*‘Claim laughable’ By Simon Ebegbulem Benin city-EDO State government has described the Chief Dan Orbih-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state as an illegal body, and declared that it may stop joining issues with any member of the state executive of the party. In a statement signed by the director, poverty alleviation in the […]

IT was a gory sight yesterday in Dekina, in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State when a truck carrying fertilizer lost control and crashed into a market in the area, killing about 90 people.

MINISTER of State, Federal  Ministry of Niger-Delta Affairs, and Elder Godsday Orubebe has said he was not at loggerheads with the minister of Niger-Delta Affairs, Chief Ufot Ekaette, as insinuated by the Warri-Ijaw Peace Monitoring Group (WIPMG), which recently called for Ekaette’s removal from office. Orubebe’s special assistant, media, Ekenwan Akwangbe in a press statement, […]

By Udo Ibuot COMPOSER of the National Anthem, Pa  Benedict Odiase, has called on the  Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) to adhere to its  December 31 deadline for the registration  of qualified organizations as part of the Collective Management Organizations (CMOs) proposed by the commission as a way of bringing order to the industry. Odiase who […]

This report presents insiders’ accounts of how Aso Rock Presidential Villa has been functioning in the absence of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. This report was pieced together using words of very close presidential aides, serving and former ministers in this administration.