Posts Tagged With: Delta State

GREAT OGBORU: His take on the State of Delta and the Nation

The alleged winner of 2011 governorship candidate in Delta State, Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru has confirmed Urhobo Times earlier reports that he may join the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) contrary to denial by some members of the Democratic Peoples Party(DPP) His words, “True, we were talking with the ACN. The plan we had was to [...]

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Yoma Onosemuode: The puppet masters (who is fooling who?)

It is a given, though we would necessarily not want to scream it to high heavens, that every area of our political life has the imprints of the president or more succinctly, the presidency; considering that the president is a ‘good man with a listening ear’, so presidency here recognizes the role of the king-makers, interest [...]

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Will Ibori Now Get A Light Sentence?

Embattled former Delta State governor, Chief James Ibori, who is facing trial in London for money laundering has reached a plea bargain agreement with the British police, in a bid to shorten his trial. The British police had earlier dropped corruption charges levelled against the former governor, whose associates have been convicted for money laundering [...]

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“girl turned into snake with human head at…in Warri”

I was inundated earlier today about a story about this warri girl turning into a half snake at hotel Excel, a popular hotel on rifinery road which is close to the where my parents live in the city. Coming from a few friends in the city, i thought it was a good story and began talking [...]

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Ex-militant goes haywire in Burutu and kills townsman

A notorious ex-militant went berserk, weekend, at Obotebe community, Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State and gunned down a speed boat driver, Salemon Ariri. He fled the community after the incident but irate villagers set ablaze the residences of his father, a prominent leader of the town and other relations on Saturday evening. Delta [...]

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