Tag: Gov Sheriff Oborevwori

Chief Amurun Idama sponsors Multi-Million Naira Delta Central U-17 Football Tournament … As Sheriff Oborevwori Unity Cup kicks off August 3 across eight LGAs

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Chairman of Arthur Ferdinand Ltd., Chief Amurun Idama Esq., has unveiled a multi-million naira football tournament aimed at promoting grassroots sports development and youth engagement across Delta Central Senatorial District.   Tagged the Sheriff Oborevwori U-17 Unity Cup, the competition is designed to identify and harness young football talents from the eight local government areas within the senatorial zone. The tournament will officially kick off on Saturday, August 3, 2025, with the opening fixture between Ethiope East and Ughelli North, scheduled for 3:00 p.m. at the Ekpan Police Station Football…

Akpabio predicts more PDP Governors will join APC after Umo Eno’s defection

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Senate President Godswill Akpabio has declared that more defections from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are imminent, named Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri as the next likely defectors. Akpabio made this revelation on Saturday during a grand reception held at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Akwa Ibom State to officially welcome Governor Umo Eno into the APC. He noted that the people of Akwa Ibom were pleased with Eno’s decision and assured the gathering that…

2027: Why Is Senator Omo-Agege Playing the Ostrich? By Matthew Kwode

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As Nigeria approaches the 2027 general elections, Delta State’s political landscape is now charged with renewed hope and strong optimism for victory of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Delta State.   The recent defection of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and the entire structure of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC has dramatically reshaped the state’s political dynamics, sparking optimism among APC faithful. This seismic shift was widely hailed as a unifying force, with the potential to reinvigorate the party’s fortunes.   Under Governor Oborevwori’s leadership, the APC has…

Umo Eno, Oborevwori and Okowa’s political harlotry By Festus Adedayo

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Is there morality in politics? Or, should there be morality in politics? Governors of Akwa-Ibom and Delta States, Umo Eno, Sheriff Oborevwori and ex-governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, are of the opinion that there isn’t. Or, there shouldn’t be. They made this known last week in epistles that should be fittingly entitled, “An ode to betrayal and betrayers”. Like blabbering kid thieves caught stealing from a pot of soup, Eno and Okowa waffled pitifully, in a manner that beggars belief, on why they abandoned/abandoning the PDP, a faithful political…

BREAKING: Okowa, Oborevwori lead mass Defection to APC as PDP collapses in Delta State

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In a dramatic turn of events that has sent shockwaves through Nigeria’s political landscape, former Delta State Governor and 2023 PDP vice presidential candidate, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) alongside Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and other key stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State. The defection followed an enlarged meeting of PDP stakeholders held in Asaba on Wednesday, where it was unanimously agreed to collapse the entire PDP structure in the state into the APC. Announcing the decision at a press conference,…

Bayelsa, Delta Govs Inaction Could Backfire – Tietie warns amid Rivers crisis

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Six days after President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, the decision continue to stir controversy, with critics decrying it as an attack on democracy and an unconstitutional overreach.   Amid the growing backlash, socio-political critic and lawyer, Frank Tietie, has faulted the inaction of Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, and Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, for not taking legal action to challenge the declaration at the Supreme Court.   Tietie, the Executive Director of Citizens Advocacy for Social and Economic Rights (CASER), warned via…