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Governor Oborevwori: The Lightning Rod Of Delta 2027! When One Man’s Performance Becomes Everybody’s Political Electricity
By Dr Festus Goziem Okubor There comes a time in the political history of a state when one man ceases to be merely a candidate and becomes the political currency by which other candidates are valued. When his name becomes an endorsement, his presence an advantage, and his absence a frightening political liability. That moment has arrived in Delta State. And that man is Rt. Hon.
Army Arrests Two Soldiers For Ammunition Racketeering, Recovers Gun
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One Pot, One Party: Why APC Should Win Delta In 2027, By Dr Festus Okubor
The defection of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori from the PDP to the APC was no more just a headline. It was the lid coming off a pot that had been simmering for 25 years. The man with the ladle crossed the floor, and Delta State crossed the line with him. The only honest truth for 2027 is that the state under Governor Sheriff will make its defection true at the polls, thus severing the 25 year long reign on the PDP. The statement it affirms is that, it is not the party, but the people in the party.
Moses Simon The Centurion: The Caps Without The Cups, By Douglas Baye-Osagie
Congratulations to Moses Simon. Tonight in Uyo against Madagascar, if Eric Chelle fields him, he will become a centurion – 100 caps for the Super Eagles. An incredible feat of professionalism, talent and patriotism. The NFF will honour him, and deservedly so. Before tonight, four men had done it: Joseph Yobo, Vincent Enyeama, Ahmed Musa and Alex Iwobi – who just reached his century against Portugal in the friendly before the 2026 World Cup.
ONE POT, ONE PARTY: WHY APC SHOULD WIN DELTA IN 2027
By Dr Festus Okubor The defection of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori from the PDP to the APC was no more just a headline. It was the lid coming off a pot that had been simmering for 25 years. The man with the ladle crossed the floor, and Delta State crossed the line with him. The only honest truth for 2027 is that the state under Governor Sheriff will make its defection true at the polls, thus severing the 25 year long reign on the PDP.
Limits Of Unguarded Statements As 2027 Approaches, By Mobolaji Sanusi
“A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over.” — Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Politics is globally acknowledged as a game of intrigue, which explains why political parties, their candidates and supporters deploy all manner of strategies to outwit one another. This is particularly evident during the campaign season that precedes an election.
The Price Of Tomorrow: What Singapore Can, And Cannot Teach Nigeria, By Festus Goziem Okubor
There is a temptation in difficult seasons to assume that hardship proves that every policy causing discomfort must be wrong. History is less convenient than that. Sometimes governments fail because they persist with bad policies. At other times nations fail because they abandon necessary reforms before those reforms have had time to work. Singapore offers one of the clearest examples of the second danger.
Beyond GDP: Making Economic Growth Reach the Nigerian People, By Yinka Ogunsanya
Nigeria’s latest economic figures present both a reason for cautious optimism and a reason for serious reflection. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the economy grew by 4.43 percent in real terms in the second quarter of 2026. This was higher than the 3.89 percent recorded in the first quarter and the 4.23 percent recorded in the corresponding quarter of 2025. Growth is preferable to contraction.
No More Fake Fuel Promises: Tinubu Stopped The Bleeding
By Dr Festus Goziem Okubor Let us begin with a number so obscene it should make every Nigerian’s blood boil: Four trillion naira. That is what the fuel subsidy hemorrhage cost this nation in 2022 alone. Not on schools. Not on hospitals. Not on the roads that swallowed trucks. Four trillion naira vanished into the pockets of smugglers, cartel kingpins, and the political godfathers who turned Nigeria’s treasury into their personal automated teller machine.
Tinubu echoes Omo-Agege’s stance that Oborevwori’s priorities in Delta are wrong – says aide
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has given vent to the accusation against Governor Sheriff Oborevwori that he lacks any developmental roadmap for Delta State, Sunny Areh, media adviser to Senate Ovie Omo-Agege has said.
Nigeria: How Did Ejiro Happen to Journalism - a Response to 'How Did Sheriff Happen to Delta?'
Reading Ejiro Idama's latest offering in Vanguard was like watching a gifted comedian trying very hard to pass for an auditor. The jokes landed. The arithmetic did not. It reminded me of the old Ika saying: "The man who counts another man's yams with his eyes often forgets to count the ones in his own barn." Ejiro asks, "How did Sheriff happen to Delta?" Permit me to ask a simpler question: How did satire become a substitute for evidence? There is absolutely nothing wrong with political criticism.
May Righteous Anger Arise
There comes a time in the life of a people when silence becomes complicity. There comes a season when patience ceases to be a virtue and becomes a dangerous weakness. There comes a moment when outrage is not only justified but morally necessary. That time is now. May righteous anger arise. Before anyone misunderstands, righteous anger is not blind rage. It is not lawlessness. It is not vengeance driven by hatred.
NDC And ADC: Delta’s Political Pit Latrines And Refuse Dumps
There is an old African proverb which says: “When a goat begins to eat from the refuse dump, it soon forgets the difference between vegetables and nylon.” That proverb perfectly captures the present political comedy playing out in Delta State. Politics The NDC and ADC have suddenly transformed themselves into political pit latrines and refuse dumps — open spaces where every rejected, expired, smelling and politically decomposed element believes there is still room to land.
Ogboru: Ethiope East Draws Battle Line Against Political Infidelity
Dr Festus Okubor reviews the actions of All Progressives Congress, APC leaders in Ethiope East LGA of Delta State in blocking the alleged return of Chief Great Ogboru to their fold In the evolving story of Nigeria’s democracy, the ugly trend of cross carpeting — the shameless jumping from one political party to another — has become a stain on our political culture.
Like Gbagi, like Trump; Gag Gbagi
I have just read the statement of the Gbagi gang titled “Delta 2023@ Supreme Court: Gbagi Blows Hot, Want Judges to Save Delta From Total Collapse”, and I am shocked that a senior citizen and lawyer could utter such a seditious and libelous statement. My initial reaction was “LIKE TRUMP, LIKE GBAGI: GBAGI NEEDS TO BE SANCTIONED”. But on a second thought, I decided to advise him to watch his utterances on matters before the Supreme Court and even the ones the apex court has dispensed.
Rivers Assembly crisis: An open letter to the CJN - By Festus Okubor
By Festus Okubor His Lordship, The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN. My Lord, the CJN, I trust this letter meets you in good stead. Not being a Lawyer and consequently not at home with right channels of communication with your exalted office, I have elected toeing this open approach because of the urgency of the burden and fear in my mind for the judiciary of Nigeria under your leadership. I will not attempt to rate the judiciary in terms of public confidence or perception.
Delta 2023: Oborevwori leads in three separate polls – By Dr Festus Okubor
The Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has thrice in the last five days demonstrated that he is the leading candidate in next month’s governorship election. This new pointer to his being the leading candidate in the election emerged from three different polls freshly conducted with results analyzed and released a day ago.
(THE ARENA) The Ukodo Factor and 2023 Delta Governorship
By Festus Okubor Human beings are nurtured and sustained by what they eat and this is the reason why they take care of and give a lot of premium to cuisines and the attendant benefits. Food is inevitable for life, growth, well-being, and evolution. Human beings eat every day. Among the Urhobo people of Delta State and by extension the whole State and even the South-South zone, one very significant food is the Ukodo which has for ages taken the lead in terms of the people’s culinary pleasure.
(THE ARENA) Delta 2023 and the Case for Oborevwori
By Festus Okubor All through the ages, great leaders, who impacted their generations and times rose from among the people and suffered as they emerged from nothingness to become something. The examples of Winston Churchill of Great Britain, Abraham Lincoln of America, Nnamdi Azikiwe of Nigeria, Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Obafemi Awolowo of Nigeria, just to mention a few, remind us that life for great leaders was never a walk in a beautiful park.
Delta 2023 and the case for Oborevwori - By Festus Okubor
By Dr Festus G. Okubor All through the ages, great leaders, who impacted their generations and times rose from among the people and suffered as they emerged from nothingness to become something. The examples of Winston Churchill of Great Britain, Abraham Lincoln of America, Nnamdi Azikiwe of Nigeria, Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Obafemi Awolowo of Nigeria, just to mention a few remind us that life for great leaders was never a walk in a beautiful park.
Gov Okowa is an astute manager of resources - By Festus Okubor
By Dr Festus Goziem Okubor This is an election season and the moment for unscrupulous politicians to throw brickbats and engage in callous mudslinging to tarnish formidable honour and unassailable integrity that took years to build. Civilized and mature politics demands that decency should be the rule of the game.
Tinubu’s Blind BATs, Omo-Agege’s Greedy BANDits, And APC’s Voyage To Nowhere
The drums refused to sound. The trumpets are silent. The streets remain indifferent. There is no celebratory mood that anticipates such a visit. This telling description is the fate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT), visits Delta State. Perhaps, BAT has chosen the wrong time to fly and the wrong place to visit.
Festus Okubor: The A-Z of small and medium-sized businesses (Naira&Kobo)
Building a business from scratch is hard. No one tells you about the loneliness, the hours spent developing an idea and strategy, the effort it takes to get people to even notice or care about this product you’ve created, and the fear that drives you every day. Here are some quick lessons I’ve learnt I’m my journey so far. A – A Problem: Okay, maybe I’m cheating because this should actually fall under P, but it just underscores the importance.
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