THE people of Benikrukru Community in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State have said the Chief Jeffrey Ojogun-led executive remained the recognised community executive and vowed to resist any attempt to truncate the peace and security agenda of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan.

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has called on Nigerians to intensify prayers for the country and look to the future with optimism in 2013.

Ahead of the 2013 Area Council election in the FCT, member, Board of Trustees of All Nigerian Peoples Party, and founding member of the party in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Isah Yahaya, has resigned his membership of the ANPP Board of Trustees, BOT and the party.

Politicians in Plateau State have started strategizing ahead of the 2015 elections with consultations on who succeeeds incumbent Governor Jonah Jang in top gear.

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has announced that the Ije-ododo pipeline that was vandalised, and led to a major fire a few days ago in Lagos, has been repaired, allowing the pumping and supply of premium motor spirit (petrol) to resume.

Osaze Odemwingie has said he regrets his sensational Twitter comments, which he made after Coach Stephen Keshi left him out of Super Eagles preliminary list for the 2013 Afcon camp in Portugal. The player said Keshi was not fair to him.

Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Sunday accused Jonathan’s administration of engaging in governance by deceit, saying the administration has been overstating its achievements and making fake promises to Nigerians.

Ijaw Monitoring Group, IMG, has declared the Bakassi citizen as the Person of Year 2012.

In a statement by Comrade Joseph Evah and Comrade Timi Igoli, Coordinator and Secretary General respectively of IMG, the Ijaw said: “The recognition was necessary to assure the people of Bakassi, whose land and people were ceded to Cameroun, that the rest of Niger Delta salute their courageous spirit and resolve to determine their own future.

The time is set for the climax of the Eko Atlantic City and the Star lager beer sponsored Lagos Cross Over concert which holds at the Eko Atlantic City.

The deplorable state of the East-West Road resonated yet again, weekend, at the funeral ceremony for the former National Security Adviser, late Gen. Andrew Azazi, with the Catholic Bishop of Bomadi Vicariate, Bishop Hyacinth Egbebo, calling on President Goodluck Jonathan to fix the ailing road to curb rising spate of accidents and loss of human lives.

FORMER governorship candidate in Edo Sate, Mr. Solomon Edebiri, weekend, identified what he described as lack of political leadership, as a major problem militating against the Bini nation.

THE suit by Itsekiri host communities against Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, over alleged diversion of N1 billion meant for development of oil-bearing areas has been adjourned, following an attempt by suspected kidnappers to kidnap the judge handling the case, Justice Marshall Umukoro

BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT— Nkpogu Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has been renamed Owoye Andrew Azazi Road. Governor Chibuike Amaechi announced this, weekend, at the funeral of late General Andrew Azazi, inYenagoa, Bayelsa State, who died in a helicopter crash on Saturday, December 15, 2012. The governor described the late Army general and […]

Year 2012 was replete with an array of medical and scientific breakthroughs. From January through December, series of world-changing innovations were recorded across the world. However, one of the biggest and most sensational breakthroughs of the year involved Emily Whitehead, a 7-year-old girl, whose acute leukaemia (blood cancer) was effectively “cured” by HIV.

Prof. Shamsudeen Amali, the Vice Chancellor, Nasarawa State University, has urged the Federal Government to harness Nigeria’s traditional system in the quest for good governance.