AN Onitsha-based businessman, Mr. Thaddeus Ejianu, has dragged the traditional ruler of Akokwa in Imo State and members of his kindred to an Orlu High Court for allegedly ostracizing him from his Umezelaku village over family feud.

THE beauty of trade shows is that they take organisations beyond their supposed dreams and into the expected ground of realities. This they do by taking participants to higher levels by consistently keeping them (the exhibitors) in the minds of their target audience.

Gossip or backbiting means saying something about a Muslim which may be true but which he does not like to hear spoken, whether it be about his physical appearance, his adherence to religion, his worldly affairs, his self, his behaviour or his character. There are many forms of gossip, including talking about a person’s inadequacies […]

SINCE the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji Aje Ogungunniso 1 was enthroned on March 4, 2016, he has taken some giant strides that will remain indelible in the anal of history of the populous ancient city of Ibadan. The applause that greeted the heroic deeds of the monarch reached up to the heavens with some of the subjects saying it’s indeed the dawn of a new era. Without sounding hyperbolic, some of the remarkable deeds of the monarch have enhanced the perceptions of people about the city.

The Ogbudugbudu/ Adagbarasa bloc of communities in Egbema Kingdom, Warri North Local Government Area, Delta State, has debunked the reported leadership crisis in Ijaw Regional Development Council, IRDC, also known as Egbema Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation

STRONG indications emerged, yesterday, that following the intervention of powerful Nigerians in the ongoing face-off between the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, David Babachir Lawal, and the Senate over the controversial grass-cutting contract scandal, Lawal may have reversed his earlier position not to appear before the Senate because he was in court.

THE Army has waded into the protracted dispute between the people of Kokodiagbene in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, and American oil giant, Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, over alleged refusal of the company to supply electricity to the host community

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, has been asked to wind up Emerald Energy Resources Limited, operator of OML 14 (formerly OPL 229), over its inability to pay a debt of $3.2 million owed an oil and gas firm, ICS Energy Limited.

Delta State wing of the Oil Mineral Producing Areas Landlords’ Association of Nigeria, OMPALAN, has thrown its weight behind the Federal Government over its standing order to the exploratory and mining companies operating in the Niger Delta to move their headquarters to the host communities of their operations, saying, “The directive is the best move at the moment.”

PORT HAR-COURT— CONTRACTORS handling projects for Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, have kicked against the marching order from the commission to return to site within 30 days.