Delta South Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Leaders and Stakeholders Forum in Delta South have reiterated their support for the governorship aspiration of Rt. Hon Sheriff Oborevwori in the 2023 gubernatorial election. Oborevwori who is the Speaker of the State House of Assembly…
A foremost aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Aniocha North State Constituency Seat in the Delta State House of Assembly, Engr. Fidel Onwodi has formally been unveiled to the leaders, delegates and Stakeholders of the party in Aniocha North. Onwodi’s…
-By Albert OGRAKA: Delta State People’s Democratic Party, PDP Frontline politician and House of Representatives aspirant for the Isoko Federal Constituency, Bashorun Askia Ogieh, FCNA, CrFA, has felicitated with Christians on the celebration of Easter. Bashorun Askia urged the entire Christendom to…
Press Statement 15th April, 2022 The Delta State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has dismissed the Thursday, April 14, 2023 Delta 2023 Governorship declaration speech of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as a catalogue of lies…
Ongoing construction Work on Constituency Projects and other projects attracted by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elemulu, located across Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency in Delta state, has steadily progressed with some completed and waiting for commissioning. The…
Borno state House of Assembly aspirant for Kaga constituency on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Hon Mustapha Grema a.k.a (Baa Shettima) has assured his constituents of effective representation if given the mandate come 2023 general election. Grema made…
#IsokoFirst Traditional rulers in Isoko Land have thrown their weights behind the aspiration of a formidable political leader in Isoko with wealth of experience in grassroots politics, Bashorun Askia Ogieh, in clinching the ticket to contest for the Isoko Federal Constituency seat…
Says Forum will Support Winners of House of Assembly, House of Representatives Candidates after Primaries -From Michael J. EKOKORUWE (OLEH): Isoko Consultative Forum (ICF) at the weekend supported the Delta South Senatorial candidate, Sir Ayodele Othihiwa and promised to support State House…
-By Michael J. EKOKORUWE: The president general of the Apex body and social cultural organization of Isoko ethnic nationality, Isoko Development Union (IDU), Prof. Chris Akpotu has warned politicians not to use their personal political ambition to disintegrate Isoko nationality. Prof. Akpotu…
SOKOTO State Governor, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal has denied the alleged diversion of N189 billion by the State Government. The governor, who in a press statement by his spokesman, Muhammad Bello, alleged that the media report is an orchestrated effort by his political…
The commissioning train of the MD/CEO, DESOPADEC, Bashorun Askia Ogieh proceeded yesterday, 31st March, 2022, starting with the harvest of projects unveiling at Oyede, where an ultra modern town hall, tastily furnished and equipped with soundproof generator was handed over to the…
Immediate past President General of Isoko Development Union (IDU), High Chief Iduh Amadhe, has implored the Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, to prevail on any House of Representatives aspirant from Isoko north local government area in the coming election to jettison…
-By Mamman MOHAMMED: He is either in white or blue colours. These are his two favourite colours. White represents peace while blue represents love. The two colours incidentally reflect the true character of Mai Mala Buni, the Yobe state Governor, a man…
-By Michael J. EKOKORUWE: The apex body and social cultural organisation of Isoko ethnic nationality, Isoko Development Union (I.D.U) led by its president general, Prof. Chris Akpotu and the executives of the union at the weekend, paid consultation visit to the Ijaw…
By Austen AKHAGBEME: One of the earliest definitions of a political party I knew as a secondary school student was that of Edmund Burke, the eighteenth-century British philosopher and scholar. He defined political parties as the body of men united to promote,…
Former Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki has been said to be out to bring back the leadership attributes of late Nigeria’s President, Umaru Yar’Adua and undo the bad governance of the present leader, President Muhammadu Buhari. Speaking in Maiduguri on Wednesday, the…
The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu in consonance with his empowerment programme for the people of Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency, Delta State, has presented starter packs to young farmers in Onicha-Uku. The starter pack which was in…
Okowa Urges High Level Of Decorum Palpable tension may have gripped politicians over the new move by the Governor Ifeanyi Okowa led administration to ensure that members of the State executive council, who have indicated interest to contest in the 2023 general…
Some stakeholders in Southern Borno politics have insisted on the need to give opportunities to another of the nine local governments in the senatorial district to present the next Senator. Since the return to democratic governance in 1999, only Gwoza has presented…
By Austen AKHAGBEME: It is noteworthy, intriguing and comforting that history has just been made in Anambra state, nay Nigeria, as Prof Charles Soludo stands before Justice Onoche Anyachebelu, the Chief Judge of the state, to be sworn in as the new…
Leaders and stakeholders of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State have rejected concensus arrangements for aspirants to the House of Assembly. This move is contained in a 10-point communique issued at the end of…
A coalition of Christians of northern extraction in All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday asked that the position of the Deputy National Chairman, North of the party should be left to a Northern Christian to occupy. The Coalition stated this in a…
The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Nigeria, Kim Young-Chae, has asked Nigerians to ensure that the country’s 2023 presidential election is free and fair. He noted that the entire world is monitoring the electoral process in Nigeria and desirous of…
The Indigenous People of Nigeria ( IPN) has risen in condemnation of the zoning arrangements for political offices of the All Progressives Congress (APC) describing it as unjust to the people of the Southeast geopolitical zone and a danger to the unity…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has submitted names of its nominees to replace the sacked Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi and his Deputy, Dr Eric Kelechi Igwe. The National Chairman of the PDP, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, made the disclosure on…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Movement for Stronger Delta, MSD, wants to state it loud and clear that Nobody can impose anybody on Deltans; not even Godfathers, not ethnic-based political pressure groups, and not even Traditional ruler’s groups or Senatorial based Traditional…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Albert OGRAKA: Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, Bashorun Askia Ogieh, has enjoined youths in the state, especially in Isoko land to embrace peace and shun political thuggery, ahead of…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu has said that the needs of the people will continue to be the focal point of his representation at the National Assembly. Elumelu…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the former two-term governor of the State of Osun and Buhari’s minister of Interior, has broken his shell. He has chosen to speak out against his benefactor, mentor and Party leader, Asiwaju…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): For decades, the road between Biu, Shaffa and Garkida linking Borno state and Adamawa states in northeast Nigeria had been a nightmare for commuters. Successive representatives of the Hawul, Askira Federal constituency could not in any way make…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Sunny A. DAVID In Awka: The outgoing Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, has urged the people of the State to give total support to the incoming administration of Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo. He stated this…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Reginald DIBIA: One of the most important watersheds in Nigeria’s history is the external debt relief it secured from the Paris Club in 2006. The debt burden in excess of $34 billion, piled up from the mid…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The DC-23 Screening Committee on Sunday evening, February 6, submitted its list of three aspirants from Delta Central Senatorial District for Governorship of Delta State, with Olorogun David Edevbie emerging the most preferred according to inside sources. Others…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –PRESS RELEASE: Hearkening to calls by the Sokoto state chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state on Monday agreed to begin a nationwide consultation on the desirability or otherwise of him…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): It is becoming increasingly difficult to understand the nuances of the Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, especially in recent times. The much acclaimed and widely proclaimed defender of the Yoruba nation is gradually indulging in the antithetical ethos, detrimental…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Governor Ifeanyi Okowa (Ekwueme), has finally cleared the air on how his successor will emerge in 2023. In case you missed it, the great Ekwueme himself gave the clarification, during the mega rally held at the cenotaph to…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Africans Rising for Justice, Peace & Dignity has identified growing discontentment with elected leaders as the cause of growing coup d’etat in Africa The comment came after the military take-over of government in Burkina Faso, which increase the…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Michael J. EKOKORUWE: The governor of Delta State, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has urged the youths of the state to avoid violent elections during the coming 2023 electionairing campaigns, resist the actors of “I must win” and…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Albert OGRAKA/Prosper ETENE: The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairman, Isoko South local Government Area of Delta State, Odio Obaro Godspower, has advised the DC-23, to put its house together ahead of the 2023 governorship elections. Odio Obaro,…
