A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Chief Ben Igbakpa, has declared his support for the re-election of Senator Ede Dafinone, urging the people of Delta Central Senatorial District to return him to the National Assembly in the 2027 general elections. Igbakpa made the declaration on Tuesday when Dafinone, who represents Delta Central in the 10th National Assembly, paid him a consultation visit at his residence in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State. He said Dafinone had used his first term to establish valuable relationships and networks across the…
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Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu and the Nigerian Army Headquarters to site the headquarters of the newly created 83 Division of the Nigerian Army in Delta State. Oborevwori made the appeal when he received a committee from the Nigerian Army Headquarters on a stakeholders’ consultative visit to the state as part of consultations on the realignment of Areas of Responsibility arising from the creation of the 83 Division. The committee was led by the Chief of Army Standards and Evaluation, Major-General Thompson Bobby Ugiagbe. The governor argued that Delta was strategically positioned…
By ENITAN ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA, mnipr The newly inaugurated Board of Trustees of the University of Ibadan Alumni Association (UIAA) Worldwide has placed reconciliation and the reunification of aggrieved alumni, branches and chapters at the centre of its agenda, declaring that the Association cannot afford to have “winners and losers” when members are divided. The inauguration ceremony of the newly constituted Board of Trustees (BoT) was performed by the Acting Worldwide President of the University of Ibadan Alumni Association (UIAA), Prof. Terrumun Hembaor Gajir. He was assisted by the Association’s 1st Worldwide Vice President, Dr. Irene Irenosen Akhideno; a member…
By ENITAN ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA, mnipr The Alake and Paramount Ruler of Egbaland, Oba Dr. Adedotun Michael Aremu Gbadebo III, CFR, and former Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, CFR, have emerged as Chairman and Vice-Chairman respectively of the newly constituted Board of Trustees of the University of Ibadan Alumni Association (UIAA) Worldwide. The two eminent Nigerians were inaugurated alongside former Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, CON; renowned cardiologist, Dr. Achilihu Onye; Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University, Distinguished Professor Ibiyemi Ibilola Olatunji-Bello; former Vice-Chancellor of Benue State University, Professor Charity Angya; and Vice-Chancellor of…
By ENITAN ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA, mnipr A former Delta State governor, a former Kano State governor, a foremost traditional ruler, serving and former vice-chancellors, a renowned medical specialist and other eminent Nigerians have been inaugurated into the newly constituted Board of Trustees of the University of Ibadan Alumni Association (UIAA) Worldwide. The inauguration ceremony of the newly constituted Board of Trustees (BoT) was performed by the Acting Worldwide President of the University of Ibadan Alumni Association (UIAA), Prof. Terrumun Hembaor Gajir. He was assisted by the Association’s 1st Worldwide Vice President, Dr. Irene Irenosen Akhideno; a member of the UIAA…
A viral political propaganda post has been circulating, falsely claiming that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be arrested in the United States like Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, detained, and that APC will lose its presidential candidate to pave the way for Atiku Abubakar. This narrative is deliberately misleading, designed to sow panic among APC supporters. Here is what actually happened versus what the propaganda invents: 1. FBI filing vs. propaganda The FBI did not “clear the air” or “release” 399 pages. What occurred was a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit: Greenspan v. Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys et al, No.…
The Delta State Government has approved a massive rehabilitation and reconstruction work in primary and secondary schools across the state, with the job expected to commence in the coming weeks. The decision was among the major resolutions reached at Monday’s State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Sheriff Oborevwori. Briefing journalists after the meeting, Commissioner for Works (Rural Roads) and Public Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, said the Ministries of Primary and Secondary Education had been directed to immediately assess schools across the state’s 25 local government areas and identify the ones requiring rehabilitation or complete reconstruction. He said the…
By Olorogun Olori Magege Peter Obi’s political brand is based on one claim: he is the man of data. Again and again he tells the crowds to “go and check.” So let’s take him at his word: the numbers behind his economic alternative. Concerning the removal of the fuel subsidy, Mr. Obi says it’s cruel, reckless and badly sequenced. Fair enough. But he has failed to answer the question that naturally comes after those criticisms: what would you have done? Would you have kept the subsidy? For how long, at what price and on whose cost? Somehow, this candidate who…
Senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District, Ede Dafinone, has stepped up grassroots mobilisation ahead of the 2027 general elections, holding a strategic meeting with the All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders, and the party executives at the local government and wards in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State. Dafinone, who is the APC senatorial candidate for Delta Central in the 2027 election, held the meeting on Monday at the Council Hall, Isiokolo, alongside the Executive Chairman of Ethiope East Local Government Council, Hon. Chief Augustine Ogedegbe, JP, and other party leaders and stakeholders. The meeting focused on strengthening the…
The attention of the public is hereby drawn to a false and misleading publication alleging that ₦76.84 million was involved in financial irregularities at the Federal College of Education (Technical), Asaba, Delta State, during the administration of the immediate past Provost, Prof. (Mrs.) Josephine E. Anene-Okeakwa. The allegation is not only unsubstantiated; the purported ₦76.84 million figure never existed as alleged. There was no ₦76.84 million pool of questionable funds, no evidence that such an amount was misappropriated by Prof. Anene-Okeakwa, and no credible documentary evidence establishing that the former Provost personally benefited from any such sum. If such a…