Gov Okowa Security Aide, Efiezomor Harasses, Bully Journalists At Press Briefing In Asaba

There was pandemonium at the Delta State Government House, Asaba, Tuesday as the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, CSP George Efiezomor, got into a fight with journalists, including the Asaba correspondents chapel chairman of the state council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Dominic Adewole in what could be describe as sow of shame.   Adewole of the New Telegraph Newspapers and members of the chapel had gone to Government House for a post-EXCO press briefing when Efiezomor allegedly attacked the chapel’s chairman following a disagreement.…

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News Features: Nigeria’s PVC Revolution

By Sunny Awhefeada It is no longer news that a revolution is sweeping across Nigeria. Driven by Nigerian youths, it is sweeping many in its wake. It is called the PVC revolution. One is confronted by the clamour and necessity of owning the item called PVC everywhere and anywhere one turns. The phenomenon is depicting the tenacity of a people genuinely fed up with an order and desirous of change. What began as a mere whim and wish is gathering huge and unprecedented momentum. The PVC, which is the acronym…

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Court Jails Delta Senator Nwaoboshi 7 Years For Money Laundering

THE Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos, Friday, convicted and sentenced Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, senator representing Delta North senatorial district at the National Assembly, to seven years imprisonment and ordered that his two companies, Golden Touch Construction Project Ltd and Suiming Electrical Ltd, be wound up in line with the provisions of Section 22 of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act 2021. The court’s ruling followed the success of the appeal by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, challenging the judgment of Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of a Federal High Court,…

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2023: Omo-Agege Picks Osanebi As Deputy

Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate and and governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress in Delta state, Sen Ovie Omo-Agege has picked Rt. Hon. Friday Ossai Osanebi is his running mate for the 2023 election in Delta state.   Osanebi was announced in a press statement by Omo-Agege the current senator representing Delta Central senatorial district at the national Assembly in painstaking internal vetting process in which many notable and highly qualified Deltans were also considered.   According to the statement, “Consistent with section 187(1) of the Constitution of…

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Judiciary: MY APPEARANCE AT THE SUPREME COURT AND JIBRIN OKUTEPA, SAN CONCERNS-Omirhobo

BY CHIEF MALCOLM EMOKINIOVO OMIRHOBO   My attention has been drawn to the post of Mr Jibrin Samuel Okutepa, SAN concerns on my appearance at the Supreme Court of Nigeria making the rounds in the social media and consequently, it is important that I clear the air. I attended the Supreme Court as a legal practitioner as of right to observe proceedings and not to appear for any party. In the circumstance it would have been contemptuous of me to stand up to address the court as suggested by Mr…

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Make Security Of Lives A Priority Papal Knights Tell FG

The Association of Papal Knights and Medalists in Nigeria has tasked the Federal Government to make the security of the lives of its citizens a priority. They also condemned the Incessant Attack on Catholic Churches, the abductions and killings of Priest, Religious and Lay Faithful of the Catholic Church. In a press statement signed by its National President, Association of Papal Knights and Medalists in Nigeria, Rt Hon Dame Dr Esther Uduehi, said that the Federal Government more than ever need to work hard to protect the lives of all the citizenry. The statement continues…

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2023: Okowa As Atiku Running Mate Is Divinely Ordained-Tebite

The Chief Executive Officer Tisio-Tisio music orchestra, Enter10ment/Events Evang. Comrade Quincy Tebite has described the emergence and acceptance of Sen. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, Governor of Delta State and the Peoples Democratic Party, Vice Presidential running mate to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar the Presidential Candidate for 2023 elections as divinely ordained by God. Quincy Tebite Dtisio made this known while congratulating and declaring his support for the duo to rescue Nigerians from the current situation of uncertainty. Tisio, the immediate past Governor’ of Performing Musician and Employers’ Association of Nigeria, PMAN, Delta…

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Delta Teachers In Politics, DTP Inaugurates 33-Man State, Local Govts Exco

Joe Favour/Ughelli A group under the aegis of “Delta Teachers in Politics”, DTP has inaugurated it’s 33-man state executive under the leadership of Comr Andrew Darah with a charged to work harmoniously to ensure the welfare of teachers is protected in the political pendulum. Also inaugurated are the local governments executives for grassroot mobilization of teachers on voters education. Speaking during the inauguration held at Teachers House in Ughelli North Local Government, the state Coordinator, Andrew Darah said, “It is with great honour and a privilege to put together this…

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Joel-Onowakpo Thomas: An Outstanding Personality That Understands Political Legislature

  “We need leaders, not in love with money but love with justice. Not in love with publicity but love with humanity”-Martin Luther King Jr If you know Hon. Joel-Onowakpo Thomas Ewomazino(FCA, FCTI, MBA) very well in person, you will be glad to have a personality who thinks creatively, constructively, and progressively in nature. Since I became close with a man of vision, I realized, that his style of politics is different from other regular politicians in Nigeria. When it comes to politics and humanity, Hon. Joel-Onowakpo Thomas is a…

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Umolo Community Leaders Set To Appear In Court Over Allege Sales Of NDDC Property

  THERE are indications that tension has enveloped the Umolo Community in Olomu Kingdom, Ughelli South LGA, as the police under the Ughelli Area Command are likely to arraign the duo of Mr. James Ageren and Chief Josiah Olokpa over the alleged criminal sale of two water tanks installed in the community by the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. The prosecution is coming on the strength of a historic April 4, 2022 Judgement delivered by T. O. Uloho of the High Court of Justice in Otu-Jeremi, which threw out the…

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