Politics

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri A socio-political group, consisting of teachers in Delta State and known as Delta Teachers in Politics (DTP), has been inaugurated in Ughelli town, the headquarters of Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state. The event, which was chaired by the state’s NUT chairman, Comr. …

A political pressure group in the Niger Delta region, Atiku Support Group, has called on Nigerians at home and in Diaspora to come out en masse to cast their votes for Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential flag-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. President …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri As congratulatory messages keep pouring in for the winner of the All Progressives Congress presidential primaries, Asiwaju Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, one of the party’s governorship aspirants in Delta State, who is also the director general of the National Bio-Safety Management Agency, Chief Dr. Rufus …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi  The African Action Congress, AAC, on Wednesday joined about five other political parties that would be presenting candidates for the 2023 governorship election in Rivers State. The party during its primaries chose Tekene Iyagba to fly its flag as governorship candidate in next year’s governorship election. Iyagba …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday night met with all the aspirants for president on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), at State House, Abuja, urging them to hold consultations, and come up with a formidable candidate before the party holds its primary election on June …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri Following the conduct of All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries for various elective positions in Delta State, two youth leaders in Unenurhie Community, who are also active members of the party in Evwreni Ward 8 in Ughelli North Local Government Area, have expressed readiness “to decamp …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The state secretary of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Hon Ebipade Fekoweimo, and two incumbent members of the House of Representatives, Hon. Preye Oseke and Israel Sunny-Goli, have won the ticket of the party in the just concluded primaries into the lower chamber …

Former accountant-general of Rivers State, Siminialayi Fubara, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 gubernatorial election. Fubara polled 721 votes against his closest contenders, Isaac Kamalu who pulled 86 and George Kelly who scored 37 votes.  According to the results announced at …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The campaign directorate of an aspirant for Ogbia Constituency one seat in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Azibalamawal Jonathan, has described as “spurious and undemocratic, the purported claims and declaration of one Mr Richard Ibegu as winner” of Sunday, May 22, 2022’s Peoples Democratic Party’s …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri A popular aspirant for the Ughelli North Constituency 1 seat in the Delta State House of Assembly come 2023 general elections, Hon. Fidelis Adjogbe, has again assured Deltans and his constituents of the preparedness and determination of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to rescue the …