Growing up in Benin City, Kelly Bran was crazy about music. He’d listen to songs for hours, reciting the lyrics, eager to create his own. Though he harbored the dream, his early activities as part of the local music culture came in the form of performances. Bars, hotels, parties –it didn’t matter for Kelly Bran […]

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Delta State, Chief Edwin Oboh, has called on the Interim Executive Committee led by the Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, to urgently step into the cold war among the leadership of the party in Delta State to bring the leaders on a roundtable to foster peace and unity noting that irrespective of the pretence, the party remains sharply divided among those he described as critical stakeholders in the state.

•Kanu’s trial should be opposed, not monitored —Ejimakor, IPOB lawyer •Raising legal team in good faith —Ohanaeze •Legal monitoring team unconstitutional —Chidi Ibeh faction •Kanu’s family raises concern over his health By Anayo Okoli, Dennis Agbo, Ugochukwu Alaribe & Steve Oko Hard knocks and disagreements have greeted the alleged visitation of the legal team set […]

Sporadic gunshots rented Ladipo International Market, in Mushin area of Lagos, yesterday, during a violent clash between a team of Air Force personnel attached to one of the security squads known as OP MESA and traders.

The Senate yesterday rejected the nomination of President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide, Lauretta Onochie, as a commissioner in Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, citing federal character principle, but confirmed five others.

Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, has saluted former governor of Ogun State, Chief Segun Osoba, and the Chairman/Editor-in-Chief, ThisDay newspapers Group/Arise News, Prince Nduka Obaigbena, for giving journalism and media sector a place of honour. In a birthday message to the two eminent journalists, the Guild in a statement signed by its President, Mustapha Isah; […]

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate, seeking consideration and subsequent approval of the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP) as required by the Fiscal Responsibility Act.

The House of Representatives yesterday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently consider the use of private defence contractors for targeted security operations against insurgency and terrorism in the country.

By Okoh Aihe By the time my friend, Mark Ojia, sent me an electronic invite to Prof. Aaze Tom Adaba’s 80th Birthday celebration penultimate week, I was busy on my desk reviewing an interview I had with him in 2003, with only one question popping up in my head: where would deregulated broadcasting be today […]

By Oludayo Tade Born on November 27, 1976 Olanrewaju Fasasi popularly known as Sound Sultan, SS, died on July 11, 2021 after succumbing to throat cancer in the United States of America. He left the world at a time that Nigeria is experiencing one of his predicted outcomes of callous leadership. Sound Sultan is a […]