By Xajo Iweta OROBUKOGBAKE Ahead of the Governorship Primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scheduled for today Wednesday, Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has been embroiled in a delegates gagging controversy. It was alleged that not satisfied with the assurances extracted from the delegates who had been heavily induced monetarily, the governor resorted to arm twisting tactics by threatening and intimidating the. delegates. It was learnt that he had already camped them in various hotels in Asaba, with a firm instructions that each delegate must mark his or her ballot paper with a written code “9” at the…
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State has assured all aspirants that bought the party’s expression of interest and nomination forms of free, fair and credible conduct of its primary elections. The State Chairman of the APC, Engr. Omene Sobotie, gave this assurance today while addressing all Delta South Senatorial District aspirants vying for elective positions at an enlarged meeting of Delta South APC held at the Emede, Isoko South Local Government Area residence of Hon Joel-Onowakpo Thomas. He said that, “APC is positioned and ready to take over Delta State. We are not going to compromise. We will…
by Tosan Ukubeyinje The past has a way of catching up with humanity. No matter how far gone or how fast we run, it takes only a second for the past to level up with us. The experience thrown up in contemporary Nigerian politics attest to the truth of this conclusion. In less than a year after the present dispensation was inaugurated, two leading political actors namely Evan(s) Enwerem and Salisu Ibrahim were indicted for possessing multiple personalities and fake certificates respectively. Both actors were members of the National Assembly. Enwerem was Senate President, while Salisu was the Speaker of…
by Obaro Imonikugbere When the English playwright William Shakespeare wrote The Merchant of Venice, he wove a complex plot that took the breadth of theater goers and readers away. The intrigues which constituted the plot were so complex and so impossible to resolve that they kept the audience and readers on edge. Anxiety and suspense had the better of them. But Shakespeare’ genius threw up a deus ex machina which even the villain Shylock recognized by declaring “A Daniel has come to judgment”. Thus the knotty plot was resolved and the play and its envisaged humanity lived on happily thereafter.…
THE Majority and Member representing Isoko South Constituency II at the Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Chief Ferguson Onwo KSC, has thanked delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the constituency for his landslide victory in the primary State House of Assembly the primary election held yesterday. In a statement personally signed by him, the lawmaker also thanked the State Governor, Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa and other party leaders in his constituency and beyond, who stood firmly behind him. He attributed his victory to the collective desire of all party men and women to build stronger democratic…
By BULOU KOSIN Deputy Governor of Delta State and leading aspirant to Osadebe House, Asaba, in 2023, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, is of the Ijaw ethnic nationality in Delta State. He carries modicum of Urhobo identity derived from roots in Emadadja in Udu LGA in Delta Central Senatorial District. During his statewide political consultations, Otuaro’s pledge that he will be fair to all Deltans resonated with the crowds majority of who were pulled to his detribalised nature–a historically proven nature improved by his now Christian passion for the good of all mankind. Growing up in his home in Gbaramatu Kingdom…
By Elohor Rita Agbra With less than 48hrs to the PDP Governorship Primaries race in Delta State, the Frontline Aspirant Barrister Kingsley Burutu Otuaro is not stepping down for any one. It is only in the figment of imagination of some aspirants’ loyalists who are peddling false and baseless rumours, which goes to show the integrity of their Principals. Like the popular saying you can’t give what you don’t have, supporters of these aspirants are only displaying unseriousness… The Leading contender of Gubernatorial race in Delta State Barrister Deacon Kingsley Otuaro is still focused to lead Delta state to an enviable…
The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Godwin Elumelu has overwhelmingly won the PDP House of Representatives Primary Election for Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency, Delta State. Rt. Hon. Elumelu on Sunday May 22 was declared the winner of the election by the Chairman of Delta State Electoral Committee, Hon. Solomon Funkekeme having scored 80 votes out of 132 accredited votes for the election conducted at the cenotaph, Asaba. Elumelu defeated two other contestants, Hon. Princess Pat Ajudua and Mr Banyam who scored 35 and 17 votes respectively. With the declaration of Elumelu as the winner in the…
By MIEBI JOHN Reports emerging from the PDP primaries indicate alleged attempts by some leaders to administer fetish oaths on delegates. Several cases have been reported in Delta North and it is feared that it might be widespread a across the state but many of the delegates are said to be resisting it, insisting that it is against their religious faith and right to free political expression. A delegate from Oshimili South narrated his experience on Saturday evening ahead of the House of Assembly and House of Representatives primaries holding this Sunday. “Chief Uzor invited delegates to his house yesterday…
Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development in Nasarawa State, Amb. Lucky Isaac Yargwa, is in Benin City, Edo State, on behalf of the Government and people of Nasarawa State to lend support to the State’s women’s football club, Nasarawa Amazons, who are participating at the ongoing 2021/22 Nigeria Women’s Football League Premiership Super Six tournament. Amb. Yargwa who was accompanied by the Senior Special Assistants to Governor Abdullahi Sule on Youth Development and Sports Affairs, Comrades Shuaibu Sani and Hamza Moyi Awe, was in ecstatic mood when a first-half brace from Amarachi Okoronkwo saw Nasarawa Amazons beat Naija Ratels 2-0…