Beautiful and sexy Edo-State born Nollywood actress, Christabel Egbenya has done so many films since she came into the movie industry. She has talent and she has brought it on in many of her films but like every actor, there are some roles that still haunt or define their careers. For Christabel, her role in Room 202, where she got rather too cosy with Frank Artus hasn’t left the tongues of some people who believed the actress really turned on the fire.

Governor Muhammad Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa State has sacked the Emir of Dutse, Alhaji Nuhu Muhammad Sanusi as the chairman of Dutse Capital Development Authority, DCDA.

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, yesterday, said that he would be firm in dealing with issues bordering on indiscipline just as he would insist that the right thing must be done.

Pandemonium broke out yesterday at Omitoro, Ikorodu area of Lagos, following sporadic gunshots from a 10-man robbery gang.

A 13-year-old girl, Miss Chisom Oparaugo, has dragged Lagos State Commissioner for Education before an Ikeja High Court over alleged injuries she suffered, following collapse of Clegg Girls School fence

Confusion has enveloped the people of Umueze II in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, following the discovery of the lifeless body of a man identified as Levi Uduji, hanging from a tree close to their Onoezeala stream.

The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has commenced a probe into the mysterious death of a youth corps member, Mrs Yetunde Shukra Idowu, who was found dead on a street in Ilorin penultimate Sunday with bruises on her head and other parts of her body.

HOPE! That is what Nigerians are living for daily. It is a season of expectations. The baton of leadership has just changed hands. Lives of ordinary Nigerians have been so messed up by those appointed to lead them that they near comatose – no electricity, no water, no jobs, no good roads, health care services and more – yet we trudge on. It did not start today.

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has condemned the appointment of caretaker chairmen for the 21 local government councils in Kogi State by Governor Idris Wada, describing the action as an ‘’impunity of the executive.’’

Flying Eagles assistant coach Nduka Ugbade has reacted angrily to the side’s disturbing 4-2 defeat to five-time champions Brazil.

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, said yesterday, said it had directed its members to commence 24 hours sale of petrol nationwide to help ease the current fuel scarcity.

Dubai property prices fell in April as a property index in the emirate turned negative for the first time in four years. The residential prices index started declining from the second quarter of last year – in line with the fall in oil and gold prices, according to Reidin, a property information company. The index dropped about 3 per cent in April from the same period last year, Reidin said.

Environment stakeholders have called on all industrial concerns, business prompters and governments across the world to embark on sustainable use of earth resources for the betterment of mankind. The call was made during a one-day programme organised by SMEFUNDS, Carbon Credit Network in partnership with the World Bank and United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP to commemorate this year’s Earth Day.

Immediate past Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Mrs Akon Eyakenyi took a critical look at her one-year stewardship and posited that she had laid an enduring foundation for her successors to build upon. Eyakenyi who was emotional when she received board members of the parastatals in the ministry who came to bid her farewell, noted that although she came from outside the built environment, she was embraced and supported by all.

The Lagos state government has built the first ever Material Recovering Facility, MRF in the country. The MRF is a project undertaken by West Africa Energy Group in collaboration with the Lagos State Government aimed at ensuring environmental sustainability in the state through waste recycling and creation of small scale entrepreneurial schemes in the catchment area.