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Senator Bassey Albert Akpan and his supporters have been warned to desist from further blackmail and smear campaigns against Governor Udom Emmanuel, over the current legal imbroglio of the Young Progressives Party’s gubernatorial candidate. A major advocacy group, Akwa Ibom Integrity Alliance in a reaction by its Chairman, Barr Stephen Abia, said it was unfair and uncharitable for the embattled senator to transfer blames of his travails to the doorsteps of Governor Emmanuel who neither…

By Ajiri-Oghene Oreh Etymologically, Leftist derives from the arrangement of parliament during the 1789 French Revolution. Those who opposed the position of the King or Crown occupied the benches/seats to the left of the Monarch while those in support occupied seats to his right. Thus emerged the two categories of Leftists and Rightists. The Leftists were the radicals (socialists) while the Rightists (bourgeoisie) were the conservatives. However, Karl Marx (1818-1883) and his collaborator Frederich Engels…

By Dr. Festus Goziem Okubor. This is election season and the moment for unscrupulous politicians to throw brickbats and engage in callous mudslinging to tarnish formidable honour and unassailable integrity that took years to build. Civilized and mature politics demands that decency should be the rule of the game. When politicians and public officeholders go out of their way to concoct lies and distort facts in order to score cheap political points and transient popularity,…

Delta Government says it has constructed over 883 road projects, spanning 1,932km across the state in the past seven years. The State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, stated this at a press briefing on Monday in Asaba. He said Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa’s led administration constructed over 1,000 line drainages and storm drainages in Asaba and Warri since inception. The commissioner was reacting to the allegation that the All Progressive Congress (APC), Presidential Candidate, Sen….

Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Monday said the people of the state were too enlightened and exposed to fall for the cheap lies and propaganda being deployed by the Governorship Candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege. Speaking at a news conference in Asaba, Chief Press Secretary to Governor, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, said that rather than avail Deltans with his manifesto, Omo-Agege had engaged in lies to deceive…

Delta Government on Monday debunked media reports credited to a governor of a South South state that it had collected refunds from the Federal Government without disclosing it to citizens, saying it had remained committed to transparency and accountability in all its financial dealings on behalf of the people. The Commissioner for Finance, Chief Fidelis Tilije, made this known at a news conference in Asaba, while addressing the issues of 13 per cent derivation arrears…

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Spokesman, Mr Charles Aniagwu says the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu should not be campaigning rather be apologising to Nigerians for the hardship meted on the people by his party since 2015. Aniagwu who stated this while addressing journalists on Monday in Asaba said that rather than apologise profusely for the failure of his party in the last seven and half years. He said…

By Jackson EkwugumNovember 21, 2022 Over the weekend, the good people of Delta State and, indeed, many Nigerians were assaulted with the vile propaganda that is the stock-in-trade of the All Progressives Congress. Addressing a press conference, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, the APC governorship candidate for Delta State launched a tirade against the Governor of Delta State and PDP Vice-Presidential Candidate, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa as well as Rt. Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, the PDP governorship candidate….

By Goodluck AchojaNovember 21, 2022 Delta Central cannot afford to trade its Senatorial seat for a diaspora representation. Since its creation in August 27, 1991, Delta State has grappled with the noble issues of the people’s livelihood and the infrastructural outlook of the state. Indeed, by virtue of the state’s strategic location in the oil-rich Niger Delta, it has an obligation, a task to truly become the Big Heart of Nigeria; and to a large…

By Sunday Apah The police in Delta state have arrested four suspects who allegedly murdered two persons, one Dominic Uguru and his male friend whose name and address not known. In a press release by the Police Public Relations Officer, Delta State Command, DSP Bright Edafe on Sunday 20 November, 2022, said, the suspects were arrested following report received by the DPO, Sapele Division from a distress caller (name withheld). According to the release, “on…