We have entered the meat of primary season. Sensationalism and wilful inaccuracy tend to push aside truth during such moments. I make this statement so that truth and accuracy may have a chance. It is important that people truly know what I said and where I stand. Whatever view you have of me is within your right to make. But let it be based on truth and not on falsehood or reckless exaggeration. *There have been gross misinterpretations in some sections of the media regarding comments I made on Thursday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. To a degree, the…
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The Senator Ovie Omo Agege Campaign Organisation has lamented the gross negligence of key economic and development indicators in Delta State by successive governments. The Campaign Organization flayed what it called ‘the deplorable state of development indices’ in the state following the choking economic grip from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According to the Director, Communications and Media Strategy of the Organisation, Ima Niboro, despite the huge oil and non-oil earnings into the coffers of the state, successive PDP governments have effectively ran the state aground. Niboro, a former Presidential spokesman in the administration of Goodluck Jonathan and ex-Managing…
By Ochereome Nnanna, Did Wike just run for president? Did Nyesom Wike, the Governor of Rivers State, really imagine himself a president of Nigeria? As a lawyer, former local government chairman, chief of staff to a governor, minister and now two-term Governor of Rivers State, Wike is eminently qualified. But his bad mouth, bellicosity and lack of temperance have just robbed him of a chance to at least secure the ticket of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and take it from there. Wike’s 237-371 votes loss to Atiku Abubakar was a good show. The Rivers people’s money which he threw…
By Promise Ogana In a bid to to expand the education landscape for Deltans and Nigerians in general, the Dennis Osadebay University, Asaba has matriculated its first set of undergraduates into the 2021/2022 Academic session. The University which was established in February 2021 by the law of Delta State has matriculated a total number of 651 students into six faculties of the the University. At the ceremony which was held at the 1000 seater Auditorium of the University, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ben Oghojafor applauded the Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa for the giant strides he had made in…
Some of the governors are dismissing the view that only a northern candidate can match the PDP candidate, Atiku Abubakar, at the poll. They believe the former VP can be beaten by a candidate from the South. At least nine northern state governors are urging their colleagues to support the All Progressives Congress (APC) to pick its presidential candidate for the 2023 election from the southern part of Nigeria. The party will nominate its presidential candidate at its National Convention in Abuja next week. Twenty-three (23) aspirants have been screened to participate in the primary, 19 of whom are from…
The Deputy President of the Senate and governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has described as insensitive, inhuman and callous the astronomical increase in school fees in Delta state-owned tertiary institutions. This is even as he promised to instantly review the tuition fees in public tertiary institutions in the state upon assumption of office as governor. The action of the university authorities, he stressed, is insensitive to the plight of parents and guardians in the face of economic hardship. He noted that his administration which is premised on “Employment and Empowerment, Development,…
By Eugene Abel Boubini Miyensinte Jones-Wonni was born in Ido-ani, a town in Ondo state , Nigeria, on the 23rd of October 1999 to the family of Dr and Mrs Jones-Wonni. She hails from Arogbo Ese- Odo local government area of Ondo State. She started her primary education in Banky’s Private school Apo Abuja. Due to a sterling performance in primary school, she was encouraged to sit for the common entrance examinations from Primary three ( 3) which she passed in flying colours and proceeded to Word of Faith Group of Schools in Area 1 Abuja . While…
By Bayo Onanuga Aminu Waziri Tambuwal was praised by PDP chairman as the hero of the party’s convention for swinging votes to Atiku Abubakar at the convention, making it possible for Abubakar to win. I do not think Ayu got it right. In my view, Tambuwal has destroyed his future chances of being a Nigerian leader or a future president, for what he proved at the convention was that he is a hegemonist. His action prevented his longtime friend and supporter in the 2019 primary, Nyesom Wike, from winning. Although Wike was to blame fellow southern governors for his…
The Civil Society Network for Citizens Engagement, Credible Elections and Good Governance (CSNCE2GG) has held a post Primary elections Press Conference in Asaba. At the Press Conference the Civil Society Network led by Activist Rex Anighoro declared that the People Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Primary Election was Free, Fair and Credible and that the outcomes clearly reflected the wishes of the delegates and entire members of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State. Activist Rex Anighoro on behalf of the Civil Society Network congratulated Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborewori for emerging as the flag bearer of the keenly contested primary…
His Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse III, The Olu of Warri and Her Highness, Olori Atuwatse III will this week be paying an official work visit to the Canadian cities of Calgary and Toronto in what is a continuation of the drive to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the Warri Kingdom and imports cultural exchange opportunities with Canada’s ethnic identity First nation. The royal couple are being accompanied on the trip by several palace chiefs and important personalities from Warri Kingdom and are scheduled to engage with leaders and high chiefs of ethnic nationalities from Calgary and Toronto taking in the…