TOWARDS ensuring that the people of Ndokwa Ethnic nationality actively participate in the forthcoming elections, a socio-political organization, the Organization for Ndokwa Unity (ONU) has embarked on sensitization campaign for the people to be registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)….
On the heels of the successful impeachment of the Governor of Adamawa State, Admiral Murtala Hamman-Yero Nyako (retd) on 15th July, 2014 by the Adamawa State House of Assembly, the people of Rivers State have vowed to defend and protect the mandate…
Embattled Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, has been impeached following approval of the report of the seven-man panel that investigated him and his deputy, Bala Ngilari. The impeachment became successful after an endorsement of the panel report that indicted the governor…
AS the date for local government elections draws near in Delta State, members of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) who are interested in contesting for positions have been urged to resign. Chairman of the Union in the state, Comrade Ifeanyi…
In furtherance of the formal swearing-in of the 17 LGA Transition Committee Chairmen in Umuahia on 1 Jul 2014 by the Abia State Governor Theodore Orji, the Governor has subsequently approved the following people as Deputy Transition Committee Chairmen in their respective…
In a bid to curtail the excesses of political detractors who are head-bent on destroying the reputation of Senator Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa, ahead of the 2015 Delta governorship elections, a N20 Billion libel suit (A/151/2014) has been filed against one Mr. John…
A new twist to the alleged shooting of a hotelier by suspected political hoodlums in Boji-Boji-Agbor, Ika South Local Council of Delta State over an alleged burning down of a campaign billboard has emerged. The victim, Mr. Sunny Okonye, has clarified his…
A youth leader and an All Peoples Congress (APC) member in Ikpide-Irri, Isoko South local government area of Delta state, has allegedly been ostracised by his community for challenging a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) legislator at the National Assembly for failure to…
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan and his Abia State counterpart, Chief Theodore Orji and the defeated incumbent governor of Ekiti state, Kayode Fayemi have congratulated Governor-elect of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose on his victory at the…
Ahead of the up-coming LGA elections in Delta State, a socio-political interest group, Ukwuani Volunteers, has adopted Mr. Chris Ogoegbunem Ijibike as the group’s sole candidate for Ukwuani Chairmanship. The adoption was made known after an exclusive meeting to mark its mid-year…
Ndokwa Economic and Socio-Political cum Cultural Organization (NESPCO) has called on the state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan to critically examine, screen and X-ray candidates to be presented by the Party Leaders in the Three LGAs of NDOKWA Nation during the forth-coming council…
The Abia State government has described the report written by one Willy Eya of The Sun newspaper linking the Abia First Family to the purported governorship ambition of the former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Ihejirika (retd.), as deceitful and malicious. A…
State Governors who left the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) last year to form the New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) before finally merging with the All Progressives Congress (APC) have vowed to abort the second term ambition of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan….
The Supreme Court Monday May 26, 2014 in Abuja awarded N8m as costs against Dr Dickson Osuala, counsel to Chief Great Ogboru of the Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) for what it termed as an abuse of the process of the apex court,…
The huge crack in the Rivers State APC, after weeks of neglect has come out in the open. “The APC Legacy Parties, comprising the former ACN, ANPP and CPC parties in the state have not only distanced themselves from the just concluded…
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has elected an Executive Committee (EXCO) to run the affairs of the party and usher in the next APC administration in the State in 2015. The election, according to Blank NEWS Online…
Ahead of the 2015 general elections, all ward chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have unequivocally adopted the Governor of Abia State, Chief Theodore Orji, as the consensus candidate for the Abia Central senatorial district seat come 2015 election. The unanimous…
Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Nigeria’s South East geopolitical zone, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to re-contest for a second term in 2015 assuring him of their unanimous and unwavering support. The backup for President Jonathan took effect…
The new Substantive Chief Judge of Abia State, Hon Justice Nnenna Chioma Otti has been sworn in along side Justice Innocent Ahunanaya Nwabughuogu and Justice Eleazar Onyekachi Enwereji who were appointed as judges of the Courts of Abia State respectively. During the…
The Ward Congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) earlier scheduled to hold on Saturday, 5th April, 2014 in Rivers State has been rescheduled till Monday (April 7) in keeping with directives from the Party’s National Secretariat in Abuja. “For the avoidance…
Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has enjoined the National Judicial Council (NJC) to reverse its decision in the suspension of Justice Agumagu barely days after he was sworn-in as Chief Judge of Rivers State by the State Government….
AHEAD of the 2015 general elections, the people of Ndokwa ethnic nationality in Delta State have said it will be fair for the area to produce the next Governor . Briefing the press after a general meeting at Umutu, Ukwuani Local Government…
The governor of oil and gas wealthy Delta state in Nigeria, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan was among Guest speakers on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at the British African Diaspora Conference dedicated to Nigeria and held at the Houses of Parliament in London. Other…
AS the political activities towards the 2015 general elections increases, the Governor of Delta State, Delta State Governor Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has admonished members of the Delta State House of Assembly to strike a balance between their political activities and their legislative…
In furtherance of his unflinching support for President Goodluck Jonathan, Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State, has urged all presidential aspirants of South-east zone to shelve their ambition and close ranks with the President for re- election in 2015. In a press…
The governorship ambition of the immediate past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, may have hit the rocks as the South South Youth Political Forum (SSYPF) vows to stop him over his failure to attract meaningful dividends of democracy to…
The possibility of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and dissenting Governors who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) returning to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as requested by President Goodluck Jonathan is zero, the spokesman of the defunct New Peoples…
AHEAD of 2015 general elections, the Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has said, credible elections can be conducted with the active participation of Nigerians. Governor Uduaghan who stated this on Monday, February 25, 2014 at a seminar organized by the Delta…
Elder Godsday Peter Orubebe, the immediate past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, has called on President Jonathan to run for a second term in office, saying that he had achieved a lot for the country and deserved to run again for presidency…
Delta Leaders have on Sunday, declared that they would not allow spent political forces to hoodwink the people into accepting them as their leaders. Rising from a meeting in Sapele, the leaders expressed faith in Dr. Ngozi Olejeme, saying she is the…
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended the State House of Assembly for passing the Rivers State Reserve Fund Law Amendment Bill 2014 to enable the State Government withdraw N30 billion from the N53 billion in the…
As the journey to the oil and gas rich Delta state governorship hots up, bookmakers’ predictions have pointed out that the candidature and emergence of the Chairman, Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund, Dr. Ngozi Olejeme as governor in the 2015 general election…
As the Rivers state polity remains heated up, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Prince Tonye Princewill has alleged a threat to his life by Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s spokesperson and Commissioner of Information, Ibim Semenetari. While condemning in strong terms the vitriolic…
The Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) has reacted to claims by Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State that there is no other party in the state, except the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a swift reaction to the “one party state” issue, Chairman…
THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ndokwa West local government area has secured a court order restraining the state party chairman and the party in the state from removing the party executive in the area from office, pending the determination of the…
True to expectation, Nigeria’s former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has concluded plans to join forces with the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Blank NEWS Online can reveal. The move by Atiku, who is touted to be…
The Presidency and the Nigerian Police High Command have come under attack over the brutal disruption of Tuesday’s rally in the federal capital, Abuja, organised by the Anti-Corruption Network to protest against the endless impunity being perpetrated in Rivers State by the…
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has warned all his political appointees to desist from granting political interviews. The warning came on the heels of recent political fisticuffs between the Chairman of the Delta State Chapter of the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party…
The Rivers State Chapter of the People Democratic Movement (PDM) Party Chairmen Forum have debunked recent claims by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state that “APC has swallowed the PDM”. While decrying the recent publication by Chief Eze .C. Eze,…
Chairman of Isoko Grassroots Movement (IGM) Hon Sunday Elueni has asked Barrister Peter Nwaoboshi, the Delta State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to address issues raised by the Secretary to the State Government, Comrade Ovuozourie Macaulay. He also challenged other…
