Senator Babafemi Ojudu, Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, is another of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s senior aides defusing tensions and holding out against mischief makers trying to set his boss and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo against each other, although he understandably does not talk as he is not a spokesman for government.

Barely two weeks after Lagos State and the Child Protection Network (CPN) secured justice for a raped 10-year-old girl when her attacker bagged 26 years jail term, another girl, simply identified as Bosede, 16, lost her life 10 months after she was allegedly gang-raped by four boys in Oke Eri area of Oworonsoki, Lagos. 

Foundation for Partnership Initiative in the Niger Delta (PIND), in collaboration with Market Development in the Niger Delta (MADE), holds the sixth edition of its Niger Delta Development Forum (NDDF) 2017, under the theme, “The Future in Our Hands : A State-Led Framework for Planning and Development in the Niger Delta.” PIND’s Knowledge Manager, Chichi Nnoham-Onyejekwe, said this year’s forum, which follows from the recommendations of the 2016 forum, will focus on the Foundation’s collaboration with state and non-state actors on the methodologies for long-term planning and implementation for domestic resource mobilization and inclusive growth in the Niger Delta.

When Daddy Freeze identified tithing as a modern-day scam in a fascinating interview, I was also asked to weigh in on the same issue by Sahara Reporters. But I declined because I did not think it was necessary to add anything to what he said. However, I have changed my mind seeing that some church heavyweights have come out swinging at him in the bid to undermine his message and safeguard their illicit financial bottom line.

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and the Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, yesterday, took their battle for supremacy to the street  of Port Harcourt, the state capital.

Most people who are using his image these days did not know Ezeigbo. Obiano did not know Ezeigbo personally

There are indications that the 2018 Budget recently presented by President Mohammadu Buhari may receive the required urgent attention of the National Assembly if feelers from some legislators are anything to go by.

The position of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) that those hoping to vote in next Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State will die was yesterday dismissed by the Igbo  socio-political group, Ohanaeze – Ndigbo. Ohanaeze-Ndigbo said the election must hold, pointing out that those calling for the boycott were enemies of the people.

The House on the Rock has concluded plans to hold this year’s annual gospel concert, The Experience, on December 1, 2017, with  international and local gospel artistes lined up to thrill Nigerians.

In an interview in Abuja on the side lines of a conference, the Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Chikwendu Kalu, said the activities of the now proscribed Independent Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), led by Nnamdi Kanu, put the lives of Igbo people living outside the South – East at risk.