE: INTERNAL ROADS CONSTRUCTION IN URBAN AREAS: POLITICAL LOYALTIES, NON-PUBLIC AND PUBLIC INTERESTS. PLEASE SPEAK Alongside the star attraction in the latest round of infrastructure construction approvals by the Delta State Government, is a number of internal roads in urban areas across the State. The latter, internal roads, are deserving of more than a cursory interest because, like political wards on a political map, they are the grassroots end (home to permanent citizens and residents with invaluable socio-economic and political values within…
By Ewomazino Egbo The Delta State Government in partnership with the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), Management Science for Health (MSH) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) conducted Orientation of the Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) Campaign Coordination Network (ICCN) in preparation for the upcoming ITN mass campaign in the state. The Permanent Secretary DSPHCDA Dr. Jude Winful-Orieke during the orientation of the ICCN in the conference hall DSPHCDA today disclosed that the distribution of the insecticide-treated nets w[widgets_on_pages id=”wop-Share on: WhatsApp”]ould commence on the 2nd through 13th June 2022 across the 25 Local Government Areas of the State. He said that…