Says He’s “A Round Peg In A Round Hole” -Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: Managing Director/CEO of the DESOPADEC, Bashorun Askia Ogieh FCNA, CrFA, has joined other Nigerians and Deltans to felicitate with the Delta State Governor, Senator Dr….
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: The riots and mayhem that ensued after the Supreme Court verdict that disqualified the join ticketed mandate of the governor- elect of Bayelsa state, David Lyon threw to the fore the staccato of emotion, avowed…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): By Albert OGRAKA: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO HIS EXCELLENCY SENATOR DOUYE DIRI I congratulate His Excellency, Senator Douye Diri who was sworn in today as the 5th Civilian Governor of Bayelsa State, in compliance with the Supreme court verdict…
– Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: Delta State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has emerged the Chairman, South-South Governors’ Forum. Dependable clues obtained by Blank NEWS Online revealed that Governor Okowa was selected after elaborate consultations to take over…
Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Omoshola DEJI: In Athens, 510 BC, Cleisthenes instituted democracy to foster greater: accountability of institutions and leaders to citizens and the law. Today, the tenet is being flouted with impunity, especially in developing nations, where most…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: The public protest, demonstration and outcry of some prominent Christian Religious group yesterday, brought to the front burner, once again, the demoralizing state of insecurity in the nation and the resultant insensitivity of government to…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Nine lawmakers of the Imo State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, defected to the All Progressives Congress from Peoples Democratic Party, All Progressives Grand Alliance and Action Alliance. The lawmakers who defected are Authur Egwim (Ideato North) from…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): By Our Political Correspondent: Senator Ifeanyi Uba representing Anambra south and candidate of Young Peoples Party (YPP) has been shamefully kicked out of the revered Red Chambers of the Nigerian Senate. Uba lost the appeal to rescind the court…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon Ndudi Elumelu has hailed the Supreme Court Judgment affirming the victory of the Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, saying that it is a victory for the…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: Managing Director/ Chief Executive of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh has congratulated Delta Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa on his victory over the governorship candidate of the APC,…
Ononye Fetes Oshimili South PDP Leaders At Christmas In the spirit of Christmas, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Oshimili South Local Government Area, yesterday deepened its intimacy among members at the gesture of Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mordi Ononye. In attendance at…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: The crow, reveling and gloating by the ruling party over the recently announced loss of the Kogi-west senatorial supplementary election by the enigmatic Senator Dino Melaye , showed how petty, self-serving and vindictive Nigeria politics can…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): There appears to be a crack in the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the crisis in the selection of the House of Representatives Minority Leader as some members of the national leadership…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has commended the Judiciary for the “sound judgment” by the Court of Appeal, which affirmed his victory in the March 9, 2019 Governorship election in the state. His…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Nigeria House of Representatives has decided to put a stop to the impunity of some of its members who it noted derives joy in breaching its rules and standing orders. Consequently, the House through its Committee on…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): A socio-cultural and political pressure group, the Arewa Youth for Peace and Security (AYPS) has cautioned the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against interfering in the affairs of the PDP caucus of the…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ward 7 (Umuagu) in Oshimili South Local Government Area, Delta State, have lauded the Chairman of the party in the area, Ogbueshi Dada Okonji, for providing good leadership for the party….
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The attention of the leadership of the Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives under Hon. Ndudi Elumelu has been drawn to allegations of disloyalty leveled against it in a statement issued by the National Publicity Secretary of…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives has assured that the judgment of the Supreme Court on the petition by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on the February 23 presidential election…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: The usual jubilation that follows victories at the courts was lacking in most parts of the country, following the judgement of Nigeria’s Apex court on the 2019 Presidential election. The Supreme Court of Nigeria on…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led opposition in the House of Representatives at the weekend, picked holes in the N10.33 trillion 2020 budget, insisting that the annual estimate will be subjected to thorough legislative scrutiny to ensure that it…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The sole sponsor of Ebu Unity Cup 2019/2020, Mr. Ken Ekitu Agboma, has pledge his commitment to the continued empowerment of youths and the less privileged persons in Oshimili Oshimili North local government area of Delta state. The…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Middle Belt PDP Progressive Youth Forum, a socio-political pressure group made of PDP youths in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria, has lambasted Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State over his recent statement, accusing the panel set up…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has been berated for congratulating President Muhammadu Buhari over his victory at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal. The PDP youths under the aegis of PDP South South Youths Vanguard, also criticised Wike for…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The Committee constituted by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Board of Trustees, BOT, to look into the Minority leadership crisis in the House of Representatives, has finally submitted its report. Chairman of the Committee and former President of…
***Seeks Judicial Panel Of Inquiry The minority caucus of the House of Representatives, has condemned in strong terms, the killing of three police officers allegedly by military personnel in Taraba State and the purported escape of a kidnap kingpin, Alhaji Hamisu Bala…
Former Military President of Nigeria, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has spoken on the need for credible and robust opposition in a constitutional democratic country like Nigeria, noting that the robust engagement of the ruling party by the minority in the National Assembly…
Amid the intrigues surrounding the Minority Leadership positions of the House of Representatives, it has emerged that a recent petition sent to the Peoples Democratic party, PDP leadership, discrediting the Committee set up by the PDP Board of Trustees to investigate the…
The leaders, elders and stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anioma, the Delta North Senatorial District of Delta State, have rejected the suspension of Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, the new Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, declaring that the suspension…
***Wants PDP NWC To Rescind Decision The newly elected Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Honourable Ndudi Elumelu has expressed shock over his alleged suspension from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC). The NWC under…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has announced Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, representing Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency, Delta State as the new Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. The announcement of Hon. Ndudi as the House Minority leader,…
From Mike Sogbola-Maiduguri: Yobe State House of Assembly on Monday elected the Speaker and Deputy Speaker Speaker and for it’s Seventh Assembly. Hon. Ahmed Lawan Mirwa, representing Nguru II constituency and Hon Auwalu Isa Bello of Mamudo constituency were both elected Speaker…
A stalemate of significant proportions over who should be picked as the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, may have engulfed the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the jostle for leadership positions in the National Assembly unfold. Two candidates, Hon. Ndudi…
**MUTU REACTS TO ALLEGATIONS OF FORGERY, IMPERSONATION A member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Nicholas Mutu, representing Bomadi/Patani Federal Constituency in Delta State, has reacted to allegations of forgery and impersonation being levelled against him by the defeated candidate of the…
…Okowa Seeks Executive, Legislative Co-operation For Stronger Delta …Bashorun Congratulates Owefere, Ogba, Onwo, Others By Albert OGRAKA: Following the formal inauguration of the 7th Delta State House of Assembly on Monday, June 10, Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa and other notable…
-By Albert OGRAKA: The newly sworn in Secretary to Delta State Government (SSG), Barr Chiedu Ebie, has charged Staff of the SSG’s Office to brace-up for the desired reform towards moving the State forward. Barr Ebie gave the charge during his maiden…
*Commends Delta Govt For Infrastructural Development In Community By Michael Ekokoruwe The people of Ikpide – Irri Community in Isoko South local government area of Delta State at the weekend celebrated the successful second term inauguration of Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, governor…
*Ebie – SSG *Edevbie – Chief of Staff *Funkekeme -Senior Political Adviser Delta state Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has appointed Barr. Chiedu Ebie as the Secretary to the Delta State Government (SSG). The shocking appointments is contained in a letter signed…
“I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame; I was father to the poor.” -Job 29: 15-16 -By Albert OGRAKA: Senator Dr Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa and Barr. Kingsley Burutu Otuaro have been successfully inaugurated for a second…
-By Albert OGRAKA: In a bid to further strengthen the trust of Deltans on the initiatives enshrined in the SMART agenda, a prominent chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), High Chief Bashorun (Hon.) Askia Ogieh, FCNA, CrFA, has donated truck-load of…
