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The South South Chiefs, Elders, Sisters and Youths Organisation a socio political group based in the South South region of the country last weekend, visited the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in Rivers State Bro. Felix Obuah. The group led by its National Chairman Chief Omubo Harry said it was paying the party Chairman the courtesy visit in order to show him and the party its support as it prepares for the 2015 polls. Chief Omubo Harry while appreciating the reception accorded his group by the Chairman said it was imperative that the people of the South South region supports the ruling PDP which has its son as President of the country. The group hailed the mobilization efforts of the Chairman for President Jonathan describing it as being in line with the collective aspirations of not only the people of the state, but the region in general. The South South Elders presented Chief Dumo Lulu Briggs, Chief Chukwuma C. Okirie, and Dr. Ojum as its candidates for th...

The Niger Delta Renaissance Organisation has urged the people of Osun State to vote out the All Progressive Congress APC as they prepare for the polls tomorrow. The group in a press statement signed by its National Coordinator Comrade Nwokoma Messiah said the people of Osun State must ensure that they key into the government at the centre by voting in Iyiola Omisere as the governor of the state. While commending the people of Ekiti state for voting in a PDP administration in the state during the last general election, the group said Osun people must not be left out in the political tsunami taking place in the south west aimed at kicking out the APC from the west. The group described the APC as a threat to democracy in the country stressing that it is imperative that they are stopped in their quest to lead the country to anarchy.

A frontline politician in Rivers State Chief Chukwuma Chinwa Oikrie has commended the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers state under the leadership of Bro. Felix Obuah (Go Round) for the support the party has given to President Goodluck Jonathan’s second term bid. Chief Okirie made this known at Omoku Town the headquarters of Ogba/ Egbema / Ndoni local government area over the weekend when the Party opened the Campaign Office of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in the LGA. While thanking the state Chairman for his support, Chief Okirie stated that with the support the President has received from the party in the state, there was even no need for him to come and campaign personally.   “With the tremendous support the people of the state have accorded the President, I think he should go and rest. It is even immaterial if he comes to campaign personally because the people of the state are behind him. We will give him the traditional 100% votes we have alway...

The fastest woman in Africa is now the fastest woman in the Commonwealth. Blessing Okagbare backed up a series of scintillating runs at Hampden Park to claim a stunning Commonwealth Games 100 metres title ahead of Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell-Brown and Kerron Stewart on Monday night. The Nigerian, who had gone in as the pre-race favourite, stormed away from the field at the gun and beat off a dogged effort from Campbell-Brown to prevail in a Commonwealth Games record of time of 10.85 sec, almost two-tenths of a second ahead of the Jamaicans. The final had long been earmarked as a battle between Okagbare and the Jamaican trio of Campbell-Brown, Stewart and Schillonie Calvert. Sandwiched between the three of them in lane five, Okagbare’s bright dyed blonde hair seemed to be boldly taunting her rivals on the startline, acting as a beacon for them to chase. Catch me if you can. The Nigerian had already marked herself out as an inconspicuous target earlier in the evening ...

Nigerian football youngster, Kelechi Iheanacho, scored in his second successive Manchester City game, as the Premier League side crushed AC Milan 5-1 in their International Champions Cup opener. The 17-year-old toe-poked the ball from outside the area, to give City a 4-0 lead shortly before the break. Stefan Jovetic and Scott Sinclair had opened scoring for the English champions with two early strikes, before Jesus Navas saw his acrobatic effort deflected past Michael Agazzi in the Milan goal. Sulley Muntari pulled one back for Fillipo Inzaghi’s men, but Jovetic scored again 12 minutes after the break after Navas sent him free. The loss is Milan’s second in the International Champions Cup, while Italian clubs have only won one game.