OVER 50 houses have been razed at Ibrede in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State, following an intra-community squabble over ownership of fish ponds.

That is not true. For the first 12- 18 months of my career, a lot of people didn’t know my surname, and were not really aware of my ‘privileged background’.

My family have been supportive, but they don’t really get involved – my father wanted me to be a doctor/lawyer, so he wasn’t particularly thrilled with my decision to get into entertainment. Now he sees me on TV, in magazines,

Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State has slashed his salary by 25 percent and also proposed a five percent cut in the salaries of civil servants to enable the government meet the demands of striking primary school teachers.

Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in 2007 general elections, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, has rebuked second republic lawmaker, Junaid Mohammed, over his statement against the Ijaw leader, saying Junaid cannot come between Jonathan and Clark.

Facts have emerged on why the former Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Werinipre Seibarugu and members of the then state executive council parted ways with their former boss, Chief Timipre Sylva, who is now the leader of the All Progressive Congress APC, in the state.

These are interesting times in Nigeria’s political landscape. And it is not surprising. The 2015 general elections are around the corner and politicians are at liberty to dig into their bag of tricks to sway potential voters to their side even if some of them have to demonize their opponents.

The abduction of Mackson Macaulay, son of Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Delta State, Mr. Ovuozorie Macaulay, in 2012, was allegedly organized by his (SSG) relation. This information came to light after the killing, March 27, of two kidnap suspects by gunmen, who attacked a police patrol team conveying them to court, along Oboh-Ogwashi-Uku Road. Two defence counsel in the main case were also killed on the same day.

Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State is a passionate environmentalist, championing initiatives that support environmental awareness and protection. He was the first governor to call attention to the harmful effects of climate change and why Nigeria should be proactive in confronting this problem.

There has been low turnout of spectators in some of the venues for the ongoing Lagos State Sports Festival, tagged Ibile Games.

At the Teslim Balogun Stadium, one of the venues currently hosting Taekwondo and Swimming events on Friday had only a hand full of spectators to watch the competitions.

Sultry Nollywood actress, Biola Ige, has just about everything any woman can have to have a pick of any man she desires.

Americans themselves rose up and backed their president across party line. They closed ranks in the national interest. Nobody blamed the president for a National Security slip that allowed terrorists to acquire a plane; operate under the radar of a vast and sophisticated American Surveillance capacity, and haul a deadly flying missile each on the World Trade Towers in New York, and the Pentagon in Washington DC, two powerful symbols of American power and invulnerability.

Therefore, it is largely a frustrating and futile exercise to recommend solutions to a group of bulimic politicians preoccupied with acquisition and retention of power at all costs, and sustenance of official avenues for primitive accumulation.

To place governance on some measure of intellect is to officially seek answers constantly to recurring posers in society. One such poser in Nigeria is the increasing level of public rejoicing whenever a government official is relieved of his appointment. It does not really matter how highly placed the affected official is.

The on-going battle between Oyo/Osun Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and unrepentant smugglers within the border community has taken a new dimension, as the Customs Crack Team intercepted a convoy of eight tokunbo cars loaded with prohibited goods from Igbeti-Saki axis, the route linking Nigeria with other neighbouring countries.

The city of Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers state, Nigeria last week entered into the history book as it became the first sub-Saharan African City to be named UNESCO World Book Capital. At an elaborate ceremony which was witnessed by literary icons and dignitaries within and outside the country including the former President, Abdusalam Abubakar (Rtd) in Portharcourt, the deputy governor of Bangkok, Mr Ammorn Kitchawenghui formally handed over to Rivers state governor, Rt Hon. Rotimi Amaechi the right and title of the UNESCO World Book Capital 2014, with this feat the city will bear the title from April 23rd 2014 till April 22nd 2015 when it will eventually hand it over to Incheon (South Korea).