Bright orange flames flare upwards from a pencil-thin chimney at the Port Harcourt Refining Company, sending thick black smoke into the white clouds above Nigeria’s southern oil hub.

Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Saturday said every society needs a viable and strong opposition for sustainable democracy.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State has suspended one-time deputy governor and former state Vice Chairman (Edo South) of the party, Chief Lucky Imasuen, and two other members for anti-party activities.

This week’s Joyful Homes focuses on the special programme of the Redeemed Christian Church of God ( RCCG) held last month specially for women trusting God for the fruit of the womb.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the PDP of openly launching a counter-offensive against the determined efforts of the Buhari Administration to rid the country of impunity and corruption, but warned that the opposition party will fail in its attempt to take Nigerians back to Egypt

NATIONAL leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said yesterday that the country under President Muhammadu Buhari was drifting towards dictatorship, just as it urged the international community to intervene.

The Matriarch of the Awolowo family, Chief Hannah Idowu Dideolu (HID) Awolowo, is dead at the age of 99.

Former assistant Super Eagles coach, Daniel Amokachi has said that the Chairman of Capital Oil and Gas and proprietor of Ifeanyi Uba Football Club, Ifeanyi Uba remains his boss.

Nollywood actress, Chika Ike may not have a special man in her life at the moment, after her marriage with Ebiribi crashed two years ago, but she is optimistic that she will remarry someday.

The Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID) of the Nigerian Police force has arrested and detained an Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, and six other Police officers over allegations of extra-judicial killings in separate incidents that occurred in Abuja and Benin, the Edo State capital.

Thousands of Lagos residents Sunday defied the early morning downpour and thronged the national headquarters of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Throne of Grace Parish, Ebute-Meta, Lagos where the church’s General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye had a special service for first borns in every family, reports OLAYINKA LATONA.

THE Itsekiri nation, yesterday, announced the passage of Ogiame Atuwatse II, the Olu of Warri, and immediately designated his younger brother, Prince Ikenwole Godfrey Abiloye Emiko, as successor.

Amid the controversy generated by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) order for the arrest of Senate President Bukola Saraki, the police said, yesterday, they were yet to receive a bench warrant to effect it.

The matriarch of the Awolowo family, Chief (Mrs.) Hannah Dideolu Awolowo, fondly called HID, has passed on, aged 99.

Is Abubakar Shekau, the acclaimed leader of Boko Haram, alive or dead?