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DELTA GUBER 2015: URHOBOS SHOULD VOTE FOR OKOWA – Atawa

Rev. (Prof.) Alex Akpodiete Atawa In the buildup to the February 28 governorship election in Delta State, a former aspirant for House of Representatives and a member of Media/Publicity Committee of the State PDP Campaign Organization, Rev. (Prof.) Alex Akpodiete Atawa, has stated that Urhobos should vote for the PDP Governorship candidate, Senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi Arthur ...

We Will Support Technical Education, Health Insurance Scheme- Okowa

ByEmbale Jonathan, Bomadi The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in Delta state Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa has said when voted into power his administration will look into the rural areas and support technical education as well as support health insurance scheme for all Deltans and called on them to vote for PDP. The governorship ...

NIGERIA: CORRUPTION AND ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT

NIGERIA: CORRUPTION AND ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT “No form of society can be reasonably stable in which the majority of the people are not fairly content. People cannot be content if they feel that the foundations of their lives are wholly unstable.” -          James Truslow Adams (1878-1949)   The rebarbative imprimatur and the bright sunshine of generic development and economic bliss illuminates ...

Isoko Nation vows to give 100 percent vote to PDP

By  Harriet Anetor Party stalwart of The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Isoko South and North has vowed to mobilize their people to give 100 percent votes to all PDP candidates in the State and Federal level in the general elections scheduled to hold in February. This assertion was made at Nortre Dame College, Ozoro, headquarters of ...

OBUH’S POLITICAL DETRACTORS AND SUPREMACY OF THE ELECTORATES

Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe It is a political and electioneering truism that politics revolves round the 'struggle for power and the retainance of power' while democracy speaks of 'representative government based on core principles of democracy' anchored on the 'freedom of the people/electorates' to freely campaign and vote for candidates of their choice. This is ...

2015: UDUEHI SUBMITS DELTA GUBER NOMINATION FORM … Congratulates Jonathan for declaring for second term

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In the build-up to the 2015 general Elections, a frontrunner for the governorship of Delta State, Dr. (Mrs.) Dame Esther Kelicha Uduehi, filed her Interest/Nomination form at PDP National Secretariat in Abuja. Dr. Uduehi was accompanied by various supporters, party leaders and stakeholders. Addressing Journalists afterwards, she said that this was a culmination of her consultations ...

Outgoing Governors and the Ubiquitous Desire for the Senate Seat

By Alex O. Atavware Akpodiete With the primaries of the major political parties around the corner, there continues to be serious trading and speculations about who will get automatic tickets and who may not. The current political climate is saturated with out-going governors who want to become Senators. So, far it is only a handful of governors ...

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 ...

Support Uduehi’s governorship bid, Obufukoro urges Deltans, Says She is the Esther of our Time

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Kparobo Ehvwubare A Chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Edwin Obofukoro, Ughelli South Local Government Area, has implored Deltans especially the delegates to give their full support to the gubernatorial aspiration of the former Permanent Secretary in Bendel State and Special Adviser to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr. Mrs. Esther Uduehi in the forthcoming ...

I Will Engage In Massive Infrastructure Development – Uduehi

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By Our Correspondent A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governorship aspirant, Dr. Esther Uduehi has promised to embark on massive infrastructural development and job creation for the teeming unemployed youths in the State, if elected Delta State Governor in 2015. Dr. Mrs. Esther Uduehi Addressing newsmen in Asaba, the State capital, Uduehi said she has a rich manifesto ...

NIGERIA @ 54: WHICH WAY?

NIGERIA @ 54: WHICH WAY? Zik Gbemre The crusade for Nigeria's Independence, spear-headed mostly by educated Nigerians was not an easy one. This agitation came to a hilt with Chief Anthony Enahoro's motion for independence on the floor of the Federal House of parliament in 1957. According to Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa at independence Day On Saturday October 1,1960: 'Today ...

Peace Has Returned To Uzere, Come Back Home – Sir Afiemo Pleads With Indigenes

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The Uzere Peace and Development Movement (UPDM) rose from a crucial meeting, recently with a call on all those fled the oil-rich community following a protracted crisis to return home. In a communiqué issued and signed by the Chairman of the Movement, Sir Israel Afiemo, a retired Director, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Secretary, E.B. ...