A political scientist and Executive Director “Better Delta State” Dr Isaac Obominuru has offered his thoughts on what he calls a critical study of the Delta State political attitude, especially in its various category and characterization since the return of Democratic governance in May 1999. Dr Obominuru is concerned about the nature of political representation in Delta State which has tended to undermine the grand principles that sustain civility and political probity. According to him, “In the over twenty-two years of democratic experience, a pivotal issue, including the political context of its production, which has been…
Author: Spade Nigeria
OWERRI – Unknown gunmen on Wednesday (today, 16 June 2021) attacked the country home of the member representing Orsu State Constituency in the Imo State House of Assembly, Ekene Nnodumele, in Ebenato, Awo Idemili, beheading a gateman on duty and setting the house on fire. According to reports the gunmen also razed the house of the immediate past Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Cyprain Charles Akaolisa, in the community. Imo State has been experiencing series of attacks lately, especially on security formations. On April 5, armed men invaded the headquarters of the Imo State Police…
Recently, President Muhammadu Buhari told Nigerians during an interview on Arise Television, of his encounter with two States’ Governors from the Western Part of Nigeria. According to Mr. President, he was blunt in telling them that issues of insecurity are meant to be tackled by the Governors, the Local Government Chairmen and even the Traditional Institutions, not only the President of the Nation. Delta APC does not agree less with Mr. President’s position because it is an indisputable fact that the governors and council chairmen collect monies in millions and billions of naira as security votes…
By: Reuben Abati. I have been privileged to interview quite a number of world leaders in the course of my journalism career. These include President Olusegun Obasanjo, President Ketumile Masire of Botswana, President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Commonwealth Secretary General Shridath Ramphal, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan etc..not to talk of holding the microphone across the world in the presence of countless Presidents in my then capacity as President Goodluck Jonathan’s spokesperson. But no other encounter held as much memory and nostalgic feelings for me as my return to the Aso Rock Presidential Villa on Wednesday, June 9 to interview Nigerian…
By Dr. Don Pedro Obaseki_ *Is the Midwest too small to be a Region (or even a Nation-State) of its own?* *NO!* It was A WHOLE REGION before! It was A WHOLE REGION, when ALL the 19 northern States and 3 Northern zones was a REGION like the Midwest! It was A WHOLE REGION, when the South West (with 6 States) was a REGION like the Midwest! It was A WHOLE REGION, when ALL the 5 States that make up the South-East along with the other 4 States of the South-South zone was a REGION like the Midwest!…
Tinubu support group have described Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as fit as a fiddle while debunking the rumour on the internet that Tinubu is seriously ill. Speaking in a press release, the group’s Head of Media and Publicity, Oluwatosin Johnson said Asiwaju was never sick but on a trip abroad. He added that he was asking God to forgive those who enjoy to wish people bad. “ Asiwaju is as fit as a fiddle,” He added: “There was nothing wrong before he left the country. ” It’s very shocking and sad that there are people with speculations…
Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Tuesday called on the Federal Government to fully operationalise the National Health Act to curb the high rate of maternal and neonatal mortality in the country. Okowa made the call at the inauguration of Asaba Specialist Hospital, which was performed by his Adamawa counterpart, Alhaji Ahmadu Fintiri, in Asaba. He commended President Muhammadu Buhari for operationalising the National Health Act, but remarked that it was being implemented in part contrary to the full content and letters of the Act as passed by the National Assembly. According to…
By Charles Nwabardi The news making the round is that the Fulani Jihadists had written an unsigned letter of threat to the governor of Delta State ( of the Niger Delta Region) coaxing him to renounce his strong stand on the ban to open grazing, one of the resolutions taken by the Seventeen Southern Governors in May in Asaba. Sure! Governor Okowa is the Centre-Point of the hailed resolution by all Deltans, South-South Geo-political Zone, all Southerners and very reasonable personalities in the North except those in the presidency. It is glaring and of a truth that Okowa as the…
By Johnson Ebigide The Chairman of the Delta State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Michael Ikeogwu, has congratulated Comrade Anthonia Mowah as she celebrates her birthday in Asaba, the state capital. Comrade Ikeogwu, who was elated at the celebration of the birthday at the temporary press centre of the union in Asaba, said that Comrade Mowah was such a quintessential asset to not only the state council but the union in the country, adding that she had continuously remained a rallying force because of her commitment, dedication and resolve at transforming the union in the…
The Fulani community in Delta on Monday dissociated itself from the 72-hour ultimatum to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa by “Fulani Jihadists” over proposed ban on open grazing by governors of southern states. In a news briefing in Asaba, Senior Special Assistant to Governor Okowa on Special Duties, Alhaji Muktar Usman, flanked by the leadership of the Fulanis, announced that they were not party to the threat. They stated that they received the news of the planned attack in the state with shock, and that the development threw the Fulani community into fear of possible attack on them…