IJEBULAND: Inside story of the Awujale succession crisis
For Ijebuland, the wait for a new Awujale has become much more than a traditional succession exercise.
It has evolved into a complex contest involving custom, law, family interests, institutional authority and allegations of political influence.
Robbers unleash terror on Asaba-Benin highway
By Austin Ogwuda Asaba—DESPITE in tensified police patrol along Asaba-Benin highway, especially between Okpanam junction and Ubulu-Okiti, armed robbers have continued to terrorize motorists with impunity. Reports from the area said that the robbers operate in broad day light almost on daily basis. Last Friday, a group of Government House press corps on its way […]
Rita-Lori appointed head of Yowunren, Agbeje Ruling Council
THE Olu of Warri, His Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse 11 (CON), weekend appointed Chief Rita Lori-Ogbebor as the new administrative head of the Yowunren and Agbeje Ruling Council of Ugbuwangue town in Warri South local government area of Delta State.
How I rescued kidnapped INEC officials, says Edo DCP
The Police boss, who spoke with newsmen in Benin City weekend to correct the earlier impression given by PDP chieftains in the area that electoral materials were snatched by thugs loyal to the Action Congress (AC), said elections in all other wards in the constituency were peaceful, except in Aiyegunle, the home town of the leader of the House of Representatives, Mr. Tunde Akogun.
‘How we convinced Bayelsa militants to accept amnesty’
The Chairman of Bayelsa State chapter of the Peace and Conflict Resolution Committee, Chief James Japthah, weekend shed light on how Bayelsa militants were wooed to embrace the Federal Government’s amnesty package.
Group backs S-South govs on royalties for oil communities
Niger Delta Youth Movement (NDYM), the umbrella youth organization of all youth bodies in the region, weekend threw its weight behind the South-South governors on their demand that royalties should also be paid to the oil producing communities and the states, as it is to the Federal Government.
