Archives for December, 2014 - Page 2

Delta 2015: Disunity Among Urhobos threat to Urhobo Governor, Says Emerhor

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By Francis Sadhere The Delta State All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship candidate, Olorogun O'tega Emerhor has identified disunity among the Urhobos in the State as the only threat to an Urhobo son becoming the Governor of the State in 2015. He added that the emergence of Senator Ifeanyi Okowa as the gubernatorial flag bearer of the Peoples ...

APC commends Gov. Amaechi’s appointment as DG Buhari Campaign Organization

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By Nwaorgu Faustinus The All Progressives Congress , Rivers State chapter has profoundly congratulated the ‘fiercely courageous, dexterous and hardworking’ governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi AmaechI on his appointment as the Director-General of the Buhari Campaign Organisation. Governor Rotimi Amaechi The party in a press statement signed by its State Publicity Secretary, Mr Chris ...

Buhari/Amaechi Presidential Ticket Will Dismantle PDP – Ex-New PDP Spokesman Replies Doyin Okupe

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By Nwaorgu Faustinus Former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (New PDP), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has faulted the claim by Presidential aide, Dr. Doyin Okupe, that a ticket of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) and Governor Chibuike Amaechi for the 2015 presidential election would be a “fatal error” on the part of ...

Delta Guber Primaries: Stop Campaign Of Calumny, Leave President Jonathan Out Of Delta Politics – IYC Tells Urhobos

Francis Sadhere The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide, has called on the Urhobos agitating for the Governorship seat in Delta State to go about their agitation with decorum and separate President Jonathan’s re-election bid from the politics of Delta State, noting that the Goodluck Presidency was the collective project of all Niger-Deltans/minorities in Nigeria and not ...

Group Supports Emerhor’s Guber Bid, Urges UPU to Stand By Its Words …as URA Calls on Ogboru to Join Forces With Emerhor For Interest of Urhobo Nation

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By Our Correspondent As the race to government house ,Asaba in 2015 deepens, Urhobo Youths Emancipation Network (UYEN), a political pressure group in Unenurhie town, Ughelli North, Local Government Area of Delta State has thrown its weight behind the governorship ambition of Olorogun O’tega Emerhor (OON) of the APC in Delta State. O'tega Emerhor Speaking with our ...

JUMBO PAY FOR CHAIRMEN, COUNCILLORS IN DELTA …Developmental Projects May Suffer at Grassroots

By Our Correspondent Developmental projects across the 25 Local Government Area of Delta State may hit the rocks, no thanks to the jumbo pay for the current Chairmen, Vice- Chairmen, Legislative Leaders, Councillors and Secretaries to the Local Government. Our checks revealed that the Chairmen of the 25 Local Government Areas of the state that were  recently ...

RESOLUTIONS OF THE STATE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (SEC) OF THE NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS (NLC), DELTA STATE COUNCIL, AT ITS SPECIAL EMERGENCY CONGRESS HELD IN ASABA ON MONDAY DECEMBER 8TH, 2014

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NLC The Leadership of Industrial Unions of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Delta State Council, held a special emergency meeting on Monday 8th December 2014 to discuss matters of urgent importance in the state Congress. The meeting was presided over by the State Chairman of the (NLC), Comrade Williams Akporeha with other members of the State ...

AUSTERITY MEASURES AND CHRISTMAS

By Bobson Gbinije “That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything From their uncertain events of the future” ANATOLE FRANCE (1844-1924) Procurator of Judea The reason for the Christmas season is the commemoration of the glorious birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus the Christ. Although, the exact date of His birth remains an issue of great ...

DELTA STATE BEYOND OIL – X-RAYING THE OVER-PUBLICIZED AGENDA UNDER THE LENS  OF THE ‘REALITIES’ IN DELTA STATE

By Zik Gbemre Never have we seen or witnessed a government that loves to use all manner of publicity stunts to make itself look good in the eyes of the world, like we have seen exhibited by the current Delta State Government led by Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan. In fact, such publicity by the Delta State ...

2015: COUNTDOWN TO THE REVOLUTION?

By Bobson Gbinije “They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, And their spears into pruning-hooks;  Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, Neither shall they learn war anymore” The Holy Bible – (Isaiah 2 :4) Beaming our mental binoculars alone the trajectory of what generally constitute a REVOLUTION and what an EVOLUTION is, implies some forms of dialectics and scholastic ...

Imposition of Wike as Standard-Bearer: A Continuation of PDP’s War against Rivers State —APC

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By Nwaorgu Faustinus The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has come down hard on the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State for producing controversial former Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesome Ezebunwo Wike, as the party’s flag-bearer for the 2015 gubernatorial election. Nyesom Wike Rivers APC in a statement issued ...

MultiChoice launches GOtv in Warri and environs with “GO Gaga Offer”

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By Francis Sadhere Deltans, especially residents in Warri and environs can now join the digital revolution and have access to quality entertainment at affordable price with the recent launch of GOtv by MultiChoice Africa in Warri and environs. With this launch, GOtv signals are now live in more towns and communities in Delta state. Elizabeth Amkpa, GOtv’s ...

2015: Peterside’s Election a Divine Mandate, Says Rivers APC …Declares Amaechi a worthy and visionary political warrior

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Nwaorgu Faustinus The election of Dr. Dakuku Peterside as the flag-bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2015 gubernatorial election in Rivers State has been described by Rivers APC as nothing but a divine mandate. Dr. Dakuku Petersid According to the party, “With the election of Dr. Peterside as our flag-bearer we are now more ...