Tag: south south
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10th NASS: PANDEF makes case for South-South Senate Presidency
The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has urged the APC leadership in the Senate to zone the position of Senate President to the South South region.
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South-South group endorses Akpabio for senate president
A South-South organized group known as US4US Movement, has stated reasons it endorsed a former Senate Minority Leader and immediate-past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio to emerge the 10th Assembly senate-president.
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How Gov Wike, wife voted after BVAS failed to accredit them at polling unit
Today’s presidential election in the South-South part of Nigeria did not end without disappointments, as Rivers State Governor, Nysome Wike, expressed shock with the functionality of the Biomodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machine deployed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to his polling unit. This was as party thugs asked voters at Unit 18,…
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Late deployment of election materials delay voting in Nigeria’s South
There was a widespread delay in the deployment of voting materials in Nigeria’s South-south compared to other geo-political regions, as voters waited patiently to cast their votes. The 2023 general election is no doubt one of the most anticipated since the country returned to democracy in 1999. On Saturday, Nigerian lined up as various Polling…
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13% Derivation: Okowa’s govt transparent, accountable – Commissioner
Delta Government on Monday debunked media reports credited to a governor of a South-South state that it had collected refunds from the Federal Government without disclosing it to citizens, saying it had remained committed to transparency and accountability in all its financial dealings on behalf of the people. The Commissioner for Finance, Chief Fidelis Tilije,…
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How Atiku was deceived by ‘friends’ under guise of representing South-South interest
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar was reportedly deceived by ‘Leo Squad’, a committee of friends purporting to be the executive members of the South South Ward to Ward Group. According to reports, the group paid a courtesy call on Atiku Abubakar under the guise of representing South-South region on Wednesday,…
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Southern Hypocrisy Will Help Atiku To Succeed Buhari – By Azu Ishiekwene
After last weekend’s primary by the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) which produced former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the party’s candidate for next year’s presidential election, political leaders in the South have been hurling abuses at the North for betrayal.
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2023: Southern politicians have been warned not to accept running mate positions – EK Clark
Elder statesman and the Leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark on Friday said that southern politicians have been warned not to accept running mate positions from any northern candidate if the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) refuse to zone the presidency to the south. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG)…
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2023: Manager, Oborevwori, Edevbie, Gbagi, others scaled through screening for Delta guber primaries
The South-South Screening Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cleared 12 governorship aspirants gunning for Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s job in 2023 governorship election in Delta State. This is just as frontline runners, Senator James Manager, David Edevbie, Kingsley Otuaro, Sheriff Oborevwori scale through. All 12 governorship aspirants who presented themselves for the screening…
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APC Convention: South South stakeholders submit consensus list
Ahead of the National Convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) billed to hold on Saturday, stakeholders of the party from the South South region has submitted it’s consensus list.