President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, Mrs. Funke Ebgbemode yesterday decried the subtle strangulation of the media through economic means even as some of the country’s leading media persons expounded on how the media can tackle challenges opened by the new media.

Reggae artist, Winning jah whose song “Deep Sea” was recently rated as third most played in one week with 31,000 votes by Amnesty Intertational Italy Music Award is in the news again.

Lagos—Some officials of the Lagos State government, yesterday, inspected the burnt portion of Iga Iduganran, the palace of the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, on Lagos Island.

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Passengers passing through Stuttgart airport in Germany are being offered a new way to pray — a photo booth-like machine that delivers prayers from various faiths at the push of a button.

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Thursday said the era of using governors as “punching bags’’ to score cheap political points in the country was over.

The World Bank on Thursday in Abuja pledged to support the country’s auditing process to ensure transparency and accountability.

Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday resumed the trial of Dasuki’s aide, Col. Nicholas Ashinze, after the false publication by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was retracted.

Oil giant, Royal Dutch Shell, has announced plans to invest about 25 billion dollars this year in Nigeria and all its oil and gas operation across the world.

The President General of Ndigbo, Chief Barr Nnia Nwodo, has said that democracy is devoid of sentimentality and marginalization but Buhari’s administration has meted out injustice stereotype and marginalization to Igbos, such that Igbos loose more than three hundred billion naira annually. However, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has expressed its readies to sue the Federal Government if it fails to address what it describes as discriminatory attitude towards the South East and South South in federal appointments.

National Council of Muslim Youth Organizations, NACOMYO has described the position of CAN Youth on the suspension of SGF, Mr Babachir David Lawal and DG, NIA, Mr Ayo Oke as alien to the principles and doctrine of Christianity, stating that Christ supported socio-economic transformation initiatives.

ABUJA —–The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, who is facing trial over allegation that he falsely declared his assets, on Thursday, told the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja that he has no case to answer.

-A 58 year-old woman and mother of seven children, Mrs. Joy Raji, and indigene of Ikpoba Okhai Local Government Area of Edo State has been sentenced to six years imprisonment for Human Trafficking.

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ABUJA—– The Supreme Court, on Thursday, adjourned hearing on the leadership crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, till May 25.

The Lagos @ 50 celebrations took a new dimension this week as the State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode embarked on commissioning of several infrastructural projects across the State.