PANDEF chairman laments deplorable south-south roads
The National Chairman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Ambassador Godknows Igali, has decried the deteriorating condition of roads across the South-South region, declaring that the oil-rich area has been reduced to a state of “crisis” despite being the nation’s economic backbone.
Orubebe denies rift with Ekaette
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, […]
National Anthem composer seeks liberalization of copyright management
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 […]
INSIDE THE SEAT OF POWER : A day in Aso Rock without President Yar’ Adua
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.
Ijaw groups say no to fresh warfare in N-Delta
THE Ijaw National Congress (INC) and the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) opposed, weekend, any attempt to recommence fresh hostilities in the Niger-Delta region, saying the era of armed struggle was over and the armed fighters should quit the state for intellectual agitators.
XMAS: What are we really celebrating?
THE significance is that we had the Garden of Eden in the first earth that God created for man. And God wanted Adam and Eve to be in kingdom on earthâ€. And God sent Jesus, the Christ, to be the chief gardener on this earth. Jesus had to come as a stainless person. Christ, through a virgin came with a direct objective and mission.
