Obaseki help! my community besieged
By Louis Odion As the second week of Lent opened last week, the mostly Catholic folks of Odiguetue community could not have envisaged murder and mayhem while in a solemn pursuit of the state of…
Category: Politics
Serve with humility, respect, Okowa charges political office holders, swears in Chinye as commissioner
Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has charged commissioners and other political office holders in the state to at all times, serve the people with humility and strict adherence to relevant oaths they took. The…
Delta Assembly debunks detractors’ false claim of 1% budgetary allocation to Isoko Nation
The Delta State House of Assembly has debunked reports that the Isoko Nation was allocated a mere one percent of the 2018 budget of the state government, describing peddlers of the untruth as enemies of…
PDP Delta Mandate endorses Okowa as sole governorship candidate for 2019
The members of Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Delta Mandate from across the three Senatorial Districts of Delta State have unanimously endorsed the candidature of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as the sole candidate for governorship position in…
Avoid shortcuts at Congress, Buhari urges APC caucus
By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari has enjoined the national caucus of All Progressives Congress (APC) to abide strictly with the party’s constitution while conducting congresses at wards, local governments, states and national levels. Buhari…
Odigie-Oyegun lashes prophets of doom after caucus
By Ismaila Chafe The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr John Odigie-Oyegun has said that the outcome of the meeting of the party’s national caucus had shamed those prophets of doom who predicted…
Delta North monarchs pass confidence vote on Okowa; Report herdsmen’s menace to Police, Governor charges them
Traditional Rulers in the Northern Senatorial District of Delta State have passed a vote of confidence on Governor Ifeanyi Okowa. No fewer than 63 recognised Royal father's at a meeting held at the Palace of the…
Leadership: What Has Age Got To Do With It?
By James Ibori The call for power shift from the older to the younger generation is fast gaining currency. This political discourse has occupied the public space in recent times and understandably so. The question…
Encomiums on Ndudi Elumelu for service, liberality
The former member of the Federal House of Representatives and a chieftain of PDP in Delta State, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, has been described as a man of service and generosity, whose motivating interest is…
Nigeria needs State Police today, not a minute later
By Adewale Adeoye I’m really surprised any progressive person can oppose state police. Nigeria will remain in the dungeon of violence and social misery as long as we condemn the fate of policing every village…