Despite the opposing moves to oust the All Progressives Congress (APC) government, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has submitted his nomination form to seek re-election for the post of the president. Buhari, who on Wednesday, September 12, 2018 expressed appreciation to the Nigerian…
The Delta State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has dismissed as a “pipedream” the statement credited to a former Governor of the State, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, that the APC “will wrest power from the PDP” in 2019. In a statement…
As Deltans at home and in the Diaspora celebrate the 27th Anniversary of the creation of Delta State, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bashorun (Hon.) Askia Ogieh JP, says the state has recorded more gains than loses since its…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will not postpone the 2019 elections because of the delay in the passage of its budget. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the clarifications while fielding questions from State House correspondents on Friday in…
-By Albert OGRAKA: A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Assembly aspirant in Oshimili North Constituency, Hon. Frank Ngozi Chukwuka Esenwah, has listed the gains for his constituents and expressed his readiness to render unequal service to the people, if nominated and…
Delta State Government has declared Thursday August 16 and Friday 17, 2018, as work free day to enable public servants participate fully in the ongoing voters registration exercise. A statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Hon Festus Ovie…
-By Ashibuogwu Olisakwue: With the Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa resolving to be totally neutral and allow delegates of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to freely decide who they desired as their candidates for the approaching elections, the contest…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Delta State chapter, has commended the state governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, on the successful hosting of the 21st Confederation of African Athletics, CAA Senior Athletics Championship, 2018, in the capital city of Asaba, from August…
By Andy Emephia: The Delta State Chairman of Labour Party, Chief Tony Ezeagwu has advocated for part time status for State and National Assembly members, noting that such a move will nip desperation by politicians in the bud. Chief Ezeagu also said…
-By Albert OGRAKA: One good turn, they say, deserves another. Nineteen years after Hon. Prince Ned Nwoko, awarded scholarship to 30 indigent and non indigent citizens of Anioma from various tertiary institutions in Nigeria, little did he know that the good seeds…
Controversial Nigerian senator, Dino Melaye who recently decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the All Progressives Congress (APC)has reportedly been kidnapped. Nigerians have however expressed mixed feelings following the alleged abduction of Senator Dino Melaye by unknown gunmen. Senator Dino…
By Michael EKOKORUWE: Motion for the re – election of Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa as governor of Delta State during the 2019 general election, has received mass support by Isoko youths during a mega rally organized by Isoko National Youth Council, tagged…
The political differences between the Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC) and the APC took a different dimension on Thursday as the Alhaji Buba Galadima-led R-APC filed a suit seeking an order of perpetual injunction restraining Mr Adams Oshiomhole and 53 others from…
Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, has been reportedly been rushed to the Government State House Clinic, Ekiti State, for treatment after fainting. Fayose was alleged to have fainted when policemen stationed around the State House to ensure security fired teargas and shot…
–By Michael EKOKORUWE The senior special assistant to Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta State on youth and community development Chief Victor O. Egbo, has donated 100 plastic chairs, 12 tables, 6 standing fans and 6 wall clocks to the five…
-By Albert OGRAKA: Blank NEWS Online can authoritatively reveal that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leading presidential aspirant in the forthcoming 2019 elections and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s visit to Delta state on Tuesday, July 26, 2018 in continuation of…
—By Michael Ekokoruwe The senior special adviser (SSA) to Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta State on youth and community development, hon. Chief Victor O. Egbo, has made consultation visit to Isoko South Peoples Democratic Party stalwarts to seek election as…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has challenged the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, to immediately submit himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged humongous corruption allegations hanging on his neck. In a Press…
PRESS RELEASE 18th June, 2018 DELTA LINE: APC AND ITS PENCHANT FOR RABBLE ROUSING The Delta State Peoples Democratic Party notes with dismay a Press Statement credited to the Delta State All Progressives Congress alleging that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa sacked 568 Delta…
Senator Atai Aidoko representing Kogi East in the National Assembly has been sacked by a Federal High Court in Abuja. The court declared in its verdict that Aidoko was wrongly presented by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as its candidate after the…
-By Albert OGRAKA: Like a wildfire that arouses anxiety and like the caressing moonlight at night, “Hope Alive”, an emerging independent political pressure group, routing support for Governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa in Isoko South and Isoko North local government areas of Delta…
At last, the Chairman of the defunct National Electoral Commission, Humphrey Nwosu, has broken silence since the illegal annulment of the June 12, 1993 polls presumably won by Chief Moshood Abiola. The option A-4 June 12, 1993 election has been adjudged as the…
Two pan Niger Delta groups, the Pacesetters advocacy group and the Izon-Ebe in Diaspora, have thrown their considerable weight behind the House of Assembly aspiration of Mr. Tony Okirika, who is contesting for the Warri South West Constituency seat at the Delta…
A political pressure group, the National Atikulate Movement 4 Emancipation – NAME, has charges its members home and abroad to donate towards the party nomination form for their grand master and principal, Waziri Atiku Abubakar, GCON. This charge came from the National…
Press Statement NASS RESOLUTION ON BUHARI HAS VINDICATED US, SAYS PDP The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the resolutions of the joint session of the National Assembly against President Muhammadu Buhari’s Presidency is a vindication of its stance on the Buhari administration….
Meet newly-sworn in All Progressives Congress (APC) State Chairmen 1. Abia – Hon. Donatus E. Nwankpa 2. Adamawa – Alh. Ibrahim Bilal 3. Akwa Ibom – Hon. Ini Okopido 4. Anambra – Barr. Emeka Ibe 5. Bauchi – Alh Uba Ahmed Nana…
The Delta State chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Cyril Ogodo, has inaugurated the state working committee and local government executives of the party with a vow to defeat Governor Ifeanyi Okowa-led Peoples Democratic Party government in 2019. Ogodo, who…
A political pressure group, the National Atikulate Movement 4 Emancipation – NAME has said that the only Nigerian by the grace of God that is capable of unseating President/General Buhari in the coming 2019 general elections is the first former vice president…
The leadership of a faction of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), known as nPDP, has announced withdrawal from dialogue with the APC-led federal government, accusing the Nigerian presidency of double-standard and lack of good faith in the dialogue it entered with…
Dr. Cairo Ojougboh a Former member of the House of Representatives and frontline Delta state Governorship Aspirant of the APC has listed some of his achievements as public office holder. Cairo said he believed that achievements will always speak for itself, but…
Delta state Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has been described as a worthy Leader and Ambassador of Democracy in Delta State and Nigeria as a whole. This lofty description was made by Jon. Ndudi Elumelu, a former House of Representative Member and…
AS the countdown for the 2019 general election begins, a political pressure group, Convocation of Delta APC Support Groups (CDASG), has accused serial Delta State governorship candidate, Chief Ovadje Ogboru and the senator representing Delta Central Senatorial district, Ovie Omo-Agege of promoting…
The Federal High Court in Benin has ordered that the Chairman of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo, Chief Dan Orbih, be remanded in prison custody if he failed to perfect his bail. The court had on Thursday granted the Orbih and…
In fulfilment of earlier promise and commitment to serve for a single term, Bauchi State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Nuhu Gadado on Wednesday tendered his resignation letter, some of his aides have confirmed Mr Yakubu Adamu, his Special Assistant on Communication Matters said…
**Re: Idumuje Ugboko monarch throws weight behind Nwaoboshi The tradidional Prime Minister, Iyase of Idumuje-Ugboko, Chief Chris Ogwu has discountenanced recent claims that the Senator representing Delta North, Peter Nwaoboshi received royal blessings from the “Monarch” of Idumuje Ugboko, Justin Chukwunonso “1V”…
The Olorogun O’tega Emerhor faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Monday, May 21, 2018, elected Chief Cyril Ogodo as the State Chairman of the Party in Delta State. Recall that Ogboru/Omo-Agege faction which includes Mrs Mariam Ali, Chief Frank Kokori and…
The Obi of Idumuje-Ugboko in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State, Justin Chukwunonso Nwoko IV, has enjoined the Senator representing Delta North in the Senate and Chairman, Senate committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, to remain…
Members of Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) Delta Mandate Group have said that the successful conduct of the Ekiti State PDP primaries by the state Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, is a manifestation of the political sagacity and experience of the Governor. In…
In a bid to ensure the emergence of Dr Cairo Ojougboh as the next Delta State governor come 2019, a formidable pressure group known as ward four political forum has called on Deltans to support, mobilise and create awareness that would actualise…
-By Albert OGRAKA: A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Executive Director (Finance and Administration) at the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun (Hon.) Askia Ogieh JP, has said that the political rallies organized by Delta Political…
