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‘Dead men voted in Delta PDP primaries’

Posted by admin Delta, State News Saturday, January 15th, 2011

NAMES of several dead people surfaced on the executive delegates list of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) used in the conduct of Ika South and Ika North East Federal Constituency of Delta State and were fraudulently answered by voters in a bid to ensure the return of their candidates. This was part of the allegations raised […]

Asaba: The Sexual Predators’ Paradise!

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Delta, State News, Sunny Chris Okenwa Thursday, January 13th, 2011

Asaba: The Sexual Predators’ Paradise! By Sunny Chris Okenwa, Abidjan, Ivory Coast – Jan 13, 2011 – After my last article on Great Ogboru and his quest to become the Governor of Delta State last week I received a ‘petition’ from a reader, a man of God based in Delta State (names withheld). The Reverend […]

Uduaghan takes oath, pledges good governance

Posted by admin Delta, State News Monday, January 10th, 2011

BARELY 72 days after he was sacked from office by a Benin Appellate Court, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan was yesterday sworn-in as governor of Delta State by the Chief Judge, Justice Abiodun Smith. Meanwhile, a protest match allegedly organised by the faithful of the defeated Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) governorship candidate in last week’s Delta re-run election, […]

Delta: How Delta Rerun Was Won And Lost

Posted by admin Delta, State News Sunday, January 9th, 2011

The announcement of the final result of the Delta state gubernatorial re-run election may have once again thrown the state into another round of political brouhaha as some contestants have disputed the result, alleging gross electoral irregularities. PHILIP NYAM recounts how it all happened. After several weeks of mudslinging, muck raking, subterfuge and finally a […]

Great Ogboru: When Greatness Beckons!

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Delta, State News, Sunny Chris Okenwa Friday, January 7th, 2011

By Sunny Chris Okenwa, Abidjan, Ivory Coast – Jan. 7, 2011 – Chief Great Ovadje Ogboru came into the national limelight and reckoning after the failure of the late Major Gideon Gwaza Orkar-led coup d’etat against the then dictator Gen. Ibrahim Babangida in April 1990. In the aftermath of the coup’s regrettable failure to achieve […]

Delta: Uduaghan Elected Delta Gov – Ogboru May Head Back to Court

Posted by admin Delta, Governors, State News, Top Stories Friday, January 7th, 2011

Dr Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan has been elected the governor of Delta State in a race that was not as close as predicted. In the official results released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Uduaghan defeated his closest rival, Chief Great Ogboru, the candidate of the Democratic Peoples Party (DPP), by 276,795 to 138,244 votes. […]

Delta: Gov rerun: Uduaghan leads •Jega confirms ballot box snatching

Posted by admin Delta, Governors, State News Friday, January 7th, 2011

SUSPENSE and apprehension, these were the two words that played out in Delta State as voters turned out on Thursday in the gubernatorial rerun ordered by the Court of Appeal, Benin City, Edo State. Results so far from the rerun show a race between former Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and […]

Delta: As polls results trickle in

Posted by admin Delta, INEC Politics, State News, Top Stories Thursday, January 6th, 2011

INDEPENDENT National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega said last night that the results of the Delta State rerun polls would be announced today. Jega hinted that the collation of results from 24 local councils will start between 10 and 11 p.m. He insisted that it is only INEC that has the official mandate […]

Delta: Late arrival of materials delay accreditation of voters

Posted by admin Delta, Governors, State News Thursday, January 6th, 2011

Late arrival of electoral materials in various polling centres across Delta State yesterday delayed commencement of accreditation of voters for the state rerun election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that as at 9.50am, electoral materials were yet to be distributed to polling units around Ibusa in Oshimili North Local Government Area. At Ogwashi-Uku, […]

Delta Rerun: Uduaghan, Ogboru in neck and neck race

Posted by admin Delta, Governors, State News, Top Stories Thursday, January 6th, 2011

The landslide victory expected by the ruling People Democratic Party in the Delta State governorship rerun election is becoming a mirage, as the race has become too close to call. There are 14 contestants for the gubernatorial seat. However, as at press time, the two major contenders were former governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan of the […]