Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, on Wednesday punctured the bubbles of Olumide Akpata, the LP governorship candidate in the September 21 election in Edo State when he declared that the popular Obidient Movement does not belong to or resident in any political party. Olumide has been banking on the Obidient Movement as his superstructure of support for the coming election. But Obi in a series of posts on his verified X handle @PeterObi, unwittingly discarded Akpata from hoping the Obidient Movement. He stressed that the movement supports the struggle for…
Author: Spade Nigeria
The INTEGRITY GROUP of Delta state was appalled by the highly reprehensible publication authored by a faceless group known as “League of Delta Patriots “in a Vanguard edition of 3rd June, 2024.The pedestrian writers laboured albeit unsuccessfully to paint the Oborevwori administration,s one year in office as being cheerless and unworthy of any celebration. As Ambassadors of Governor Oborevwori,s M.O.R.E Agenda, we stand a better stead to do a critical evaluation of the Governor,s one year in office. Before we can do an unbiased evaluation of the one year of the Oborevwori administration we must know what the acronym M.O.R.E…
Orhowhe Primary School, Iwhrekan-Edjophe in Ughelli South LGA has no chairs, tables and desks for teachers and pupils to sit on. The classrooms have roofs broken and dilapidated buildings, floors broken. When I brought that to the notice of the Delta Government some officials were sent to the school but surprisingly up till now no chairs, tables, desks have been provided. It was only on 25th May,2024 Iwhrekan community Chairman, Comrade Rufus Onokurhefe, hired plastic tables and chairs to the school to enable the primary 6 pupils write their Primary School Certificate Exams. I appeal to Gov Sheriff Oborevwori to…
There is no justification for killing of any human being. I will always condemn killings, kidnapping, robberies and every heinous crime, every offence no matter who and what is involved. Governor Alex Otti of Abia state has proven to be a man experienced in leadership. He is a material for governance. The way he is handling the killing of soldiers in his state is evident he is committed to lead his people. As noted by Chief Godwin Notoma, a prominent Udu Kingdom Chief in Delta state, “For the same action, killing of soldiers, Okuama was razed by soldiers foreign to…
The Director of Organization for Peter Obi’s 2023 presidential campaign, Dr. Sina Fagbenro-Byron, has dumped Peter Obi to join the All Progressives Congress (APC). Dr. Fagbenro-Byron was received into the ruling party by the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), member and apex leader of Mushin and Odi-Olowo Mandate Movement, distinguished Senator Ganiyu Olanrewaju Solomon (GOS), at his Lagos residence on 4th June, 2024. Accompanied by his cousin, Barrister Femi Martins, the former Special Adviser to Lagos State governor on Tourism, Arts and Culture, Dr. Fagbenro-Byron said his decision to leave Peter Obi to join the APC was a well thought-out one…
Our attention has been drawn to the advertorial in the Vanguard Newspaper of Monday, June 3, page 29, by an obnoxious group which calls itself League of Delta Patriots. Titled “Open Letter To Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori One Year In Office….”, it was, at best, mere childish mischief and futile effort in disinformation. By mischievously suggesting that there is “nothing to celebrate or smile about” in the first year anniversary of Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori in office, they betrayed the fact that they are pitifully uninformed on the demands of good governance and also amnestic about the…
By Adeyan Osagie This Wednesday afternoon, I chanced on a poorly manipulated (photoshopped) picture of Dr Asue Ighodalo, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 21, governorship election in Edo State, sitting on a chair at an undisclosed location with a bottle of champagne purportedly being hid under the table by his side. As to be expected, the children of Joseph Goebbels in the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) tagged it “PDP governorship candidate for Edo 2024 governorship election comes under fire for hiding bottle of exotic champagne underneath table.” …
by Omoregie Ogbebor In an appearance that can only be politely described as laughable, the APC’s candidate, Monday Okpebholo, finally emerged from months of avoiding public scrutiny to meet virtually with the Akoko Edo Forum via Zoom. What followed was a spectacular disaster that has left his team scrambling to limit the damage, abruptly cutting the session short under the pretext of another meeting. Okpebholo’s performance was nothing short of a train wreck. His faltering delivery and glaring ignorance were on full display, exposing his utter unpreparedness for the role of governor. As he stumbled through his responses at times…
Ijeoma Popo has emerged winner of the 2024 Women Golf Day Kitty at the Ibori Golf and Country Club Asaba organized by the Lady captain of the club, Igho Ugbegu. Ijeona swung in 67 Gross in Nine holes within four hours to beat Rita Izoje and Rubeth Iro-Awa to second and third place. Chukwuka Achonye hit 53 gross to beat Henry Onianwa and Sunny Okorie to second and third place in the Men’s Category. The Captain of the Club Chief Patrick Ukah represented by his Vice Captain, Alex Joe described the 2024 Women Golf Day Kitty as a superb tournament…
Following the signing into law of a new National Anthem, the National Orientation Agency (NOA) has assured Nigerians that a standardised version of the anthem will be issued by the Agency after consultation with stakeholders. Director General of the Agency, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu gave the assurance after several versions of the anthem appeared on the social media, with the community Orientation and mobilization officers (COMOS) also reporting citizens’ confusion with the correct lyrics, instrumental and audio rendition of the anthem. According to him, “our COMOS whom we ordered to learn the new national anthem have come up with a feedback…