The Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal will today, Monday, May 23, 2011 commence sitting in Asaba, Delta state. The Tribunal will entertain petitions only for the governorship poll. Meanwhile, the strike action by the judiciary workers in the state have been lifted following…

As discourse are becoming rife on whether to abolish the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme or not, traditional rulers in the oil and gas rich Niger Delta region are calling on the Federal Government of Nigeria to restrict the services of…

DELTA ASSEMBLY PASS BILL ON CARETAKER COMMITTEES: The Delta state House of Assembly has passed into law, a Bill for the establishment of Caretaker Committees of local government councils in the state. The Bill which was considered clause by clause was passed…

Okpe leaders in Delta state have accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government under the administration of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of denial in allocation of top positions, calling for urgent attention in the next political dispensation. They however urged President Goodluck Jonathan…

A planet 20 light years away is the first outside our solar system to be declared ‘habitable’ by scientists. The rocky ‘exoplanet’ Gliese 581d meets key requirements for sustaining Earth-like life, including rainfall and possibly even watery oceans. The planet orbits a…

Delta state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has appealed to the new National Assembly to look into the present revenue allocation and come up with a more equitable formula, saying that the present formula is no longer sustainable owing to the recent increase…

The “Delta Leisure Resorts”, a tourism and leisure facility to be built at Oleri and Ogwashi-Uku, in Udu and Aniocha South local government areas respectively has been officially unveiled at the Event Centre in Asaba, Delta state capital. The parks worth N49…

United State’s department has cancelled the American Visa Lottery (2012 Diversity Lottery) has been cancelled due to computer programming malfunction. David Donahue, deputy assistant secretary of state for visa services urged those who had applied for the 50,000 visa slot to wait,…

The roforofo that is yielding its head in Imo state has taken a new course, following the alleged “unconstitutional” step of the state governor-elect, Owelle Rochas Okorocha by placing embargo on the state government’s accounts until he is sworn in on May…

Nigeria’s 36 states is demanding for a complete review of the revenue sharing formula among the three tiers of government to gain equity and fairness. Chairman of Finance Commissioners Forum, Rebo Usman, at the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting in Abuja…

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ) has escaped from angry mob attack in far away Uganda, where he attended President Yoweri Museveni’s inauguration attended by leaders from Kenya, Tanzania, Southern Sudan, Congo, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe. Reports say that the mob, angered by…

Delta state governor-elect, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has received his Certificates of Return (CoR) from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The Independent National Electoral Commission presented the certificate of return to the Delta state governor Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan and to all state…

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IMO STATE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION RESULT: Rochas Okorocha (APGA) = 336, 859. Ikedi Ohakim (PDP) = 290,496.

Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha, candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) has emerged winner of the governorship election in Imo state to unseat incumbent Ikedi Ohakim of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). National Chairman of APGA, Chief Victor Umeh, expressed satisfaction…

Delta State Governor Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has promised to reach out to Chieftains of opposition parties in the state and reconcile with them so that together they can move the state forward. Dr. Uduaghan who announced this, Sunday, at the Word of…

Dissatisfaction has continued to trail the outcome of the April 26 polls held in Delta state as the state chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and other aggrieved political parties are poised for serious legal fireworks at the Election Petition…

Controversies have continued to trail the purported INEC declaration of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Assembly candidate in Isoko South constituency 11, Hon. Johnson Erijo as the winner of the election held, Tuesday, April, 26th, 2011 as the House of…

Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan basking in the euphoria of his victory at the April 26 governorship polls has assured workers of the preparedness of his administration to implement the new minimum wage of N18, 000. Uduaghan in his May Day…

Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has in a keenly contested, near free and fair election retained his governorship mandate in Delta state in the next four years. This followed the declaration of the complete results of the April 26, 2011 governorship election from the…

President Goodluck Jonathan, mother and wife, Dame Patience Jonathan have voted in Otuoke, Bayelsa State with the president saying that the elections so far have been peaceful and predicted that the 2015 elections will even be more peaceful. He called on Nigerians…

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega has condemned the outbreak of violence in some parts of the Nigeria and continued attack on the innocent Corps members, INEC staff, offices and materials. Prof. Jega, who briefed journalists…

The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) presidential candidate, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, has finally unveiled plans to go into litigation with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over declared results of the April 16 presidential poll,…

Nigeria’s President-elect, Goodluck Jonathan has slammed foreign media organizations for portraying Nigeria as a country embroiled in clashes based on ethnicity and religious divisions. Jonathan in a statement through his media spokesman, Ima Niboro, condemned foreign media reports that portrayed the Presidential…

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ) has been issued his Certificate of Return as President-elect by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Attahiru Jega on Tuesday in Abuja. Attahiru Jega said that he presented the Certificate of Return to the President and Vice…

Various interest groups have expressed concern over the increasing spate of violent protests in the Northern parts of Nigeria, saying that such protests were predetermined plots to instigate a military coup. The Ijaw National Congress (INC) in a statement by its Acting…

Politically sponsored and unwarranted riots have allegedly broken out in parts of Northern Nigeria over last Saturday’s Presidential election which found Goodluck Jonathan of the oil wealthy region winning in his home South South, South West and South East but securing the…

CANDIDATES AND PARTIES: PDP – Goodluck Jonathan (People’s Democratic Party) ACN – Nuhu Ribadu (Action Congress of Nigeria) ANPP – Ibrahim Shekarau (All Nigeria Peoples Party) CPC – Muhammadu Buhari (Congress for Progressive Change) STATES PDP ACN ANPP CPC Abia 1, 175,…

Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has delivered his home unit and ward to President Goodluck Jonathan as PDP sweeps the votes in the area. Official results showed that PDP cleared almost 100% of the votes in Unit 1 Ward 6, Abigborodo….

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has in less than 12 days to the governorship election, administered judgement on the one-year tenure extension for five serving Nigerian governors and upheld the ruling by a lower court which had barred the Independent National…

Delta state government has presented 50 Mazda pickup patrol vans, 1,000 bullet proof vests and 900 Helmet to security agencies in the state for effective service and improved security in the state during and after polls. The governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan who…

A new twist has evolved in the ensuing battle among candidates in their bid to secure the peoples mandate in the just concluded National Assembly elections in Delta state following the allegation by the Returning Officer for Ika Federal Constituency, Dr. Godwin…

FORMER Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Chief Pius  Ewherodo, has defeated the incumbent Senator representing the Delta Central Senatorial District, Prof Adegor Eferakeya, to clinch the senatorial seat at the National Assembly. He also defeated former deputy state chairman…

By Kola Ogundipe: The Nigerian Constitution guarantees the right to life and the right to respect the dignity of the person including the right not to be subjected to torture. International conventions ratified by Nigeria, including the International Covenant on Civil and…