The Delta State Independent Electoral Commission, DSIEC on Saturday declared Christian Iteire, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, winner of Saturday’s Chairmanship election in Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta state. The Returning Officer for the election, Felix Omoruwou, announced in Ozoro, the local government headquarters, that Mr. Iteire polled 82,330 votes to beat his closest rival, Cornelius Ugoh of the All Progressives Congress APC, who got 2,235 votes. “Iteire, having won the highest votes in the elections, which was contested and having satisfied the provisions of the law is hereby returned as winner and Chairman-elect for Isoko…
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By Charles Nwabardi. The Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has commended his Party, Peoples’ Democratic Party for thorough grassroots electioneering campaign that has translated into good turn-out of voters and peaceful conduct of the Local Government Elections held all over Delta State today. The Governor made this known to a Team of journalists led by Comrade Mike Ikeogwu, Chairman,Nigeria Union Of Journalists (NUJ) Delta State Council after casting his vote today in his home town, Owa Alero in Ika North -East Local Government Area of Delta State Nigeria. ” It is obvious that all logistics about the election has…
All Progressives Congress (APC) Delta State, told Deltans some days ago that there were evil machinations to deprive Deltans of their rights to choose who to lead them at the local government level. True to the concerns raised by our Party days ago, Dsiec, PDP and Govr. Okowa have done the evil they know how to do best. Yesterday, 5th of March, 2021 at Dsiec headquarters in Asaba, Delta APC Representatives were not allowed to take statistics of the materials that Dsiec intended transporting to the different LGAs in the State. This is despite the insistence of the Party’s Representatives…
Local Government as the third tier of Government in Nigeria is the closest government to the people as it deals with the people from the grassroots level. It is therefore, pertinent to stress that its importance is significant in the socio-economic and political life of a nation like Nigeria where majority of the teeming populace resides in rural communities. Thus, for this concern, the role of Local Government Administration cannot be over emphasized and hence clearly spelt out in the 1999 Constitution in the fourth schedule. The following responsibilities are therefore listed below:- a. The consideration and the making of…
Local Government as the third tier of Government in Nigeria is the closest government to the people as it deals with the people from the grassroots level. It is therefore, pertinent to stress that its importance is significant in the socio-economic and political life of a nation like Nigeria where majority of the teeming populace resides in rural communities. Thus, for this concern, the role of Local Government Administration cannot be over emphasized and hence clearly spelt out in the 1999 Constitution in the fourth schedule. The following responsibilities are therefore listed below:- a. The consideration and the making of…
The Chairman, Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC), Chief Mike Ogbodu, has said that the commission has put every necessary arrangement in place to conduct a hitch free Delta State Local Government Election scheduled to hold Saturday, March 6, 2021. The former Commissioner of Police (CP) spoke in an interview with our correspondent where he disclosed that DSIEC will be conducting elections in 500 wards, even as he said that 238 councillors and one chairmanship candidate have been returned unopposed. Happy reading. Can we meet you Sir? My name is Chief Barrister Mike Ogbodu, Commissioner of Police (Rtd), the Chairman…
By FEMI ADESHINA It was the end of an era Tuesday when Bunny Wailer, the last of the original Wailing Wailers passed away, aged 73. Bunny (original name Neville O’Rilley Livingston) completed the trio that formed the reggae music group, Bob Marley and the Wailing Wailers, alongside Marley and Peter Tosh in the 1960s. They recorded hit albums like Simmer Down, Stir it Up, and many others, before Bunny went solo around 1973. His reason was simple. He didn’t like extensive touring that the band did, saying it clashed with his Rastafarian beliefs, citing the pressure to eat processed foods…
By Linus Okolo The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Delta State Command has landed into troubled water, following the disappearance of 8pieces of truck tyres worth over 720,000, at 90,000 each, belonging to a road construction company where they secure. Trouble according to inside sources started when about 13pieces of tyres purchased on the 9th of February 2021, to be fixed on the company’s trucks, were stolen under the watchful eyes of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Delta State Command, leaving only 5pieces. According to findings, on the 10th of February, the company’s store keeper, name withheld,…
By Aminu Alhassan Kuba I used to think that the South West was somehow better than their neighbors to the east. I had admired people like Tinubu and Fashola. They did very well as governors. They continued doing well at higher level. They occasionally spoke well outside their home. Some of the traditional leadership also showed some level of sophistication and enlightenment. This is despite the fact that the press from that part of our country belongs to the lowest level of filth anywhere in the world as far as journalism and its ethics are concerned. Then Igboho happened. He…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has congratulated Dr Njide Okonjo-Udochi on her emergence as first black female Physician-of-the-Year in the United States of America. This came as the world is celebrating the appointment of her elder sister’s, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as Director-General of World Trade Organization (WTO). In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba, the governor said Deltans and Nigerians were proud of the outstanding accomplishments of the Okonjo family of Ogwashi-Uku in the state. He said that after the recent humble elevation of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, it was pleasing to hear that Okonjo-Udochi had…