WORRIED by the pains Nigerians have been going through in the last couple of weeks following the scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, otherwise known as petrol, which has led to long queues at filling stations and panic buying, the Senate, last Tuesday, played host to the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu.

THE Catholic Church, has sent a strong warning to Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai over the move to enact a religious bill to prohibit preaching of religious ser-mons in the state.

Ogun State Police Command has uncovered a spiritualists’ den in Iyana-Ilogbo axis of Sango-Ota area of the state, and arrested two suspects.

Wife of the Inspector General of Police, Mrs Agharase Arase, has appealed to young mothers to stop dumping their new born babies in dust bin and gutter, saying the act is painful and deeply disturbing.Mrs. Arase, who is the President, Police Officers Wives Association, POWA, spoke in Port Harcourt, yesterday, when POWA donated food items to children at an orphanage homeRepresented by the Chairperson, Rivers State Chapter of POWA and wife of the state Commissioner of Police, Mrs. Margaret Kimo, the wife of the IGP said the donation to Port Harcourt Children Home was part of the activities lined up for the police week.

THE people of Immringi community in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State are in shock following the allegation of incestuous relationship between a middle aged man, Bamekpa, and his 12 year old daughter (names withheld).

Sports Minister Solomon Dalung has disagreed with the Nigeria Football Federation’s quest to get a foreign coach for the Super Eagles, after they were eliminated from the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.

FORTUNES of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, suffered yet another setback in Delta State, following the defection of a former member of the State House of Assembly, Chief Joseph Oshevire and hundreds of his supporters defected to the All Progressive Congress, APC.

Esogban of Benin Kingdom and Chairman of the Benin Forum, umbrella organisation for Binis home and in the Diaspora, Chief David Edebiri, in this interview, speaks about his group’s tour of projects executed by Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State. The revered Benin chief, fondly referred as the ‘Oracle’ of Benin Kingdom, also speaks on the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari and the politics of Edo.

The crisis in Bayelsa State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, took a twist, yesterday, as the state executive of the party announced the suspension of a former governor of the state, Chief Timipre Sylva, from the party.

BARRISTER Abubakar Yesufu is a former President, Students Union, University of Benin and current Chairman, League of Patriotic Lawyers. In this interview, Yesufu, who currently heads the Resource Group of the Chris Ogiemwonyi Movement for Edo State (COME), speaks on the forthcoming governorship election in the state.