By Ovasa Ogaga, In the past five months, Delta State has witnessed a dangerous drift where governance and service delivery took the back seat as Governor Sheriff Oborevwori focused his energy on securing political survival ahead of the 2027 election. His quiet but desperate move to align with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was an open secret, even if initially denied by his handlers. Now that the political storm appears to have settled with his formal welcome into the APC, the question begging for an urgent answer is simple: can we now return to the real business of governance?…
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Godwin-Maria Utuedoye is a trained professional journalist. A graduate of Mass Communication from the Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria. He is a registered practising Journalist with the Nigeria Union of Journalists with over 20 years experience in news reporting. He is interested in Investigative and development Journalism. He lives in Nigeria and focuses more in the Niger-Delta region where oil and gas exploration by government and multinational iol companies has plunged into poverty and environmental degradation for years. He is also a PR Consultant, content creator, broadcast, print Journalist and Publisher. His vast experiences in journalism span over decades of reporting the activities of the untouched areas. He is married with children.
The trial of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu days in prison may become longer as his trial is adjourned to May 2, 2025. Naija News reports that the court had admitted in evidence, an extra-judicial statement Nnamdi Kanu made in 2015, shortly after he was arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS). The statement was tendered before the court by a DSS operative that appeared as the first prosecution witness in the seven-count treasonable felony charge the Federal Government preferred against Kanu. The witness, whose identity was shielded, was simply…
Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Emomotimi Dennis Guwor has expressed confidence in the leadership of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori as the Leader of the All Progressive Congress, APC in the State. Rt Hon Guwor who stated this Monday night in a Live Television interview on the mass movement of members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the Delta State to the APC, debunked any claim of betrayal in the political voyage. The Speaker acknowledged the worrisome irreconcilable challenges, including series of litigations occasioned by leadership tussle at the national level, stressing that those deeply involved had refused…
Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru popularly known as the ‘People’s General’ and the 2019 Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has welcomed the defunct Delta State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, former governor, Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa and other members to the Delta state All Progressive Congress, APC. Ogboru described the entering of the Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, party leaders and members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) into the APC a as historic move not only for APC but for the entire state. In a statement signed by Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru,…
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Delta and Lagos States Houses of Assembly have promised to strengthen inter-state legislative ties for the growth of both states and their citizens. Speaker Delta State Assembly, Rt Hon Emomotimi Dennis Guwor and counterpart for Lagos State, Rt Hon Mudashiru Obasa, who stated this in Asaba, the Delta State capital, said both states would continue to collaborate for national development. Guwor and Obasa spoke when they met at the private residence of the Speaker, Delta State, immediately after the formal ceremony that heralded the movement of the Governor of the State, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori and the entire PDP structure…
…Our Defection To APC Is A Movement – Oborevwori President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Monday, described the defection of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, and the entire structure of Delta State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the All Progressives Congress, APC as a political tsunami of unimaginable proportions. President Tinubu stated this while receiving Governor Oborevwori, immediate past Governor of the state, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa and the entire membership of the PDP to the APC at the Cenotaph, Asaba. Represented by the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, the President lauded Governor Oborevwori and Senator Okowa for the cordial relationship…
…Urges Gov. Oborevwori To Prioritize Sector For Employment, Revenue Generation By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye Delta Environmentalist Activists and development advocate, Comrade Mulade Sheriff, has called on Governor Sheriff Oborevwori to adopt a pragmatic approach towards the industrialization of Delta state through Agriculture. He maintained that leaders all over the world now adopt strategies to harness resources deposited in their countries for more infrastructural development, job creation and economic growth which he noted will definitely translate into wealth creation. He stated that Delta State cannot be an exception, especially as a state richly endowed with human, capital and natural resources that are…
The Hon. Frank Ossai Political Dynasty has welcomed the Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, immediate past Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa, other notable PDP members into the APC. In a press statement signed by Hon. Frank Ossai, stated that; “It is with utmost pleasure that I, on behalf of the Hon. Frank Ossai Political Dynasty, join all well-meaning leaders, stakeholders and members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State, and indeed, across Nigeria, to welcome Your Excellencies, the Executive Governor of Delta State, Rt. Hon. Elder Sheriff Oborevwori, the immediate – past Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa,…
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