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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 …

… As Court Grants Approval to Reconfigure BVAS By Emmanuel Sunday The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the governorship and state House of Assembly elections scheduled to hold on March 11 by one week. The elections will now hold on March 18, 2023. The decision was reached after …

By Paul Williams Against the backdrop of rising poverty levels, over 7,000 unemployed and under-employed youths and women in the nine states of the Niger Delta have been enlisted into the Federal Government/NDDC/IFAD assisted LIFE-ND project.  Addressing the media in Port Harcourt on Friday, national project coordinator of the Livelihood …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt  Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, is clearly in distress as the National leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday asked Emmanuel Ukala, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), counsel to the Rivers State chapter not to represent the party in the appeal filed …

… Urges G-5 Governors to Support Tinubu  By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and member of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council, PCC in Rivers State, Sir Tony Okocha, has condemned the party’s governorship and National Assembly candidates for leaving out the presidential candidate …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The All Progressives Congress (APC) has vowed to petition the Bayelsa State Government and Governor Douye Diri to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to explain the spending of N3 billion that accrued to each of the eight local government areas of the state from …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Traditional Rulers and chiefs from the nine states of the Niger Delta region have sent a strongly worded petition to President Muhammadu Buhari over the alleged arrest of Tantita’s director of Technical Operations, Capt. Warredi Inisouh, by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa A Niger Delta based Transparency group, Coalition of Niger Delta Stakeholders Forum, has petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari over the alleged complicity of Nigerian Navy personnel in alleged cases of crude oil theft and gross misconduct and insubordination in their operations in the region. According to the …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has sworn in Justice Matilda Abrakasa Ayemieye as the acting chief judge of the state. Justice Ayemieye took the oath in acting capacity on Monday inside the Executive Council Chambers of the Government House, Yenagoa. Ayemieye steps in following …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Deputy Senate President and All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate for Delta State, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has alleged his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, opponent, Sheriff Oborevwori, chased away companies and businesses that once boosted the economy of the state through “organized criminal extortion, known as ‘Deve.” According …