PDP Rerun: Ahwinawhi Trashes Talib, Akpovoka, Okoh As Mariere Withdraws From Rerun Primary

Chief Solomon Ahwinawhi a two term House of Representative member has won the rescheduled primary election for Ughelli North, Ughelli South and Udu federal constituency. Ahwinawhi scored 80 votes to Talib Tebite who scored 3 votes while Julius Efeni Akpovoka and Eunice Okoh pulled one vote respectively in an election that was conducted at the Ughelli township stadium in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta state. It could be recalled that the Primary election was on May 22 held where Talib Tebite pulled 34 votes to beat his other…

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Embrace New Leadership, Onoyona Appeals To Isoko people

By Lucky Akoza   The Isoko federal constituency candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Sylvester Onoyona, has called on the people of Isoko ethnic nation to embrace new leadership to move l to a new clime in national polity.   He made this call during a chat with newsmen at Emede, Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State.   According to him, “The Isoko people have given the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) opportunity to be in power for 23 years with their votes and have seen the…

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2023: Inaugurate NDDC Board, Save APC In Niger Delta, Party Members Urges Buhari 

  …accuse Akpabio of setting party back in Niger Delta   NIGER Deltans under the aegis of Committed members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Tuesday, implored President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the party to save Niger Delta region from its sorry state by inaugurating the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC Board of Dr Pius Odubu and Olorogun Bernard Okumagba, which was confirmed by the Senate since November 2019 so as to win back the trust of the people of the region.     The APC members in…

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PDP Orders Ughelli North/ South/Udu Fed Constituency Primary Election Re-Run

The National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, has ordered for a rerun of primary election  for Ughelli North, Ughelli South and Udu Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives after it cancel the previous primary where Talib Tebite was declared winner.

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APC PRIMARIES: Ede Dafinone Wins Delta Central Senatorial Seat

By Promise Erukakpomre & Michael Veloh   Boardroom Merchant and chairman of Nigeria Manufacturers Association, Chief Ede Dafinone has won the Delta Central senatorial primaries for the 2023 elections. The primary election was conducted at the Ughelli Kingdom Hall in Ughelli north local government area of Delta state where Ede Dafinone, the sole candidate won with 383 votes. A total of 425 delegates were accredited to vote at the primary and 387 voted and four votes were void.   Declaring Dafinone the winner, national officials of the APC, led by…

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Omote Congratulates Oborevwori, Calls For Cooperation Among Party Bigwigs

    Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Emmanuel Omote has congratulated the governorship candidate of the party, Rt. Hon Sheriff Oborevwori for his victories at the just concluded primaries.     Oborevwori, the current Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly scored 590 votes clinch the PDP ticket beating the state Deputy Governor Barr. Kingsley Otuaro, the senator representing Delta South, James Manager, Olorogun David Edevbie and others at the Asaba Township stadium.   In his congratulatory message, Omote described Oborevwori victory as the handiwork of God…

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Analysis & Opinion: The Mind of Those Who Rule Us

By Sunny Awhefeada   There is something elusive about what happens to people who ordinarily were decent and rational before their ascent to power. It is either, philosophers have not been able to fully come to terms with this oddity or that those who walk the corridors of power remain incorrigible to the lessons of time. So much has been said about power as an aphrodisiac. So much has been written about power as an intoxicant. And the British historian, Lord Acton quipped, and rightly so, that “power tends to…

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Why Sheriff Won PDP Primary In Asaba Defeating Manager, Otuaro, Others

Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Sheriff Francis Oborevwori, has March 25, 2022, won governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State. The primary was supervised by a team of 7-man panel led by Mr. Ndubuisi Nwogu, accredited 824 voters. At the end of the exercise, 824 votes were casted, 3 votes were void while 821 vote cast were valid. The exercise which was conducted under strict compliance at Stephen Keshi stadium saw Rt Hon. Oborevwori defeating his other thirteen contestants to clinch…

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Delta 2023: Edevbie Speaks After Primaries

Dear Deltans, After several months of consultations and crisscrossing the length and breadth of our dear State, the Delta State PDP Governorship Primary was finally held today May 25. Though the result was unfavourable, I am humbled by the immense goodwill shown to me across the entire State. I thank all Deltans and members of our Party, particularly the youth, for your enthusiasm and support through the process. We are driven by the vision and a strong passion for the development of our dear State, and we remain encouraged that…

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