Archives for October, 2014 - Page 3

Delta Local Polls Shambolic, Chaotic, Characterized by Violence, Thuggery – Ikimi

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By Francis Sadhere Executive Director, Centre for the vulnerable and the underprivileged, (Centrep), Barr. Oghenejabor Ikimi has described last Saturday’s Delta local polls as shambolic, chaotic and characterized by violence and thuggery. Moses Ogbe, Chairman, Delta State Independent Electoral Commission, DSIEC. In a press statement signed by Barr. Ikimi and made available to National Reformer Newspaper, he ...

Delta LG Polls: Inter State Passengers stranded

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Francis Sadhere The Delta State Local Poll held on 25, October, 2015 has made hundreds of travelers stranded at the Niger Bridge Head, Asaba. Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State Our Correspondent observed that the travelers were prevented from continuing their journey by security agencies at the Asaba end of the bridge in compliance with the restriction ...

Uduaghan Expresses Satisfaction With LG Polls

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Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has hailed the Local Government Elections held in the State on Saturday as one of the best organised polls. Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan Speaking in his Abigborodo hometown shortly after casting his vote at Unit I, Ward 6, located at Abigborodo Primary School Polling Station in Warri North Local Government, the ...

Delta Local Polls Turns Bloody, Campaign Office Touched, Cars Destroyed, Witnesses Low Turnout of Voters

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The long awaited Delta Local Polls kicked off today in a bloody note as the campaign office of APC governorship aspirant, Olorogun O'tega Emerhor was touched and scores of APC members were allegedly attacked with dangerous weapons, just as voter apathy sets in. Voting going on at Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State It was alleged ...

Delta Guber 2015: Uduehi the only Urhobo Female Aspirant

By Our Correspondent As the governorship primaries of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) approaches, it is becoming clearer that the only partly Urhobo female aspirant, Dr. Esther Uduehi, is gaining an upper hand over her opponents, both male and female. The former permanent secretary and Presidential aide, parades a formidable qualification that cannot be matched ...

2015 Governorship Elections and 35% Women Participation

  By Alex O. Atavware Akpodiete The First lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dame Patience Jonathan, is renowned globally for championing the cause of women. At the First lady’s capacity building workshop for female governorship aspirants, held in Abuja on Wednesday, October 15, 2014, the issue of electing female governors in 2015 was addressed. Present were ...

Delta 2015 Guber: UPU Accepts Uduehi ….Says She is Our Daughter

  By Our Correspondent As the race for who becomes the next governor of Delta State thickens, the umbrella body of Urhobo nation, Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) has accepted the gubernatorial bid of Dr. (Mrs.) Esther Uduehi. The Acting President General of UPU Chief J.O. Omene (JP) stated this on Thursday 23 October, 2014, while receiving the Chairman ...

NNPC/CHEVRON GMoU Lifts Rivers Community With N530m Projects

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Tejiri Ebikeme     Kula Regional Development Committee (KRDC) under the Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) with the NNPC/Chevron Joint Venture in Rivers State, on Friday October 24, 2014 commissioned 30 housing units worth over 530 million naira, executed by the RDC in Kula communities, Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State. The project incorporates distribution of low-tension electricity ...

Why I Am Going Back To National Assembly – Olivia Agbajoh

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By Christopher Odamah One time Commissioner in Delta State, Barrister Olivia Agbajoh has given reasons why she wants to represent her Warri North Constituency in the House of Representatives, saying “I was duly elected by my people to represent them before the military coup that toppled the democratically elected government in 1983, and within three ...

Five killed in Bauchi bus station blast

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A bomb blast at a bus station in a north Nigeria area previously targeted by Boko Haram killed five people, police said Thursday, in what appeared to be the latest crack in the government’s purported ceasefire with the Islamists. Police in Bauchi state confirmed overnight witness reports of a huge explosion at the terminal in the ...

7th Year Remembrance: Lucky Dube ‘Resurrects’ in Warri

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All over the Oil-Rich City of Warri, Saturday, October 18, 2014, fans of South African born but globally revered Lucky Dube celebrated his 7th year remembrance in a grand style. Lucky Dube was killed on Wednesday, October 18, 2007 by armed robbers in a bid to steal his car, Chryster 300C in Rosenttenville, a suburb of ...
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