Month: September 2020

We’ll Stand With Gbagi To Be Delta’s Governor – CAN Bloc, Christian Forum

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By Amatutu Emmanuel,   CHAIRMAN of the Organization of African Instituted Churches, OAIC bloc of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Archbishop Jonathan Arhawarien and chairman of the Christian Political Forum, CPF, Archbishop Solomon Gbakara, yesterday said both groups will stand with the gubernatorial aspirations of Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi come 2023.   The archbishops in company of over 120 delegates of the forum, made their position known at the country home of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governorship aspirant in Oginibu, Ughelli South local government area of Delta State.   Speaking on…

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Edo Guber: Oba Of Benin Commends Pres Buhari, Peace Commission Over Peaceful Process

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The Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Peace Commission for their role in ensuring the peaceful process of the just concluded governorship election in Edo State. The Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki was declared winner by INEC on Sunday 20 September, 2020 at the election that was held on Saturday 19. Secretary to the Benin Traditional Council, Frank Irabor, in a statement signed, the monarch also congratulated Governor Godwin Obaseki for his re-election for a…

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Dr. Uduaghan Came And Left Gently Without Insult-Duku

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The Special Adviser to the Deputy Senate President of the Nigerian Senate on Legislative and Plenary Matter, Efe Duku has called on the general public to respect the decision of the immediate past Governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan to quit the All Progressive Congress, APC. Duku, in his verified facebook account said, Uduaghan gently came to the party and he is gently leaving without insult to anyone, so he should be respected for this decision. Gently he came; gently he left. EEU insulted no one. Let’s respect that,…

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Late Emir Of Zaria, Shehu Idris Was A FatherAnd Friend As Askia Ogieh Mourns

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By politicsgovernance.com   Managing Director of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, Bashorun Askia Ogieh, has described the death of the Emir of Zazzau (Zaria), Alhaji Shehu Idris, as a personal loss of a father and friend who was his close confidant for over three decades. Bashorun Askia, in a statement, said “The late Shehu Idris assumed the role of a father to me during my many years in Zaria and indeed my sojourn in the northern parts of Nigeria, mentored me in various ways that are forever…

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Owahwa II, Adelabu, APC Ughelli North Leaders, Djevwedje Commends, Partner With Ebegba Centre For Leadership

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  Omamuzo Efidhere   HRM Dr. Matthew Ediri Egbi, Owahwa II, Okobaro of Ughievwen Kingdom, Delta Central APC Chairman, Chief Barr. Bodjor Adelabu, APC Ughelli North LGA Leaders, Executives/Ward Leaders, Mr. Anthony Djevwedje has commended the Rufus Ebegba Centre for Leadership and Environment Sustainability initiative, expressing optimism that the Centre will tackle important political and social issues affecting youths in the country.   HRM Dr. Matthew Ediri Egbi, JP, FoD, AMNSE, speaking during a sensitization visit from the Director General and Chief Executive Officer, National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr.…

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EDO GUBER: Wike Expresses Satisfaction With Voting Process, Calls On Security Agents To Protect Collation Centres

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  Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has noted with pleasure the turnout of people to vote for candidates of their choice in the Edo Governorship Election. Governor Wike made the observation in reaction to the general conduct of the election. He said there was minimal violence recorded because of the proactive measures deployed by the security agencies. In a statement signed by the Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, Governor Wike stated that election does not end with voting because it is a process that also…

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Kingship, Vigilante Tussle In Abah-Unor, Group Calls For Okowa Intervention

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  By Victor Bieni Abah Unor Community Elders Forum has again presented its stands to the Executive Governor of Delta State, Sen. Dr. Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa on the brewing Community crises as a result of Kingship tussle between two of their sons: Prince Young Ezeana and Innocent Maduabunachukwu as the group urges the State Government to allow court of competent jurisdiction to determine the original heir to the throne for peaceful Coexistence in the agrarian Community, even as the group also frowned at the shortchange of their original Community Vigilante…

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Contracts We Awarded, Followed Due Process – EGCDF

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  Following a story in an online platform credited to one Mr. Christopher Etuemi Wuruyai, that the executives of EGCDF awarded contracts worth billions of naira for themselves and children, the Egbema and Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation, has debunked the story, saying the awarded contracts followed due process in line with its guidelines. In a statement signed on behalf EGCDF by Chief Reuben Tonjoh, PRO, EGCDF to correct the statement made by the Egbema/Gbaramatu Concern Citizens, stated that the contracts were not up to a billion naira as claimed by…

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Analysis: Obaseki, Oshiomhole, Edo People And The Subversion of Subversion

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By Sunny Awhefeada But for the liberty which postmodernism confers on the use of language to express the oddity which defines contemporary reality, it would have been hard put for anybody to aptly describe or encode the political turmoil going on in Edo State. The unfolding absurdist script written, directed and acted by one man has again raised a lot of salient issues about politics in Nigeria. While conceding to the devious underpinning of the etymology of the word “politician”, the Nigerian variant of it must have astounded the very…

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Analysis/Opinion: ISOKO DEVELOPMENT UNION AND ITS STRANGE PERFORMANCE

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…Iduh Amadhe deserves commendation BY Jubilant Uzuazo Igelige (JP)   In life, it has always been my fervent consideration that, eulogizing only the dead, whether or not the person in reference deserves it, is a lopsided effort. Some times, people whose inestimable passion and/or stock in trade, is the sole advancement of people, from all walks of life, should be eulogized while still alive. The phrase, “man’s inhumanity to man is best defined when GOODWILL messages and EULOGY are best reserved for only the dead.” This style isn’t acceptable and…

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