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By Mbah Okem, Yenagoa A High Court sitting in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State Capital,  has struck out a suit seeking to declare the newly elected 105 Local Government Council chairmen, the deputy and councillors as ad-hoc delegates at Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary holding today.The presiding judge, Justice E. G Umukoro, while delivering his ruling said, “because the case is a pre-primary matter involving a political party, the court has no jurisdiction to hear the matter.“Someone can only claim to be an aspirant only if such person has taken part in a political party primary conducted by the party’s national leadership…

The Gubernatorial Primary Election Screening Committee has disqualified the former Cross River resident electoral commissioner, REC and aspirant in the November 16 Bayelsa State governorship election under the platform of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Dr. Frankland Briyai from participating in the party primaries.Dr. Briyai was not cleared to contest for the party primary election on grounds of section 3 Paragraph “L” of the Guidelines for Nomination of Candidates.This was disclosed in the report of the Seven-man Screening Committee signed by the chairman, Rt. Hon. Isa Song after the successful screening of the seven aspirants vying for the party ticket at…

High Chief (Dr) O.B. Lulu-BriggsSeven months after his death, the Will and last Testament of late Kalabari chief and businessman, High Chief (Dr) O.B. Lulu-Briggs was read on July 26, 2019 despite opposition from three senior sons of the deceased, Dumo, Senibo and Sofiri Lulu-Briggs.The High Chief left most of his assets in a Trust to be managed on behalf of his children and their offspring, with former governor of Cross Rivers, Donald Duke as one of the four trustees. The deceased also left substantial wealth to his widow Dr (Mrs) Seinye O.B. Lulu Briggs.Interestingly High Chief Lulu-Briggs did not…

The deceased coupleTexas newlyweds died a few minutes after they wed, when their car was hit by a truck. (Photo: Getty Images) Young newlyweds were reportedly killed in a car crash in US while pulling out of a judge’s office where they had just wed.“They hadn’t even been married for five minutes,” LaShawna Morgan, mother of the groom, told The Beaumont Enterprise.Harley Morgan and Rhiannon Morgan were 19 and 20 respectively, and were leaving a Justice of the Peace courtroom Friday afternoon in Orange County, Texas. As the couple pulled out of the parking lot and onto Texas 87 Highway, an oncoming…

By Dave Okpogadie, Asaba Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has congratulated Chief Festus Keyamo (SAN), on his appointment as minister of State, Niger Delta.In a statement signed by his chief press secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika in Asaba, Okowa said Keyamo’s appointment was well-deserved, considering his antecedents as a lawyer of repute.He urged Keyamo to bring his wealth of experience to bear on his new job in order to address the myriad of challenges be-devilling the Niger Delta.While lauding him on his achievements as an eminent legal practitioner, Okowa expressed confidence that the new minister would use his office to attract…

By Dave Okpogadie, AsabaGovernor Ifeanyi OkowaThe Federal Government has commended Delta State Government on the quality of facilities at the Asaba International Airport, saying the facilities are of international standards.According to Government House Asaba report, Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika made the commendation on Sunday in Asaba shortly after he inspected facilities at the airport.He noted that the state government has done well in developing the airport to meet international standards especially in the area of upgrade of the runway and other ancillary works.He particularly commended Governor Ifeanyi Okowa for sticking to standards and for ensuring transparency in the concessoning…

By Dave Okpogadie, AsabaGovernor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state governments has congratulated Africa’s reigning long jump queen, Ese Brume, for winning long jump gold at ongoing All African Games in Rabat, Morocco.Brume, Commonwealth champion, leapt 6.69 meters on Thursday at the Moulay Abdellah Sports Stadium, to win the long jump event at the games which is in its 12th edition.In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, MrOlisaIfeajika, in Asaba, the governor commended 23-year-old Ese Brume, who hails from Ughelli in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta, for making the state and the nation proud.He said that his administration was proud of…

Delta state government has concluded arrangements to send five engineers to Las Vegas in the United States of America to attend the 2020 International Civil Engineers Conference.The commissioner for Works chief James Augoye disclosed this at the closing of the 2-day Annual training organized for civil engineers in the ministry at Gordon Resort, Abraka in Ethiopia East Local Government Area of the state.According to the Chief Augoye, the conference will afford the engineers the opportunity to be abreast with modern techniques in road construction which will benefit the state.Also, another set of four engineers have been nominated to understudy concrete…

By Dave Okpogadie, AsabaGovernor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state has expressed sadness over the death of the rector of Delta State School of Marine Technology, Burutu, Dr Sele Ebisine.Ebisine, 61, died in the early hours of Tuesday in a hospital in Warri, after a brief illness.He was appointed rector of the school in January 2017, at a time the institution was in dire need of a capable hand with cognate experience to push for its accreditation.The governor in a statement issued by his chief press secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika in Asaba, said Ebisine’s demise was a colossal loss to the…

By Mbah Green Okem, YenagoaFred AgbediThe member representing Sagbama/Ekeremor Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives and frontline aspirant in Bayelsa State gubernatorial election, Hon. Fred Agbedi said claims that he drifted from the Restoration caucus to the other divide of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) would not distract him from his ambition to win the party primaries.Agbedi stated this during an interactive session with members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Bayelsa State Council, at the Ernest Ikoli Press Centre in Yenagoa.The third-time Reps member said his focus right now is on how to win the party primaries,…