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February 14, 2021
A constitutional crisis might be brewing between the Senate and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over a directive to it by the upper chamber to restore two state constituencies in Delta State in what appeared to be new boundary delineations.
The Senate had last Tuesday approved the restoration of Ethiope West State Constituency (1) in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State from the present Ethiope West State Constituency.
This was sequel to the adoption of a motion moved by the Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, at plenary.
The development, however, came two months after the upper chamber had approved the restoration of Abraka State Constituency in Ethiope East Local Government Area from the present Ethiope East State Constituency.
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By Deji Elumoye
The Senate yesterday approved the restoration of Ethiope West state constituency (1) in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State from the present Ethiope West state constituency.
This was sequel to the adoption of a motion moved by the Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, at plenary.
The development came two months after the upper chamber also approved the restoration of Abraka state constituency in Ethiope East Local Government Area from the present Ethiope East state constituency. In his lead debate, the Delta Central senator urged the upper legislative chamber to approve the restoration of the constituency in compliance with the declarations and orders of the Federal High Court and Section 115 of the 1999 Constitution.
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Three final students of the Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro and Oghara, as well as a commercial motorcyclist popularly known as okada have died in separate motor crashes on Thursday and Friday.
One of the yet-to-be identified graduating student from Delta State Polytechnic, Oghara, Ethiope East Local Government Area of the state, reportedly died in a lone car accident on Friday shortly after writing his last paper.
It was learnt that the incident happened along Ovade Road in Oghara due to over-speeding as he was said to have been flung out of the car when it somersaulted into the bush.
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By Evelyn Usman
The rising incidence of kidnapping has assumed a ubiquitous trend in Nigeria. Almost on daily basis, Nigerians are inundated with news of the abduction of unsuspecting persons, in different parts of the country.
From the North to the South and the East to the West, the story is the same! These unscrupulous elements spring out from nowhere, to abduct defenceless Nigerians, take them to their hideouts, from where they put calls across to victims’ relatives for payment of ransom.