Traditional rulers in the six Local Government Areas in Edo North have endorsed the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Godwin Obaseki, as their choice as the next Governor of the state from November 12, this year.

The National chairmanship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi, has denied sponsoring activities of the Niger Delta Avengers, saying that it is nothing but a blatant concoction of falsehood obviously laced with the political intention of throwing a spanner in the works of our nation wide campaign/consultation with PDP delegates throughout the country in our bid to contest the National Chairmanship of the PDP.

THE Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Monday insisted that struggle for the actualization of the Biafra Republic was still very much on course and denied the allegation by two officials of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, that MASSOB had betrayed the struggle.

A 49-year-old farmer, Gabriel Ajor has been arraigned before a Lokoja Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly abducting and selling seven children including his two sons and an eight-year-old baby for N400,000.

France midfielder Paul Pogba arrived at Manchester United’s training base on Monday to complete his record-breaking return to the club from Juventus, an AFP photographer reported.

ODEY Ochicha, the gubernatorial Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Cross River State in the 2015 general elections has described the rumours making the rounds in the state that he received money from the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to concede defeat to the party as malicious and unfounded.
Ochicha told Vanguard in Calabar on Tuesday that he conceded defeat to the PDP candidate, Senator Ben Ayade in the spirit of sportsmanship which has been misinterpreted by some people that he took money from the PDP during the election.

A FORMER Director-General of Nigeria Maritime Administration Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Patrick Akpobolokemi has dismissed the report accusing him alongside others as being the sponsors of the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, saying it is false and malicious. He also described the allegation as an attempt by his traducers to bring him down by every means.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC today arrested Mr. Abubakar Sidiq Usman, a blogger, for offences bordering on cyber stalking.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday congratulated Mrs. Funke Egbemode, on her confirmation as the President of the Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE).

Country Representative of the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Jean Gough, has said that Ondo state government needs to promote more of its award-wining programmes in all sectors so that the Federal Government and other sates can learn from it.