Politics

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri As the 2022 gubernatorial primaries of the All Progressives Congress approaches, political groups from across the various ethnic regions in Delta State have urged the director-general and chief executive officer of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Olorogun Dr Rufus Eseoghene Ebegba, to contest for …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Bayelsa West Patriotic Front (BWPF), a political body made up of politicians from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekeremor and Sagbama local government areas of Bayelsa West senatorial district, has urged Governor Douye Diri “not to be deceived by the accolades and encomiums showered …

… Governors Must Work Together ~ Wike By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, and his Rivers State counterpart, Chief Nyesom Wike, have described as “bright” the chances of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) producing the next Nigerian president in 2023. The two governors spoke on Monday …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri In a bid to enhance the winning chances of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State at the 2023 polls and future electoral engagements, Dr Rufus Ebegba, director general, National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has called for peaceful coexistence, unity and justice in the …

…Lambasts ‘Serial Defectors,’ Assures Loyal PDP Members By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Bayelsa State’s deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has lampooned politicians who have made defection their stock in trade, for appointments and other political gains, as enemies of democracy in the country. Senator Ewhrudjakpo stated this while granting audience to …

By Amaechi Okonkwo  The All Progressives Congress, APC,faction loyal to Sen. Magnus Abe, has committed itself to raise at least 50, 000 supporters in Rivers State for the presidential ambition of former Lagos State governor, Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu. This is as the party, at the weekend in Port Harcourt, …

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Prince Tonye Princewill, has expressed regret that Nigerian youths lack the courage to take over leadership positions in the country. Princewill, who disclosed this while speaking on a live television programme monitored in Port Harcourt, said majority of the …

By Young Erhiurhoro Chief Dr. Rufus Ebegba is one among many whose voice is loudly and clearly heard on the political scene and in the pages of national and community newspapers, television, radio and other social media platforms on daily basis across Delta State and the country at large. According …

A former governorship candidate in Rivers State, Tonye Princewill, has said the minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has the requisite qualities to become the President in 2023. Princewill said, given Amaechi’s achievements as a former Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, and chairman, conference of Speakers in …

By Joel Anekwe Against all expectations that the Senator Magnus Abe faction of the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has given up on the protracted imbroglio bedeviling the party, the faction Tuesday morning unveiled what it call the party’s state Working Committee, SWC, led by Golden …