WE HAVE CURE FOR EBOLA.....Delta Traditional healers.

The panic over Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) ravaging part of West Africa and giving Nigerians sleepless nights may have got a cure if the claims by traditional healers under the aegis of the Otu Odozi Elu Doctors Association in Akumazi, Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State, is anything to go by.
The traditional doctors numbering over 300 urged Nigerians not to panic but to bring to them any report cases of the disease, which they called isamisan disease to them.
The group led by the Okairoro of Akumazi, Chief Moses Dibie, said isamisan disease is an age long tropical disease which existed before the coming of the white people to African, adding that it the disease is older than yaws which the World Health Organisation (WHO) fought and defeated.

DELTA 2015: ANOTHER ASPIRANT, HON ELUMELU CRAWLS ON HIS KNEELS

Hon. Elumelu Kneeling befor chief Lori-Ogbebor
First it was the immediate past minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Peter Orubebe who went far away in the United Kingdom kneeling and crawling before Delta State immediate past governor, Chief James Ibori all in the bid to solicit for his support for the 2015 governorship race.
When Delta Decides published it, Orubebe's media team called us all sort of names.
Though the team acknowledged that their boss actually visited the ex-Governor to.solicit for his support but insisted that he did not crawl on his kneels as we reported.
When they got wind that DD is in possession of the video and ticket number, this team shelded away as we promised that the video and the ticket number would be released soon.

2015: UDUAGHAN UNDER SEVERE PRESSURE TO PICK EMETULU AS HIS SUCCESSOR.

Charles Emetulu
The political atmosphere in the state is cooking at a very high tensity with the proponents of power shift almost having their way.

Barring any further ''maradonic'' adventures from Uduaghan , information filtering in to AV-News, Kwale has it that based on the meeting of the Urhobo stakeholders in the PDP held in Mosogar and after due consultation with some Urhobo governorship aspirants, the Urhobo leaders have settled to support the Anioma governorship agenda ,though not without a condition attached.
Gov. Uduaghan

It is the condition attached to their decision to support an Anioma born governor that is about to further tear the PDP apart. Our source revealed that the leaders and elders of Delta Central led by Chief Amori Ighoyhota are mounting pressure on Gov Uduaghan to name Hon Charles Emetulu, the state commissioner for power and energy as his successor.

DELTA 2015: UDUAGHAN CAUTIONS AGAINST CAMPAIGN BASED ON BLACKMAIL

The Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Ewetan Uduaghan, CON, broke his silence on his successor with a charge on all aspirants for the gubernatorial election in the state to sell their programmes and policies to the people rather than scheming on how to disqualify fellow aspirants.

Governor Uduaghan who has been evasive on his likely successor noted that neither he nor any level of scheming could determine the candidate that would take over from him in 2015 but that the final choice rested in the hands of God.

Dr. Uduaghan spoke at an Inter-denominational Thanksgiving Service held at the Cathedral Church of St. Peter's (Anglican Communion), Asaba to mark the 23rd anniversary of the creation of Delta State on Wednesday.

He cautioned aspirants to "stop running around trying to disqualify anybody because who God wants to give power, that He will give, whether you disqualify somebody at the screening stage and God wants that person, the person will succeed."

The Governor recalled that in the build up to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primaries in 2006, he was disqualified by a screening committee in Port Harcourt before an appeal panel cleared him to contest the polls.

"As an aspirant who wants to take over from me, tell the people what you want to do, let us have a clean electioneering campaign. Who God wants, He will put in office," Dr Uduaghan said, stressing, "let the campaign not be about me, about whom I am supporting or who I am not supporting, let the campaign be about what you can do for the people."

He added, "I want to thank everybody that have indicated interest to take over from me in 2015, it is not easy to make up one's mind to contest but, know that there is only a space for one person at a time for four years."

Governor Uduaghan said that Delta State has cause to thank God on the occasion of the 23rd anniversary of the state creation in view of the giant strides that have been recorded by successive administrations in the state.

According to him, the decision to mark the occasion with a thanksgiving service was to acknowledge God’s mercies and goodness towards the Government and people of the state and a means of securing more favour from the creator.

The Governor said the state has recorded successes and used the occasion to declare August 27 as Thanksgiving Day for Delta State.

Governor Uduaghan who pronounced August 27 every year as a Day of Thanksgiving indicated that a bill would be sent to the House of Assembly to formally proclaim the day and urged the Speaker and members of the State Assembly to give the bill expeditious consideration.

He explained that his administration's Delta Beyond Oil Programme was a legacy that would stand the test of time because it involved going back to economic activities that the people were engaged in before the discovery of oil.

"We must go back to those things we used to do before oil was discovered, agriculture, mining, tourism, manufacturing, and others," he added.

Dr Uduaghan attributed the peace, stability and development in the state to concerted and sustained prayers and called on the people to be more united and shun bitterness towards their neighbours.

"What we need now is unity, we must remove every bitterness from our body, there is so much bitterness and such bitterness can lead to ethnic strife and security challenges," the Governor observed, emphasizing that there is need for change of heart.

The Governor also commended traditional rulers in the state who have renounced fetish practices to embrace God and appealed to the few traditional rulers who are yet to embrace Christianity to do so stating: "When a traditional ruler suppresses God's activities, that Kingdom cannot grow."

NOBODY HAS A RIGHT TO STOP JONATHAN FROM CONTESTING- CLARK

Chief E.K Clark
Former Minister of Information, Edwin Clark, announced today in Abuja that President Jonathan can--and will--contest for the Presidency in 2015.

At a meeting of the group "Northern Women in Politics", Clark said that Jonathan was both qualified and deserving of a second term.

“Jonathan will contest in 2015 because of two things; one, he is qualified to do so under the law and secondly, he has performed well to the extent that those who voted him in 2011 are willing to do so again," he stated Clark also supported his justification by adding that every Nigerian president thus far has had two terms in office.

2015 ELECTION: Mimiko DumpsLP, For PDP

Gov. Mimiko
After months of speculations, the Ondo state governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko on Friday formally declared his intention to join the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

In effect, Governor Mimiko has dumped his party, Labour Party(LP) he has sustained as its only governor and national leader since 2006.

The governor has already informedmembers of his cabinet and close political associates in a chain of meetings which took place on Friday at the Government House Akure.

DELTA 2015: IKPEAZU DUMPS ORUBEBE FOR AN ANIOMA ASPIRANT

The governorship ambition of former
minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder
Godsday Orubebe, has suffered another set back as his Director of Media and Publicity, Chief Alex Ikpeazu resigns from Delta Peoples Forum.

His resignation is coming on the heels as another media coordinator to Orubebe, Barr. Mary Agbajoh left unceremoniously.

Chief Ikpeazu who hails from Ika, Delta north discrict sighted equity, good conscience and the fellow's integrity as the reason for dumping the one time 'infamous' minister.

He said "to maintain peaceful co-existence in our state now and beyond 2015, it makes sense to approach this sensitive issue not on the basis of zoning, but on the alter of equity, good conscience and the fellow's integrity. I hereby resign my position as the Director of Media and Publicity of Delta Peoples Forum(DPF)."

Elder Orubebe is from Delta south, the same zone with the incumbent governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan.

No Ebola in Delta State – Uduaghan

Gov. Uduaghan
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has allayed fears over speculations that the dreaded Ebola virus might have found its way to the state.

Uduaghan, who spoke during a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders’ meeting for Delta North Senatorial Zone in Asaba, also disclosed that the state govern­
ment had set up a committee to educate and sensitize the people of the state on the prevention and management of the virus.

“There is no Ebola virus in Delta State and it will not come to the state. We are doing everything possible to deal with the scourge.

DELTA GUBER RACE: PDP Group Adopts Obuh for Governorship Seat

A political pressure group, Delta United, has adopted Tony Obuh as its candidate for the governorship election in Delta State in 2015.

Making the declaration on Monday before a mammoth crowd of PDP supporters at his residence, Ayiri Emami, who convened the meeting, disclosed that having held wide consultations across the state, the PDP has given them the go-ahead to sensitise Deltans on the need to queue behind Obuh.

The Majority Leader of the state House of Assembly, Monday Igbuya, who also spoke on the occasion, said Obuh has been a consistent and loyal party member and in the spirit of power shifting to Delta North Senatorial District, he has the blessing of the party leadership.

The group, which adopted the name, Delta United for Tony Obuh, vowed to deliver him to Government House in 2015, even as the gathering had in attendance the political bigwigs from the three senatorial district of the state.

All the leaders from the three senatorial districts pledged their support for the candidacy of Obuh and thanked the convener for hosting the inaugural meeting of the group, noting that since the structure has given the green light with Chief Ayiri as the messenger, they would no longer follow just any aspiring governorship candidate again.

IKA SOUTH VOTERS REGISTER DATABASE CRASHED-INEC ***To Deploy Machines to the Council Area

The Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC, has said that the Ika south voters register database has crashed.

This was made known by INEC officials to the 52 clans that make up Ika south during the on-going review of the voters register, preparatory to issuing the PVC.

According to INEC, "we are sorry to inform you that the database of this local government council area crashed. In other words deleted from our system database and as such, INEC will be conducting another registration in all the wards soon."

While acknowledging that the fault came from their staff. They pointed out that the commission will deploy machines to the LG for the Indigenes to re-register.

However several calls put to Dr Cairo Ojougbo, the PDP leader in the LG to sort his views was not answered up to the time of filing this report.

Speaking to DELTA DECIDES, a 2015 house of assembly aspirant from the LG, Barr Felix Morka, said that there should be a back-up of the database which INEC is supposed to use to make provision for the permanent voters card.

He said it would not be possible to re-register those who have done so in the previous registration exercise.

While calling on INEC to rise to their
responsibility by spreading the information to the hooks and crannies in the council area, Barr. Morka pointed out that whilst the indigenes continue to do a fresh registration, there is need for the commission to make use of the back-up in providing the PVC.

DD gathered that it may not be possible especially in view of the time frame necessary to do the data capture and display for verifications before the up coming LG election slated for October.

Whilst rumors have it that intending indigenes are requested to come along with a passport photograph for the exercise.

However, it is not clear how the passport photographs and fingerprints will be captured in the subsequent PVC.