THE Federal Government has awarded the contract for the dualization of the Benin-Abraka Road for the sum over N30billion.

THE Joint Task Force, JTF, on the Niger-Delta, codenamed, Operation Restore Hope and Ayakoromor community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, yesterday, counted their losses after two days of bombarding of the community by the JTF in search of wanted militant leader, “General” John Togo.

THE new Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, for Delta State, Dr. Gabriel Adah, has disclosed that so far, only 12 political parties have indicated interest in the forth coming governorship re-run in the state, even as he clarified that no party was expected to field new candidates except such candidate fielded during the annulled 2007 governorship poll had died.

CHIEF Olu Falae, an economist worked closely as Permanent Secretary, Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Finance Minister during the military regimes of Generals Olusegun Obasanjo, Muhammadu Buhari and Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd).

ASABA- DELTA State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chief Paulinus Akpeki, weekend, supported the position of the Acting Governor of the State, Prince Sam Obi that he would ensure the return of the former governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan in the re-run polls, saying he (Obi) was dead right and those maligning him were either being mischievous or ignorant of party politics.

By Samuel Oyadongha YENAGOA—Chairman of the Bayelsa State Traditional Rulers Council, King Joshua Igbagara, weekend, faulted the outcome of constitution drafting and amendments in the country, saying that the various drafting committees had failed the nation with the inclusion of immunity clause and constituency projects for Governors and members of the National Assembly. King Igbagara, […]

GOVERNOR Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State, weekend, warned that a repeat of the security challenges experienced by the electorate during past elections especially during the 2007 general elections are capable of truncating the hope of conducting free and fair elections in the country in 2011.

THE Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly matters, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, weekend, affirmed that President Goodluck Jonathan will trash former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in the forthcoming Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential primaries.

THERE is a biblical saying that the bones shall rise again. One of the interesting events unfolding in Delta State as the electorate prepares for the rerun of the governorship race there is the emergence of a group that calls itself Delta State People’s Elders Council (DSPEC).

THE United Nations, UN, is sending a six-man team to Nigeria to inspect the arms shipped in 13 containers from Iran and intercepted last month in Apapa port, Lagos. This followed a formal complaint lodged before the United Nations by the Federal Government.

Even in their anger and frustration, there is still a very high sense of humour noticeable amongst Nigerians. In the usual maddening Lagos traffic, one could hear both drivers and passengers raining abuses on one another, calling themselves some funny names in the name of venting their anger.

THE idea of a world-class medical centre that was conceptualised after tedious negotiation process in far away United States, the United Kingdom and many other parts of the world was soon developed into a model.

THE Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Ogun State has lamented the continued closure of the State House of Assembly which entered its third month, saying that it was an act of obvious dictatorship of Governor Olugbenga Daniel to stifle representative governance.

Worried by the increasing number of awaiting trial cases across the country, the Federal Government has approved the establishment of 774 new legal aid centres with a view to enhancing access to justice at the grass-root level.

Chief Great Ogboru renowned businessman and politician was the Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) gubernatorial candidate in 2007 in Delta State who successfully moved the Court of Appeal to affirm that there was no election in Delta State in 2007.