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Unless former President Olusegun Obasanjo clarifies the comment he allegedly made that picking Atiku as running mate in 1999 was a mistake, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has threatened to break the egg and tell the whole world and Nigerians who Obasanjo is, in 48 hours. The media was awash on Monday with the news where former President, Olusegun Obasanjo was quoted to have said that he made a mistake selecting Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as…

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, who are currently detained in the United Kingdom, have dragged the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, to court over the controversy surrounding the real age of David Ukpo, who accused them of sponsoring his trip abroad for the purpose of harvesting his organ. Cited as Defendants in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/984/2022, are the Comptroller General of the NIS, the National Identity Management Commission,…

Nigerian students under the aegis of Atiku-Okowa Students Movement (AOSM) have berated the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over the continued strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the raging insecurity across the country. Rising from a meeting in Asaba, the Delta State capital, the group lamented the continued ASUU strike, unabating insecurity and effect of foreign exchange on students in foreign studies. In a communique read by National Chairman of the…

The O5 Initiative Grassroot medical outreach in collaboration with Restore Sight Africa Initiative today launched a week long medical outreach for the screening and treatment of eye-related issues, distribution of free eye glasses and Free Medical Examination. Speaking during the inauguration the Wife of the Governor of Delta State Dame Edith Okowa who is the founder of O5 Initiative urged well meaning Nigerians to reach out to the less privileged, saying the number of the…

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Sunday evening said he was still searching for his running mate. He spoke at the presentation of the book “Mr Speaker” and unveiling of the Legislative Mentorship Initiative to mark the 60 birthday of Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila in Abuja. Tinubu lauded the good working relationship between Gbajabiamila and his deputy, Hon Ahmed Wase. Tinubu said he needed to learn from the duo about…

June 26, 2022 By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South ASABA- A Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State, weekend, struck out the suit filed by one Prince Efe Henry Duku, challenging the State Government’s N150 billion ‘bridging finance facility’ as approved by the Delta State House of Assembly.The claimant had sued the Governor of Delta State, Delta State House of Assembly, Attorney-General of Delta State, Zenith Bank PLC, Minister of Finance, Debt Management Bureau…

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Vice Presidential candidate, Dr Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa has reaffirmed his firm belief that the country shall remain one indivisible entity despite the attempts by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to balkanize it. In the same breath, Okowa, who is the incumbent Governor of Delta state, assured Nigerians that the mission and vision of the PDP and its Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is to ensure that Nigeria remains united. Gov….

June 26, 2022 By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South ASABA- A Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State, weekend, struck out the suit filed by one Prince Efe Henry Duku, challenging the State Government’s N150 billion ‘bridging finance facility’ as approved by the Delta State House of Assembly.The claimant had sued the Governor of Delta State, Delta State House of Assembly, Attorney-General of Delta State, Zenith Bank PLC, Minister of Finance, Debt Management Bureau…

By Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe Esq eacgovdelta Centrality of morals in democratic politics and leadership connotes political correctness, moral uprightness, well activated and nurtured good conscience, broad reasoning and unbiased analysis of issues, well calculated thoughts processes, proactive decisions and deliberate patriotic alignments by political actors and leaders in the pursuit of individual and party interests for good governance. It also refers to sound leadership principles and firmness, good strategy management, result oriented political permutations and…

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Isoko North LGA Chapter has congratulated the Member Representing Isoko North State Constituency in the Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Jude Omena Ogbimi on his birth anniversary. The party in a statement signed by the Chairman of the LGA Chapter, Prince Godwin Ogorugba congratulated the lawmaker on his birthday, describing him as a worthy son of the local government and a dedicated party stalwart. “On behalf of the LGA…