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DELTA RE-RUN: FG deploys Navy, Air Force

Posted by admin Delta, State News, Top Stories Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

DETERMINED not to leave anything to chance and in demonstration of its readiness to conduct credible elections in the country, the Federal Government, yesterday, deployed in Delta State, the Nigerian Navy, Air force, 45 units of Mobile policemen, 20,000 regular policemen and a stand by team of the army for today’s gubernatorial re-run elections. While […]

GUBER RE-RUN:FG floods Delta with Police

Posted by admin Delta, State News, Top Stories Monday, January 3rd, 2011

AHEAD of the Delta State governorship election re_run on Thursday, the Police High Command in Abuja has ordered the deployment of 22, 400 Police officers in the state even as President Goodluck Jonathan arrives the oil city of Warri, today, to address a rally which Delta State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chief Paulinus Akpeki […]

Jonathan leads Uduaghan’s re-run campaign

Posted by admin Delta, State News Sunday, January 2nd, 2011

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan is expected to lead PDP political big wigs for rally in support of Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan coming back to power during the governorship re_run in the State. The Director of Media and Publicity, PDP Re_run Election Campaign Organization, Dr. Festus Okubor, in a statement, weekend, said it was going to be “Mother […]

FG, States Share $1b Secretly – Deplete Excess Crude Account to $3m

Posted by admin Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, Headlines, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Presidency, Rivers, Sokoto, State News, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara Saturday, January 1st, 2011

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) at an emergency meeting yesterday in Abuja, shared $1billion from the Excess Crude Account. With the disbursement of the amount, the balance in the ECA account now stands at $3million. The meeting, which was held behind closed doors, lasted for only 29 minutes (11:10am and ended at about 11:39am). […]

INEC clears Uduaghan, 13 others for Delta gov rerun

Posted by admin Delta, National Politics, State News Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

A list containing 14 candidates has been released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the Delta State rerun election, which has been fixed for January 6, 2011. The release, dated December 27, 2010 and signed by the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner for Delta State, Dr Ogbudu Gabriel Ada, contained the names of the […]

INEC fixes Delta rerun for Jan 6

Posted by admin Delta, Latest Politics Thursday, December 23rd, 2010

The re-run election ordered by the Court of Appeal Benin for Delta State has been fixed for the 6th of January, 2011, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, announced yesterday in Abuja.National Commissioner in charge of Publicity, Prince Solomon Soyebi, who disclosed this in Abuja said the date was in line with the 90-day period […]

Delta students donate N.25m for Uduaghan’s re-election

Posted by admin Delta, Headlines, State News Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

AS a way of showing their support and confidence in the candidature for Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan for his visionary leadership, Delta State students have contributed the sum of N250, 000 to support him in the re-run election coming soon in the state. The Delta State students, who made this contribution known in a statement at […]