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NEWS
208,209 persons benefit from D-Cares programme in Delta
A total of 208,209 indigent, poor, and persons with disabilities (PWD) benefited from the Delta Community Action for Resilience and Economic Stimulus (Delta-CARES) empowerment program since its inception in Delta. Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta stated this at the inauguration of the fourth tranche of the implementation of the program on Tuesday in Asaba. He said that the program was…
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Featured
FG commences 250 housing units project in Delta
The Federal Government has inaugurated the construction of 250 housing units in Ekpan Community, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State. Mr Ahmed Dangiwa, the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, performed the groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday in Ekpan Community. In his remark, Dangiwa said that the housing projects was under the Renewed Hope Cities and Estates Programme of the…
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Defence
Police neutralise robbery suspect in Delta
The Police Command in Delta says it has neutralised a member of a three-man robbery syndicate in Ekpan, Uvwie Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesman, SP Bright Edafe, told newsmen in Warri on Tuesday that the suspect was shot on Friday while trying to escape. He said the undercover surveillance patrol team of the police of Ekpan…
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Politics
Governor Oborevwori Commends Okowa’s Non-Interference in Delta State Governance
Sapele, Delta State, February 5, 2024: Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has praised his predecessor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, for his respectful approach to the governance of the state. Speaking at the 60th birthday and 24th marriage anniversary thanksgiving of the state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olorogun Kingsley Esiso, Governor Oborevwori highlighted Okowa’s commitment to upholding the…
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News
Oborevwori felicitates Ogomudia at 74
Asaba, Dec. 29, 2023 (NAN) Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta has congratulated a former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Retired Gen. Alexander Ogomudia, as he clocks 74 years. The governor’s felicitation is contained in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sir Festus Ahon, on Friday in Asaba. According to Oborevwori, Ogomudia, the Uzere born General in Isoko South, is…
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Election
Why and how Ovie Omo-Agege lost in Delta State (2)
Agege’s loss in the Delta State governorship election in spite of his federal connection and deep war chest HE also had some low hanging fruits projects executed in some communities. But his senatorial zone, it seems, did not forgive him, that all the major projects which the Federal Government assigned to the state, he took all to his small Oromuru-Orogun…
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Election
APC’s Omo-Agege rejects Delta governorship result
Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the March 18 governorship election in Delta, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege has rejected the result of the election. INEC on Monday declared Chief Sheriff Oborevwori of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner. In a statement issued by Mr Sunday Areh, his media aide in Asaba on Monday, Omo-Agege said the election…
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Election
Guber Polls: Delta PDP urges Sen. Omo-Agege to accept defeat, congratulate Oborevwori
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Delta Chapter, has called on the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, to accept the outcome of the governorship election in the state. The party also urged Omo-Agege to extend the olive branch by congratulating the PDP candidate, Sheriff Oborevwori, who was already coasting home to victory following the Saturday, March 18…
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Election
DELTA GUBER: Omo-Agege meets civil servants, promises to pay 13th month
GOVERNORSHIP candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Delta State, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has assured civil servants in the State civil service of the payment of 13th month if elected Governor in the March 18th gubernatorial polls. Omo-Agege who gave the assurance during an interactive session with civil servants in Asaba, the State capital, Monday, said: “For our civil…
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Election
I support PDP’s guber candidate in Delta – Gov. Okowa
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta says he will continue to support the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Mr Sheriff Oborevwori. He told newsmen in Asaba on Monday that his decision was premised on the fact that Oborevwori was democratically elected at the party’s primary election. He recalled that Oborevwori scored 597 votes to emerge…
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Election
Delta Guber: Federal High Court Dismisses Suit Against Oborevwori’s Candidacy
The Federal High Court sitting in Asaba has dismissed a suit challenging the candidacy of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant, Rt Hon Sheriff Francis Oborevwori, in the forthcoming Delta State gubernatorial election. The suit was filed by Chief Ikie Aghwarianovwe, an aspirant under the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), who sought to disqualify Oborevwori from participating in the…
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Election
Okowa berates opposition candidate, says ‘lies can’t make you governor’
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has berated an opposition governorship candidate for the March 11 Governorship elections in the state for alleging that his (Okowa) administration borrowed N850 billion. The governor, who did not name the candidate, debunked the claim as a lie, saying that a governor’s seat is a decent office and that only the truth would take any…
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Election
Obidients pitch tent with Omo-Agege, say ‘he’s man of the people’
COALITION of support groups for Peter Obi in Delta State has pitched a tent with the gubernatorial candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC in Delta State, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, ahead of the March 11 governorship election in Delta State. Speaking at an interactive session with Senator Ovie Omo-Agege in Asaba, the Lead Coordinator of the Coalition of Obidients Movement in…
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Election
Delta PDP chieftain dumps Okowa, joins APC after Tinubu’s victory
A prominent chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Delta State and the Koromotiemowei of Ogbe Ijoh Warri Kingdom, Chief Aribogha Johnny, on Wednesday formally dumped the PDP and defected to the All Progressives Congress. Johnny, alongside his supporters, defected few hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission declared Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the APC the winner of the…
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Election
Elumelu loses seat to LP candidate in Delta
The House of Representatives Minority Leader, Mr Ndudi Elumelu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has been defeated by the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Mr Ngozi Okolie, in Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency of Delta. Elumelu pooled a total of 33,456 votes, while the LP candidate polled a total of 53,879 votes to emerge winner as announced by the Independent National Electoral…
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Featured
Okowa receives ADC defectors to PDP in Lagos, says “help coming to Nigerians”
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta and the PDP Vice Presidential Candidate on Sunday received hundreds of defectors from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to PDP in Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some Lagos ADC Ward and Local Government Executive members on Sunday officially announced collapse of their structures in the state, ahead of the general…
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Election
2023: Ethiope ‘ll deliver Erhiatake Ibori-Suenu, others – PDP Spokesperson
Spokesperson of Delta State Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr Barr Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe, JP, has again assured that House of Representatives candidate, Hon Mrs Erhiatake Ibori-Suenu and other candidates of the party shall emerge victorious at the polls on February 25 and March 11, this year. Oghenesivbe gave the assurance while addressing members of PDP Unit…
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