Civil Society leaders under the aegis of Civil Society Network for Citizens Engagement, Credible Elections and Good Governance (CSNCE2GG) have engaged with Rt. Honourable Sheriff Oborewori, a frontline Delta State Governorship aspirant at his Osubi residence in Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State. The Civil Society leaders led by Activist Rex Emojite Anighoro affirmed that Rt. Hon. Sheriff Francis Oborewori has recorded great antecedents with the Civil Society, a friendly legislator who has greatly supported Civil Society causes in the State. He confessed that Sheriff Oborewori has been a force in the House, one who ensured that critical bills…
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The Movement for Stronger Delta, MSD, was a bit amused and temporarily intrigued when the announcement broke, that Deputy Senate President, Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege had appointed Olorogun, Ima Niboro, as Director of Communications and Media Strategy for his campaign organisation. Was this not the same Ima Niboro; generally regarded as feisty, snobbish, haughty, and arrogant by members of the press and the media, his own immediate constituency, when he was a spokesperson to former President Goodluck Jonathan? Was this not the same Ima Niboro who was reportedly sacked by the very same President Jonathan for his cantankerous and pugnacious attitude?…
The Olorogun David Edevbie Campaign Organisation has called on PDP delegates across the state not to fret over the ongoing intimidation and victimisation of delegates by some persons using the instruments of the state and party machinery. Head of Strategic Communications of the Edevbie campaign organisation, Mr Fred Edoreh, said in a statement on Thursday that despite repeated assurances by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa that he will ensure a level playing ground for all aspirants, they have observed a trend of officially mandated obstruction of access to delegates in some parts of the state but said they are not bothered…
The State Security Service (SSS) has removed a journalist, Lanre Arogundade, from a watchlist in which his name featured for 38 years, the Director General of the Service, Yusuf Magaji Bichi, has said. Mr. Bichi spoke on Wednesday when a delegation from the Nigerian chapter of the International Press Institute (IPI Nigeria) visited him in Abuja, as part of the organisation’s ongoing high-level engagements on the safety of journalists and press freedom in Nigeria Mr. Arogundade, director of the Lagos-based International Press Centre (IPC), was on February 10 intercepted and detained by officers of the SSS upon his arrival at…
A Nigerian born musician residing in United States of America (USA), Edgar Onoriode Ekpagha, has released a single, titled ‘Iji vweghe vweghe’ or ‘Common Thieves’ to discourage the looting of the people’s patrimony in the Niger Delta in particular, Nigeria in general and the African continent by public officers. The artist, who goes by the stage name, ‘African Priest’ or ‘The Priest of Africa’, spoke through his Manager, Ochuko Edekunu, saying that his plan was to discourage the stealing of what belonged to everybody. According to the African Priest, “My first attempt in music was as Sgt. Edgar, under ‘Massive…
By Great Maduawulechukwu A pan Delta political pressure group under the aegis of Concerned Deltans For Transparent Leadership (CONDTRAL), has called on the people of Delta South Senatorial District to support the ambition of Hon. Joel-Onowakpo Thomas in his quest to represent the District in the red Chambers come 2023. The group made the call in a statement made available to newsmen in Delta State, signed by its Chairman, Comrade Choice Dumbiri and Secretary, Comrade Ovie Simon. Hon. Joel-Onowakpo, a grassroots politician and technocrat, indicated interest to contest for the position when he few days ago, purchased the All Progressives…
Oyo politician, Senator Rilwan Adesoji Akanbi, has officially declared his intention to return to the Nigerian Senate to represent Oyo South Senatorial District on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), confirming what has been one of the most anticipated declarations in Oyo politics since the buildup to the 2023 elections started in earnest. In a statement on Wednesday, May 11 2022 in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, the Okanlomo of Ibadan land described his ambition as one that is not built on “mere promises to do” but one that guarantees the continuity and expansion of an already…
Strategic group of Urhobo nation, Oja R’Urhobo 2023 (Urhobo Y’ Oteri} comprising of Urhobo traditional leaders, the Urhobo Progress Union and a conglomeration of Urhobo associations and intelligentsia with the objective of ensuring that an Urhobo of Delta Central becomes the Governor of Delta State in 2023 has thrown their weight behind Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) choice of Delta State Gubernatorial Aspirant, Olorogun David Edevbie as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) best governorship candidate in 2023 election. The group in a statement signed by Chief (Dr) Celilia Ibru, Olorogun (Dr) Peter Igho, Chief Francis Ifie and other thirty seven prominent leaders…
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division has struck out the suit marked: FHC/UM/CS/26/2022 which Mr. Nduka Edede filed before the Umuahia court, on the merit that the provision is unconstitutional because it violates Section 42 (1)(a) of the Constitution. The provision had made it impossible for Government Appointees to contest any electoral position without resigning, an idea President Buhari criticized before signing the electoral act last February. Delivering judgment today, the three-member panel headed by Justice Hamma Barka held that the Federal High Court, Umuahia, had no jurisdiction to have entertained the case as the plaintiff, Nduka Edede, lacked…
…As Governor Inuwa Describes Former Lagos State Governor As Politician Par Excellence Preparatory to the All Progressives Congress, APC’s presidential primaries, the national leader of the party, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu has visited Gombe State to seek for support from delegates and stakeholders as a precursor to actualizing his nomination as the party’s flag bearer. At the palace of the Emir of Gombe, which was his first port of call, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, told the royal father that he was in his palace to seek for prayers and blessings of the exalted stool on his ambition to become the…