I have been made aware that Senator Ned Nwoko, who recently announced his planned defection, is secretly plotting with some elements in the Presidency to dissolve the Delta State APC Executives from state to wards before their tenure expires. This move is unacceptable and poses a significant threat to our party’s stability and unity in Delta State. As a former senator who represented Delta North Senatorial District from 2015 to 2023, and a leader in the All Progressives Congress (APC), I strongly condemn Nwoko’s attempt to destabilize the Delta…
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Nigeria Is Set To Get Over 20 New States Amidst The Ongoing 1999 Constitution Amendment
NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the National Assembly is currently reviewing several bills proposing the creation of new states in Nigeria, as part of an ongoing amendment of the 1999 Constitution. These proposals, submitted in 2024 by lawmakers and various interest groups, have either scaled the first or second readings and are awaiting further deliberation and possible approval. Presently, Nigeria comprises 36 states unevenly distributed across the six geopolitical zones. The South-South, South-West, North-Central, and North-East zones each have…
Read MoreGOVERNMENT INSENSITIVITY TO THE PLIGHT OF OKUAMA PEOPLE SO INCITING
By Zik Gbemre The piteous conditions residents of Okuama, Ughelli South LGA community of Delta state now live upon return from the Ewu IDP Camp after being displaced for months attest to the gross insensitivity of the Delta state government to theirs. The Abraham Ogbodo led Camp Management Committee indicated the camp opened 27th May 2024 had to be shut in December 31st of the same year after nearly over 15,000 claimed IDP population had left for their ancestral homeland at the start of a new farming season. When…
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