By Bethel Toby The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) for the 2023 gubernatorial election in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Abe, has been described as a “liberal-minded philanthropist and development driven leader” the state and its people deserves as governor for the overall interest of the electorate in …
Read More »IYC Slams ‘Anti-Tombomieye Adokiye Campaigners,’ Warns Against ‘Pull-Him-Down Syndrome’
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The umbrella body of Ijaw youths worldwide, the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), has slammed the “faceless groups involved in the campaign of calumny against the executive vice president of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Tombomieye Adokiye,” adding that the call for a probe by …
Read More »Labour’s Last Might Test Against 3 Big Parties
By Ehichioya Ezomon President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu and three other presidential contestants have onus to help their parties secure the states gained in the February 25 poll, and strive to add more states to their columns. In normal political times, the All Progressives Congress would reap a bandwagon effect from Tinubu’s …
Read More »Khana Council Boss Urges Electorates to ‘Vote Wisely’ during Guber, Assembly Polls
Chairman of Khana Local Government Area, Dr. Bariere Thomas, has urged electorates in the council area and Baen communities in particular to “vote wisely” during the forth-coming governorship/house of assembly election. He reiterated this position when he took his sensitization tour to the people of Bua Baen community in ward …
Read More »Ijaw Youth Activist Drags Agip, DSS, Police to Court over ‘Unlawful Detention’
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa An Ijaw Youth activist, Comrade Collins Trueman Opumie, has dragged the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC), the Department of State Security (DSS) and the Nigerian Police Force to the state High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State over his “illegal arrest and detention in an underground …
Read More »Omo-Agege Well Positioned, favoured to Win Delta Governorship Election ~ Theo Mukoro
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa A chieftain and leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ofuoma Town, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, Olorogun Theo Mukoro, has maintained that the candidate of All Progressives Congress APC, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, is “well positioned and highly favoured to win the …
Read More »Arrest Omo-Agege Now, Delta PDP Urges Security Agencies, Over ‘Viral Video’
The Delta State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for the arrest of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the state, over a video allegedly indicating threats on voters in Orogun community, to “either vote the APC or risk being killed.” In …
Read More »Why Deltans Should Vote for Sheriff Oborevwori as Governor
By Geo Edesiri With the governorship and House of Assembly elections around the corner, it has become necessary to examine factors that voters ought to consider in reaching the final decision to cast their votes for candidates. This interrogation is specially for the benefit of the voters in Delta State. …
Read More »IPC, Stakeholders X-ray Media Coverage of 2023 Elections
By Paul Williams As the 2023 general elections enters a new phase in its life next Saturday, how has the media fared in its coverage of the nationwide exercise? What are the dominant trends among media houses and journalists in the coverage of the elections? Have professional standards and ethics …
Read More »Rivers Guber Debate: Kebetkache Highlights Gender, Climate Change Issues
By Paul Williams As the country moves towards electing the next set of helmsmen at the state level in the March 18 governorship elections, the executive director of Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Centre, Obonganwan Emem Okon, has made a call for more government attention to issues of gender, inclusiveness …
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