Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Ndudi Elumelu earlier today joined Nigerians to perform his civic duty in the ongoing Gubernatorial and State Assembly elections. Elumelu voted at 10:18am in his unit 3 polling unit located inside Kandima Primary school Onicha -Uku in Aniocha North Local Government area of Delta State after passed through the accreditation process. At the Kandima Primary school Onicha–Uku voting centre with three polling units, voting commenced promptly with the early arrival of officials and materials for the polls. Also the environment was peaceful with the presence of the police and other…
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There is growing tension in Evwerni right now as thugs allegedly suspected to be working for a former Delta lawmaker and a serving Commissioner destroyed nearly all electoral materials, including some Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines. As of the time of filing this report, voting has been disrupted in all the polling units in Evwerni, in Ughelli North Local Government Area. A team of Journalists monitoring the elections were allegedly prevented from entering the community by the rampaging thugs allegedly loyal to a serving State Commissioner. It was gathered that security personnel sent to the community have been compromised…
Ahead of tomorrow’s elections, an influential group known as Rescue Nigeria Global Network (RNGN) have endorsed the candidacy of the Labour Party (LP), Amb. Ogar Osim for Governor of Cross River State. The group took the decision during a meeting that was co-hosted by Dr. Michael Chuwujekwu Ph.D, Dr Valerie Mbongo, Dr Chinelo Onwusi, and Dr Osim Enya on Tuesday, 14 March, 2023, in Calabar. At the meeting that has most ObiDatti support groups in Cross River state in attendance, the conveners of the ObiDatti respective groups and coordinators present expressed their resolved and readiness to achieve a New Nigeria. The RNGN…
By Oghenero Orovwuje The Civil Society Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) accredited Observers Coalition in Delta State have called on INEC to conduct Saturday’s Gubernatorial and Houses of Assembly elections with credibility. The observers made the call in Asaba today during a press conference on the Governorship and Houses of Assembly elections. In a communique issued by the group and read by Comrade Okezie Odugala, the observers noted that the last Presidential and National Assembly elections of 25th February, 2023, fell short of expectations of Nigerians and the global communities and urged INEC to ensure that the BVAS and the…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD In preparations for tomorrow’s elections, an independent civic organization that has been actively involved in the observation of the Nigerian electoral process known as the Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA), has set up an Election Day Situation Room in Asaba for the March 18th Gubernatorial and State Assembly Elections to receive reports in real time from the field observers. This was stated by the CTA’s Executive Director, Engr. Faith Nwadishi in her speech, at a Press Conference organized by the advocacy group today at the Golden Tulip Hotels Asaba. She said CTA also insisted on the continued deployment…
By Felix Evwihor Tax collection from taxpayers has been described as a social contract by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). FIRS stated this through the Special Assistant to the Executive Chairman of the agency, Mr Johannes Wojuola, during a training, organised for media practitioners in Delta State. The training was on Understanding the Rudiments of Taxation in Nigeria, held at the Hotel De Corperfield, Asaba. According to him, it was described as ‘social contract’ because it enabled the government to generate revenues from Nigerians and in return ploughed back through payment of salaries, building of schools, construction of roads…
As a mission statement expressly provided in the law setting up DESOPADEC by the Delta State House of Assembly in 2006 and fully activated in July 2007, the Commission is meant “To put smiles on the faces of the people in the host oil and gas producing communities of the State through massive infrastructural and human capital development.” Without undermining one for the other, the current board rolled up its sleeves from the blast of the whistle to deliver balanced intervention across the mandate areas in critical infrastructure, education, health, housing, water, road, transportation sub-sectors, as well as in re-skilling…
Political and youths leaders in Warri South, Delta State, have described the cancellation of the Delta South Senatorial election result from the local government area as pre-meditated political injustice against the people and have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to revisit and review the result. In the Senatorial election in Warri South, the PDP candidate, Michael Diden, polled about 9,000 votes while his closest rival, Joel Onowakpor of the APC had 2,000 votes. The result was however cancelled at the Zonal Collation Centre in Oleh, giving an edge to Joel Onowakpor who won only in his Isoko…
By Delta Stability Forum (DSF) Delta state created on August 27, 1991, is the best gift from God to mankind. The multiplicity of rich ethnic groups blessed with diverse wealth of creative and productive individuals, are testimonies of the Big Heart. As important as it is to protect the human heart, the arteries which constantly supplies blood to other parts of the body, needs same protection. A damage to an artery, can lead to fatality. Dearest Deltans, the foundation of legacy developments instituted by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa-led administration, needs our collective protection through sustainable efforts in a must-crusade to elect…
By OLISE ONWUSANDO Despite running for the first time as the governorship candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party(NNPP), Dr. Goodnews Agbi is not new in the politics of Delta State and by extension Nigeria. He had worked behind the scene in support of the ambition of other persons until he decided to offer himself for service, this time around, at the highest level in Delta State. In throwing his hat into the ring, his decision was not fortuitous but the result of a well-thought-out plan which is bolstered by the quest spirit, a dominant force that continues to propel…