Archives for November, 2019 - Page 2

INEC declares APC winner of Bayelsa guber poll

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Mr David Lyon of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared the winner of the Bayelsa State governorship election which took place on Saturday. Announcing Lyon as the winner, the Returning Officer, Prof Faraday Orumwense, stated that the total votes cast stood at 505, 884 while the total valid votes were 499, 551. He added that ...

Kogi elders raise alarm over fake soldiers   

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  Edward Onoja and Yahaya Bello By Fidel Njamanze With defeat starring the face of Kogi State governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate on Thursday vowed to return the state to APC. ‘’This morning, the Yahaya Bello game plan began to unfold. The APC governorship candidate in concert with a top military officer ...

Askia Urges Deltans to Support Okowa’s Vision of Stronger Delta

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...ApplaudsOkowa’s Victory At Appeal Court. Ovedhe Jerry. The Managing Director/CEO of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) Bashorun Askia Ogieh has urged Deltans to support Governor Okowa's Vision of Stronger Delta just as he applauded Governor Okowa's victory at Appeal Court. Bashorun Askia Ogieh stated this on Friday while celebrating the victory of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa ...

STEM education bedrock of technological development, says Chevron 

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  Pic caption: Sam Daibo, Area Manager, Policy Government and Public Affairs, Chevron (2nd left), Kayode Adeboye (left), Dr Tina Isichei, Chairman, Chemical Society of Nigeria, Delta Chapter (right), and Akpeti Trust (3rd right), Ifeanyi Dumkelechi (2nd right), Oboh Victory (3rd left), the students who came first, second and third respectively in the Awokoya Memorial ...

GBAGII REACTS TO OKOWA’S VICTORY AT APPEAL COURT

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GBAGII REACTS TO OKOWA'S VICTORY AT APPEAL COURT OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, former Minister of Education has reacted to the triumph of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa over Chief Great Ogboru, APC governorship candidate in the March 9, 2019 governorship election at the Court of Appeal on Friday(15/11/2019). According Olorogun Gbagi, 'the case was dismissed for being unmeritorious, the ...

OKOWA FLOORS OGBORU AT APPEAL COURT

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OKOWA FLOORS OGBORU AT APPEAL COURT OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Friday, November 15, 2019 dismissed the appeal filed by Chief Great Ogboru, candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC)against the election of Senator Ifeanyi Okowa as Governor of Delta State. A five man panel of the appellate court led by Justice Uzo Ndukwe-Anyanwu, ...

DELTA SPEAKER, OBOREVWORI HAILS GOVERNOR OKOWA’S VICTORY AT APPEAL COURT, ABUJA 

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  THE Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori on Friday,  November 15, 2019, hailed  the state Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa on his victory at the Appeal Court Abuja.   Reacting to the  Abuja  Appeal  Court  election petition  judgement,  the Speaker in a statement  by his Chief Press Secretary,  Mr Dennis Otu,  said ...

DELTA APPEAL COURT RULING: GBAGI ALLAYS FEARS, SAYS OKOWA WILL TRIUMPH OVER OGBORU

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DELTA APPEAL COURT RULING: GBAGI ALLAYS FEARS, SAYS OKOWA WILL TRIUMPH OVER OGBORU OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO/IGBIVWIE RACHAEL Ahead of the Appeal Court ruling tomorrow, Friday, November 5, 2019 on the Delta State governorship case between Chief Great Ogboru of the All Progressives Congress(APC)against the March 9 re-election of Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, Olorogun Kennet Gbagi, ...

MAGISTRATE’S ABSENCE STALLS HEARING OF DEFAMATORY SUIT AGAINST TWO JOURNALISTS IN ASABA

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MAGISTRATE'S ABSENCE STALLS HEARING OF DEFAMATORY SUIT AGAINST TWO JOURNALISTS IN ASABA OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO The absence of Presiding Magistrate, B. N Anumadu of Magistrate Court 5 Asaba, Delta State has stalled the hearing of defamatory suit against Joe Ogbodu, Managing Editor, BIGPEN Online newspaper and Prince Amour Udemude, another journalist in Delta State on Tuesday, November 12, ...

GBAGI DECLARES TO CONTEST GOVERNORSHIP POSITION IN DELTA

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GBAGI DECLARES TO CONTEST GOVERNORSHIP POSITION IN DELTA OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO Olorogun Kennet Gbagi, former Minister for Education, State has declared his intention to contest the governorship seat of Delta State on the platform of the People's Democratic Party(PDP)just as he said that the 'gentleman governorship zoning arrangement being practiced in the Party in the state was not ...

PDP Will sweep Bayelsa governorship election, says George-Ikoli

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George Ikoli A former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Bayelsa State, Chief Anthony George-Ikoli, on Tuesday put the ultimate responsibility for development of the state on the shoulders of the people. “I don’t pay much mind to political commentators as it is often difficult to differentiate what is objective commentary from what is agenda, ...

Isoko North Inaugurate Epidemics Preparedness, Response Committee

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Ovedhe Jerry. In a bid to ensure that Isoko North is Polio Free LGA in Delta State, the Isoko North Local Government Council Chairman, Hon. Emmanuel Egbabor has recently inaugurated Epidemics Preparedness and Response (EPR) Committee. While inaugurating the committee, Hon Egbagbor said, the committee is to work closely with their counterparts at the State and Federal ...

WE DON’T HAVE RICE PROBLEM; BUT KNOWING WHAT OUR PRIORITIES SHOULD BE

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  By Zik Gbemre It is no longer news that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government has closed Nigeria’s land borders to prevent the illegal movement of goods and food items, which is a continuation of its policy that began after coming to office in 2015, when he banned the use of foreign exchange to import dozens ...

POLICE ATTACHED TO OKOWA BRUTALIZES JOURNALIST AT BUDGET PRESENTATION

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POLICE ATTACHED TO OKOWA BRUTALIZES JOURNALIST AT BUDGET PRESENTATION OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO Over zealous and trigger happy men of the Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU), Delta State Command attached to the Delta state governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa have molested a journalist on duty. The officers whose identities could not be immediately ascertained before going to press reportedly pounced on Mr. ...

ON THE NEED FOR THE NDDC BOARD TO IMMEDIATELY TAKEOVER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE NDDC

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By Zik Gbemre We join voices to advise President Muhammadu Buhari to swear in the new Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), which have been confirmed by the National Assembly and also direct the new NDDC Board to immediately take over the Management of the Commission as stipulated in the NDDC act. The management ...