Archives for April 7th, 2015

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION FALLOUT: DELTA POLICE ARREST 70 OVER ELECTORAL IRREGULARITIES

BY OMOS OYINBODE, ASABA                                                        Delta State Commissioner of Police, Baba Usman Alkali, yesterday, said that not less than 70 persons are cooling their feet in police custody following various electoral malpractices exhibited during the March 28 presidential elections in the state. The Delta ...

SENATOR IFEANYI OKOWA, A GRASSROOT POLITICIAN

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By Eric James One of the quantities that defines the credibility of a political leader is his ability to carry his constituents along and meet their aspirations through faithful implementation of his electioneering promises. This attribute, largely lacking in Nigeria’s political system, is what endears the politician to the electorate. Dr Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa Unfortunately, electioneering promises often ...

Over a thousand people get free medical treatments in Ughelli ….as twenty Law students clinch Ekuogbe Akpodiete Foundation scholarship awards

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By Harriet Anetor Determined to promote good health care practices amongst Nigerians, the Elohim Ministries International (USA) and Ekuogbe Akpodiete Foundation have recently provided free medical treatment to over a thousand people in Ughelli kingdom. Fielding questions from newsmen, the President of Elohim Ministries International and Executive Director of Ekuogbe Akpodiete Foundation Brenda Ome Ekuo-Akpodiete stated that ...

Delta PPA Adopts Okowa for April 11 Guber Election

By Omos Oyinbode, Asaba The Progressive Peoples Party (PPA) in Delta State has adopted the Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, as its candidate for the April 11 governorship election in the state. Speaking with THE UNION in Asaba, Delta State capital, leader of the party in Delta, Hon. Taju Isichei, said ...

UYMPC ENDORSES OLOROGUN O’TEGA EMERHOR FOR GOVERNOR…..says Chief Great Ogboru a betrayer

By Harriet Anetor   The All Progressive Congress governorship candidate in delta state Olorugun O’Tega Emerhor has been unanimously endorsed by a cross section of Urhobo youths under the umbrella of Urhobo Youth Movement for Progressive Change (UYMPC). Speaking recently at the event held at Ughelli town in Ughelli North LGA of Delta State, the group co-coordinator comrade ...

Bayelsa Senator- Elect Lauds Electorate…Dedicates Victory To Almighty God

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By Philip Eke, Yenagoa The great Sagbama born politician in Bayelsa State, Evangelist (Hon.)Foster Ogola, Former Chairman Bayelsa State Scholarship Board, who has created a niche for himself in educational, political development and the social circle in Bayelsa State and Nigeria at large, is undoubtedly undisputable, who was recently elected into the senate representing Sagbama/Ekeremor Federal constituency. The first timer ...

April 11 Polls: Lawyer Lauds INEC for Insisting on Use of Card Readers

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Tejiri Ebikeme The Executive Director of the Centre for the vulnerable and the underprivileged, (CENTREP), Barrister Oghenejabor Ikimi, has lauded Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for insisting on the use of Permanent Voters Card and the Card Readers for the April 11 Governorship and National Assembly polls nationwide. Speaking to our Correspondent in Warri, the human rights ...

Mulade Calls for Sustained Peace in April 11 Polls

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By Our Correspondent The Coordinator/CEO of Center for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), Comrade Sheriff Mulade has enjoined all Nigerians to replicate the peaceful atmosphere which characterized the Presidential and National Assembly elections on the 28th of March, 2015, in the forthcoming Governorship and State Assembly elections on April 11, in the interest of national development. In ...

Delta Police Recover N450,000 Stolen from Biz Man in Delta

  By Omos Oyinbode, Warri A business man, one Agbarah Benawariebi, has cause to rejoice as the Enerhen Division of the Delta State Police Command, weekend, swooped on a three man robbery gang who dispossessed him of N450,000 he withdrew from his First Bank Account. Delta Police Public Relations Officer, Celestina Kalu, told journalists that the recovery ...

Mallam-Obi tasks Isoko undergraduates on peaceful polls

By Harriet Anetor Undergraduate students in Delta State University, Abraka under the umbrella of Nation Association of Isoko Students, have been enjoined to re-dedicate themselves and join hands with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure peaceful, free and credible general elections in the state. The Political Adviser to the Delta State Governor, (Delta South) Charles ...