•Settled and unsettled truths By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South   WHAT is open-ended at the moment in the rivalry for the successor of incumbent governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, is who precisely takes over from him in May 2023. But barring any odd, it is foreseeable that the successor will spring from Delta […]

SINCE 1998, it has almost been impossible for aspirants to be able to win an election in Nigeria without the influence or sponsorship of political godfathers or godmothers. This is why godfatherism is widely regarded as the greatest albatross of democracy in the country.

Billionaire and Delta State Governorship Aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Deacon Chris Iyovwaye has congratulated the winner, Rt. Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, of the just concluded primary elections in Asaba. In a statement issued by his campaign organization, Iyovwaye said the party has decided and it is only proper for faithfuls to respect the […]

 Festus Ahon and Paul Olayemi ASABA – SPEAKER, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Sheriff Francis Oborevwori, kept a tally of 597 votes out of total 824 ballots cast by delegates at the governorship primary of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Delta State, Wednesday, at Asaba, to emerge the gubernatorial standard-bearer of the party for the […]

By Festus Ahon, Asaba Speaker of  Delta State House of Assembly and frontline governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Sheriff Oborevwori, has rounded off his consultation visits to the 25 local government areas of the state, insisting that the pains of Deltans were his pain. Oborevwori at Orerokpe, headquarters […]

SPEAKER of the Delta State House of Assembly, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori, Wednesday, intimidated State leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP of his 2023 Governorship aspiration with a promise to run an all-inclusive government when elected. 

The Urhobos in the United Kingdom, have warned mischief makers, instigating campaigns of calumny against the Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly and National Deputy Chairman of the Conference of Speakers of state legislatures of Nigeria, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori and to desist forthwith. To this end, they challenged the security agencies to fish […]

By Emma Amaize When some political leaders of Urhobo, Delta Central converged at Asaba, the state capital, April 8, 2021, to establish a political pressure group, Delta Central, DC-23, that would galvanize the process of producing a governor of Urhobo extraction under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 2023, it was distinguishable that it was […]

SPEAKER of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori has commiserated with the member representing Sapele State Constituency in the House, Chief Felix Anirah over the demise of his 95 years old mother, Mrs Clara Anirah. 

SPEAKER of the Delta State House of Assembly, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori, Wednesday night, bagged Lawmaker of the Year from the Independent Newspaper and Independent Parliamentarian of the year.