Delta: Okowa Douses Anxiety, Says I’ll be Fair in Appointments
Omos Oyibode, Asaba
As politicians in Delta employ various strategies to influence the incoming government for political appointments, Delta State Governor-Elect, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has said that appointments into his cabinet would favour all Deltans, stressing that his administration would be an all encompassing government that would operate on a pan Delta agenda.
Senator Ifeanyi Okowa
Okowa ...
Rivers Guber: Amaechi Will Be Vindicated – APC …..Wike and PDP’s celebration premature
By Nwaorgu Faustinus
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has predicted that the State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, will be eventually vindicated in his efforts as the State APC Leader to upturn the declaration of Chief Nyesome Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of the April 11 ...
Bayelsa: The beautiful bride and the Battleground State
By Rev. (Prof.) Alex O. Akpodiete Atawa
I was sitting perusing the dailies, while at the same time following the updates on the supplemental governorship elections results in Imo, Abia and Taraba States when I came across an article in Sunday Leadership titled: Bayelsa 2016: Uncertainty Surrounds Dickson.
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State.
The writer seems ...
Kebbi House Of Assembly Speaker Hassan Shalla Impeached
The Speaker of the Kebbi State House of Assembly, Hassan Shalla, has been impeached for alleged breach of trust and embezzlement of allowances of his colleagues.
Usman Dakingari, Kebbi State Governor.
In the absence of the speaker and his deputy, the sitting, where the speaker was removed, was chaired by a member, Abubakar Sabo, representing Birnin ...
Fresh plot to remove Mu’azu uncovered
Aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party members may be hatching a fresh plot to sack the party’s National Chairman, Adamu Mu’azu and members of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC).
The fresh plot is to remove Mu’a zu and members of the NWC before the end of the tenure of President Goodluck Jonathan on May 29.
The plot involves mandating ...
UDUAGHAN’S THIRD TERM OR OKOWA’S TENURE?
By Bobson Gbinije
“It is not the glory of Caesar that matters now
It is the welfare of Rome.”
- Cicero
“A politician imitates the devil, as the devil
Imitates a cannon: wheresoever he
Comes to do mischief, he comes
With his backside towards you.”
- John Webster
Under comparative analysis and the blitzkrieg of intellectual anatomy, the dynamics and calculus of leadership ...
Igbuya Remains Our Candidate for Speaker’s Position – Anioma Leaders
By Njamanze Fidel
Anioma Leaders on Sunday described Delta State House of Assembly Majority Leader, Chief Monday Ovwigho Igbuya as a focused, visionary and steadfast leader, pledging to work for his emergence as the next speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly.
Hon. Monday Igbuya
An online news report made available to journalists by Mr Henry ...
Rivers APC reprimands Mrs. Khan for sabotaging quest for justice at election tribunal
Nwaorgu Faustinus
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has reprimanded the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mrs. Gesila Khan, for blocking the party from having access to evidence of monumental rigging of the March 28 and April 11 elections in the State with a view to seeking redress at the Election ...
DACEMCPS HOUSING UNITS TO BOOST ECONOMY OF OIL RICH WARRI—IKUTEGBE
OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO
Delta Area Chevron Employees Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society (DACEMPCS) Housing Estate with one hundred and eighty units would boost the economy of Delta State in general and Effurun-Warri metropolis in particular when completed and ready for use in 2017.
This was disclosed by Sir David Edafe Ikutegbe, immediate past president, DACEMPCS during the ground-breaking ceremony of ...
Rochas Okorocha Declared Winner Of Imo State Governorship Election
The incumbent Governor Rochas Okorocha has secured victory after yesterday’s supplementary polls to conclude the inconclusive governorship election in Imo State.
Governor Rochas Okorocha
Mr. Okorocha, who is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has beaten Emeka Ihedioha, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by 416,996 votes. Mr. Ihedioha scored ...
Agoda Calls on NA to Consider Bill to Penalize Erring Politicians
By Our Correspondent.
The Delta Central Senatorial Candidate,Hon.(Barr.)John Ochuko Halims Agoda OFR, has called on the National Assembly to consider a bill to penalize politicians who induce voters with money to buy their conscience during election.
Hon. Halims Agoda
The three time member of the House of Representatives made the call at his Jesse residence during the Senatorial ...
SEPLAT Commences Eye Care Initiative For Host Communities
Okpalaume Mary
As part of its commitment on bringing free, qualitative and comprehensive health care to members of its host communities, SEPLAT Petroleum Development Company Limited, operators of the NPDC/ SEPLAT joint venture, has commenced fourth edition of the “Eye Can See” programme. the
One of the Doctors exermining a patient at the program
The eye care ...
Nigerian Army calls for civilian-military accord
Mary Okpalaume, Sapele
Nigerians have been urged to maintain cordial civil military relations and support the activities of security agencies in their host communities by providing precise information and intelligence reports as well as contributing to the welfare of security formations.
CEO of Solodems Nigeria and Ghana Limited presenting deeds and keys to Brigadier General O. ...
ON NNPC REFUND OF $1.48BILLION INTO THE FEDERATION ACCOUNT – WHY NOW?
By Zik Gbemre
With recent reports revealing that the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has disclosed that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has started refunding $1.48bn into the Federation Account as recommended by an audit firm, PriceWaterHouse Coopers (PWC), we cannot help but wonder how come it is now that the opposition has won ...
Peterside condemns Wike’s attempt to re-write history
By Nwaorgu Faustinus
The Greater Together Campaign Organisation, GTCO, the campaign outfit of Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside, has condemned attempts by Mr. Ezebuwon Nyesom Wike and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State to re-write history by turning head-down the sequence and facts of pre and post-election events in the state. It has also said ...