Former Governor of Delta State Ifeanyi Okowa has explained that his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) was motivated by the desire to connect the state to the seat of power in Abuja. Last week, Okowa, his predecessor, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and his cabinet members dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the APC. The move unsettled the PDP’s …

Vice President Kashim Shettima. on Monday, announced Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori as the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. This was at the rally in Cenotaph in Asaba, the state capital, where the governor, his predecessor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, who was the vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) two years …

Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori; his predecessor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, and all members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Shortly after a meeting that lasted over six hours at Government House, Asaba, the state capital, Senator James Manager, who represented Delta South senatorial district between 2003 and …

The former governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, is still being held at the Port Harcourt, Rivers State office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This makes it his second night in the custody of the anti-graft agency. This is as the Delta State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) backed the detention of the former governor, describing …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to immediately release former Delta State Governor,  Senator Ifeanyi Okowa. At a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja, the party’s National Deputy Youth Leader, Mr. Timothy Osadolor described Okowa’s detention as political witch-hunting, persecution and another method of silencing the opposition parties, saying this was …

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, detained a former Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, for the alleged diversion of the state’s N1.3 trillion of the 13 per cent derivation fund from the Federation Account between 2015 and 2023. A source said that Okowa was detained in Port Harcourt when he reported at the commission’s …

On Saturday, 5 October 2024, the excellence of Urhobo and Delta culture was on full display at the Brooklyn Park Community Center in Minnesota as the Council of Chiefs Minnesota (CCM), an organization of traditional title holders from Delta State in Minnesota, celebrated its inauguration. In his opening remarks, President of CCM Olorogun Godfrey Edaferierhi emphasized the essence of the …

Nigerians have unique ways of expressing themselves. Renowned for our positive can-do attitude, vibrant and friendly energy expressed through diverse creative expressions, we make light of every situation. In January 2020, Oxford English Dictionary added an unprecedented 29 Nigerian words and expressions namely: barbing, buka, bukateria, chop-chop, danfo, gist, guber, K-leg, mama put, next tomorrow, non-indigene, okada, etc. However, one …

A gale of defections has hit Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State, as the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign train reached critical strongholds of the ruling party in the state. During the week, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s former Commissioner for Urban Renewal, Dr Karo Ilolo, and two-time chairman of Ethiope East Local Government Area (LGA), Chief (Mrs) Faith Majemite, dumped …

Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) , Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has said that the party would win the five South East states in the 25th February 2023 election. Okowa, who is also the Governor of Delta State, said during the inauguration of the party’s presidential campaign council on Wednesday that the calibre of people that gave their …