Category: Politics
PERSPECTIVE – Why Osinbajo is right on the dollar rate
By Etim Etim In the six years and a few months he’s been our Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has never stirred controversy. Even in the heat of several public discussions and heated national debates…
DOPF Confab/Lecture: NDDC to explain role in building a New Face For The Niger Delta Region
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has promised to use the opportunity of the Third Annual Convention/lecture of the Delta Online Publishers Forum, DOPF, to explain the Commission's role in building a new face…
Electronic Transmission of Results: NASS’ volte-face, victory for democracy, says Okowa
Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Wednesday said Tuesday’s passage of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021 by the National Assembly, empowering the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to electronically transmit election results was…
Like Edo, PDP ’ll win Anambra, says Okowa
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would win the November 6 governorship election in Anambra as it did in Edo in 2020. The governor asserted this when he…
PERSPECTIVE – Educating Nigerians before birth and after death
By Owei Lakemfa A STORY trended in the social media on Tuesday, October 5, 2021, the International Teachers Day. On that day, the Senate confirmed the nomination of Alhaji Yahaya Mohammad as a Board Member…
PERSPECTIVE – Tainted threat of ’emergency rule’ in Anambra
By Ehichioya Ezomon President Muhammadu Buhari may've temporarily doused the tension generated by Wednesday, October 6, 2021, threat by the government to proclaim a "state of emergency" in Anambra State. The Attorney General and Minister…
DOPF Convention/Lecture: Okowa, Omo-Agege, Elumelu, Uduaghan, Briggs, Akwa, others to grace event
[caption id="attachment_15438" align="alignnone" width="219"] Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State.[/caption] Delta State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has been scheduled to grace the Third Annual Convention/Lecture of the Delta Online Publishers Forum, DOPF. [caption id="attachment_16337"…
Adonte: A community in pain for lack of roads, cut off; pleads for Okowa’s intervention
By Chukwudi Abiandu Adonte, an agrarian community in Aniocha South Local Government of Delta State has lost its liveliness as the now sleepy town is cut off totally because of lack of access roads. What…
Act now to save Nigeria, Historical Society President warns
The National President of the Historical Society of Nigeria (HSN), Prof. Okpeh O. Okpeh Jr. FHSN has called on operators of the Nigerian state to act fast and address the developmental challenges in the country…