With the revelations from the Rivers State Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the sales of some government properties under the administration of Chibuike Amaechi, will the former governor who shunned the panel come out clean as he claimed or will the outcome dent his political image? Click here to download our magazines Once upon a…
Delta State Accountant-General Absconds
From mere speculation came an official confirmation that one week to transfer of power from the outgoing administration of Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan of Delta State to his successor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, the government has been rendered prostrate. This was due to the sudden disappearance of the state Accountant-General, Cyril Agbele, and his lieutenants from their…
Presidential poll presents Surprises and upsets in Edo
As official results of Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections are being awaited, there are indications that the opposition party in Edo State, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is set to turn the table against the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The PDP which has never won elections in Oredo Local Government Area, with Benin…
Absence of Result Sheets Raises Tension
Tension was high at Ward 2, Unit 2, G.R.A in Benin City where the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, John Odigie-Oyegun had been accredited to vote when voting could not commence because of absence of result sheets. Oyegun had demanded from the INEC officials if there were result sheets to which the…
Oshiomhole shocked as soldiers block INEC officials
Edo State Governor, Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole has raised the alarm over alleged restriction of INEC officials and journalists by soldiers. Oshiomhole said the restriction had prevented INEC officials in Edo North from carrying out their lawful duties, describing the development as shocking. The Governor who noted that the soldiers must have gotten an illegal order…
Fashola Chides Jonathan
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola has criticized President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan for what he described as his failure to articulate his plans for Nigeria during the presidential campaign rally held in Lagos on Thursday. Fashola spoke on Thursday evening at a political forum in Benin City, Edo State capital, organized by the ruling All…
Intrigues At Delta Governorship Primary
With the governorship primary election of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State under way in Asaba, the state capital, there are indications that the unwritten zoning arrangement which had favoured the Delta North Senatorial district to produce the successor to incumbent governor, Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, may have collapsed. Twenty-four hours to the primary…
Martin Agbaso Returns to PDP
Acclaimed strong man of Imo politics, Martin Agbaso, on whose back the current governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha rode to power in 2011 on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has dumped the party for his former party, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. Agbaso, who formally rejoined the PDP, at…
Hope Rising for Edo Power Project
President Goodluck Jonathan flags off multi-million dollars private sector-financed power project in Edo State. A private sector-driven Independent Power Project, IPP, which will generate 450 megawatts of electricity has kicked off in Edo State. The groundbreaking ceremony for the $1 billion project being undertaken by Azura Power West Africa Limited in partnership with the…
MDGs: Thumbs Up for Delta
The United Nations, at its just concluded General Assembly in New York, applauded efforts by Delta State government in achieving the Millennium Development Goals When about one year ago Emmanuel Uduaghan, Delta State governor, inaugurated a Committee of Assessors from the United Nations, UN, to appraise the performance of some key sectors of the state,…
