Archives for April, 2015 - Page 3

Two Sisters At War Over Delta Central Senatorial Re-run

By Our Correspondent Two sisters are now at war over the Delta Central Senatorial District Re-run election billed for April 25, 2015. Our investigation revealed that the two sisters (names withheld), born of the same parents, and have been living together are now being torn apart as a result of the Delta Central Senatorial election. The two ...

I HAVE PASSION TO SERVE MY PEOPLE – TARABINA

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By Philip Eke (Yenagoa) Bayelsa State House of Assembly Elect for Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Constituency Two, Engr Ebiye Tarabina has hailed the independent Electoral commission (INEC) for smooth conduct of the recent re-scheduled Bayelsa state House of Assembly election in kolokuma/Opokuma and sagbama Local Government Areas. Engr Ebiye Tarabina Engr Tarabina made the revelation after he was declared winner after the conduct ...

ON THE RENEWED EFFORT TO PASS THE PIB AND MATTERS ARISING

By Zik Gbemre With recent reports that there are indications that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led National Assembly is in talks with the leadership of the Assembly to ensure that the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) is passed before June 4, 2015 when a new legislative body will be inaugurated, we believe it is high time that ...

CEPEJ Condemns Xenophobic Attacks in South Africa

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By Francis Sadhere As condemnationhas continued to trail the spate of the gruesome killing of foreigners, mainly Africans  in South Africa, A Niger-Delta based Non-Governmental Organization, Center for Peace andEnvironmental Justice (CEPEJ) expressed rude shock over the xenophobic attacksby the South African rampaging youths. Scenes from xenophobic attacks in South Africa. ItsNational Coordinator/ CEO, Comrade Sheriff Mulade, ...

Eze Sets Agenda for Buhari’s Govt ….Says APC victory beginning of Nigeria’s rebirth

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By Nwaorgu Faustinus Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has congratulated the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), describing his victory in the March 28 presidential election as being well deserved. Eze in a statement issued Wednesday morning in Port Harcourt also congratulated Nigerians for their wise choice in voting for Gen. ...

Jonathan Sacks IG of Police

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President Goodluck Jonathan  has fired Nigeria’s inspector general of police, Suleiman Abba. Out-gone IGP, Suleiman Abba This was confirmed in a series of tweets by the presidential spokeman Reuben Abati. No reason was given for the sacking. A deputy inspector general of police, Solomon Arase, was appointed to act in his stead. The sacking is with immediate ...

PDP Chieftain Blames Party Failure on Complacency … Blasts Ogboru for Being Serial Failure

Omos Oyinbode, Asaba A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta, Chief Olori Magege, has attributed the failure of the party at the national level to the complacent nature of the party stakeholders, saying the party leaders took the electorate for granted, assuming that it would be business as usual, hence the poor performance ...

POLITICIANS’ INGRATITUDE AND VENTRILOQUISM.

POLITICIANS’ INGRATITUDE AND VENTRILOQUISM. “Freedom from fear and injustice and Oppression will be ours only in the measure That men who value such freedom are ready to Sustain its possession – to defend it against  Every thrust from within or without.” -          Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) CHIEF BOBSON GBINIJE “Man”, notwithstanding philosophical, archeological, anthropological, historical and scientific research through radioactive isotopes etc., ...

Delta APC Organises Legal Team to Challenge Okowa’s Victory

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Omos Oyinbode, Asaba Legal fireworks will soon begin in Delta as the state Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has finalized arrangements with a team of legal luminaries to challenge the results of the April 11 Governorship elections in the state. Olorogun O'tega Emerhor, Delta APC Guber Candidate. The team, comprising Constitutional Lawyers and Senior Legal ...

RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM AND GLOBAL GENOCIDE. ACTION!!!

RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM AND GLOBAL GENOCIDE. ACTION!!! “Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.”                                            William Shakespeare (1564-1616) “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed  Creature, the feeling of a heartless world And the soul of soulless circumstances. It Is the opium of the people.” -         Karl Marx   CHIEF BOBSON GBINIJE   Apodictic inviolability ...

Rivers PDP Endangering Peace in Rivers as APC Members Are Killed Daily —APC •Explains why it is going to the Election Tribunal

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By Nwaorgu Faustinus Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate in Rivers State, Chief Nyesome Wike, and Nigeria’s First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, have been accused of endangering peace in the State through their open support for political brigandage. Making the allegation on Monday in Port Harcourt, the State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) accused Chief Wike ...

EXPOSING THE SHAM OF THE PDP-LED GOVERNMENT IN DELTA STATE

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by Zik Gbemre We find it shameful and also laughable with the way the PDP-led Government under Governor Uduaghan n Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State. Qand now Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa, have been parading itself with 'publicity stunts' to score cheap points in the eyes of the Nigerian public. It is absolute SHAME that a government that has been in power in ...

Mrs. Udensi Lied Over Rivers Elections – Peterside Campaign Outfit

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Nwaorgu Faustinus Recent views expressed on Africa Independent Television, AIT, by Mrs. Eno Udensi, President of  a South African-based Non-Governmental Organisation, NGO, that elections in Rivers State were free and fair, have been dismissed and described as an afterthought from a biased observer. Mrs. Udensi, who, also, in the same television program, said the Independent National ...

Ex-Militants Appeal to Buhari Not to Neglect Them

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By Francis Sadhere A group under the aegies of Buhari Support Organization, BSO has appealed to the President-Elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari not to neglect the youths in the South-South Region who main ex-militants to save them from going back to the creeks and cause destruction and threat to national development. The Ex-Militants in a group photograph. Niger ...

Revisiting Electronic Voting

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By Alex O. Akpodiete Atawa Now that the elections are over (except for a few re-run elections next week), we should be looking ahead to 2019 general elections. However, before that major election, we must first deal with Bayelsa governorship election in August 2015 and Kogi in December 2015. These two States promise to be battlegrounds ...
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