By Austin Isikhuemen It is absolutely absurd to hear politicians and their hirelings mouth this pedestrian argument that only a homeboy deserves to be Edo State Governor in November 2024. By this what they are saying is that the very best candidate with demonstrated capacity, competence, track record, integrity and capability should not be voted for because his mother is Yoruba! They want someone, who, though is bereft of the required attributes, character and track record for such a high office, would do their bidding. A very crude, intellectual-bereft argument and a tribal-line thinking with possibilities of ethnic-based retaliatory consequences…
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By Engr Gozie Atueyi. First of all real name of petrol is PMS (premium motor spirit). Reason for this name is because theybelong to family of spirits like your alcohol and other volatile solvents. Petrol can come in different colors because of the type of additives used in refining it and there are reasons for that. Some of the reasons are: 1. EASE OF IDENTIFICATION : We have about 3 popular categories of petrol, they are: i) PREMIUN = this one is a high grade and normally comes in pink/ wine red colour. ii) REGULAR = this one is normally…
By Colins Ikponmwonsa Osasere Ahead of the September 21, governorship election in our beloved Edo State, the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) is now fully out in its elements – deceiving, misleading and even cajoling the people through their most dangerous weapons of peddling lies and propaganda. They are masters of the Art of Deception – calling black white and painting angels as devils. Indeed, lies, deception and propaganda are all in APC’s DNA in very large percentages, traceable to Nazi politician, District Head of Berlin and World War II criminal, Paul Joseph Goebbels. As Head of the Reich…
A socio-cultural group, Concerned Ute-Okpu Elites, Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State, has congratulated Mr. Monday Odigwe, on his emergence as the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chairmanship flag bearer for Ika North East in the forthcoming local council election. The congratulatory message is contained in a statement signed by the Chairman, Concerned Ute-Okpu Elites, Comrade Michael Ikeogwu and made available to newsmen. Comrade Ikeogwu, said the emergence of Mr. Monday Odigwe as the Chairmanship flag bearer for Ika North East Local Council, has demonstrated deep rooted practice of the party to always go for experience, competence and…
The attention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State has yet again been called to another round of assault on the person of His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, by the ever pugnacious and petulant, prehistoric Zik Gbemre. In a press release in reaction to another diatribe titled “OBOREVWORI: How Not To Glorify A ‘One Chance’ Governor, By Zik Gbemre,” the PDP State Secretary, Engr. Dan Ossai states that this time, the irascible fellow thinks he can harass the Governor and the PDP in Delta State with his usual pseudo, deceptive and distorted analysis, which he concocted and…
Notable group known as the group, South-South Professional & Transparency Initiatives (SSPTI), has applauded the immediate past Principal/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), Effurun, Dr. Henry Adebowale Adimula, for his remarkable efforts in uplifting the educational standards of the institution while in office. Located in Effurun in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, the institution’s achievements and impacts have been highly commendable under the tenure of Dr. Adimula. The body who had been at the forefront for the campaign for transparency and accountability in public institutions across the Niger Delta region, said its decision to commend…
Nwazormor’s Grace Foundation, a renowned Foundation based in Issele-Mkpitime has granted over fifty skilled Youths from Aniocha North Local Government Area in Delta State with the sum of N500, 000 (Five Hundred Thousand Naira) each. The grant is to enable the beneficiaries, who are drawn from the various communities in Aniocha North, to improve on their small scale businesses. The beneficiaries which included ten women were presented with their cheques on Saturday 18th May, 2024 in an impressive ceremony held at the headquarters of the foundation located in Nwaozomor Compound, Ahaba Diei Quarter, Issele-Mkpitime in Aniocha North Local Government Area.…
As Delta State marks Governor Oborevwori’s first year in office, the immediate past chairman of Okpe Local Area Area, Hon. Isaiah Onoriode Esiovwa has urged Deltans to rally behind the Governor and support his vision for the state’s progress. In an interview, with our Crew of DENNIS OTU and DANIEL BAYAGBON, Hon. Isaiah Onoriode Esiovwa, praised the Governor for his impactful initiatives and dedication to improving Delta State. Hon. Esiovwa acknowledged Governor Oborevwori’s commitment to infrastructure development, highlighting the significant road projects undertaken across the state. He commended the Governor for entrusting renowned construction giant, Julius Berger with the flyover…
Dr Asue Ighodalo, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, gubernatorial candidate for the Edo State September election has congratulated His Royal Majesty, Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, the Oba of Benin, and the entire citizens of Edo State, on the repatriation of two very significant royal stools from Germany. In a press statement released by Team Asue Media Organization (TAMO) and personally signed by Ighodalo, reads in full: ” I congratulate His Royal Majesty, Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, and the entire citizens of Edo State on the historically significant return…
We are concerned that despite several appeals that the ongoing campaign be focused on issues, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, the leaders and now the candidate, Senator Monday Okpebolo, have made the peddling of lies and propaganda their primary focus. The latest such happened on Thursday, May 16 wherein Okpebholo was seen in a video clip making wild allegations against the state Government and Dr Asue Ighodalo, the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the same election on account of a flooded portion of an unspecified road in GRA. However, contrary to Senator Okpebholo’s…