The dedication of Jesus Mary Joseph Catholic Church built by the Chairman of Zinox Computers, Leo Stan Ekeh, in Amaburu Ubomiri, Mbaitoli local council area of Imo provided yet another space for the 'Mike Tyson' governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha to show open display of state power as his security aides today prevented the visiting governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi from occupying a suitable seat duri ...

Alhaji Ganiyu Ajiboye, the deposed Baale of Ago Oja and son of late Ashipa of Oyo, Alhaji Amuda Olorunosebi has vowed that no amount of intimidation by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, will stop him from ascending the throne vacated by his late father. The late Ashipa was killed in a controversial circumstance in 1992 during a long power tussle with the incumbent Alaafin and was not buried until ...

                                                                                                      By  TEGA OGHENEDORO When Governor Emmanuel Ewetan Uduaghan unfolded his three point agenda, top on the list was ‘peace and security’. But if the recent development going on in Oghara Kingdom, Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State is anything to go by, then he may just be paying mere lip service ...

As the nation is yet to recover from the calamity of the Dana air plane crash which killed 169 persons, providence saved the country today as an Arik airline plane crashed into a parked  C-130 aircraft owned by the Nigeria Airforce at the Yakubu Gowon Airport, Jos, Plateau state. The accident which occurred while the Arik plane was taxiing to the apron after landing was said to have damaged the wing of the ...

Few days after pop star-turned pastor, Chris Okotie announced that his four year old marriage to Stephanie Henshaw has packed up without giving any reason, the lady at the center of the failed marriage appears to have come out to state her own side of the story. Okotie who is the founder and presiding pastor of the Household of God Church in Lagos had shocked his congregation about a fortnight ago towards t ...

Controversial founder and Pastor of the Household of God Church, Rev Chris Okotie stunned his congregation today when he announced during an elaborate church service that his second marriage to Stephanie has crashed. The pop star turned clergy had divorced his first wife, Tina some years ago and soon after cleaved to Stephanie who was equally previously married with children. The worship service which start ...

By Dave Emma MKPAT ENIN: There has been a renewed and vigorous hunt for alleged witches and wizards in Akwa Ibom State, the Niger Delta region of Nigeria where hundreds of victims are systematically put through a string of torture and killed by irate youths with tacit support of some elders. Mkpat Enin, is a Local Government in Akwa Ibom State; a community besieged by a virus called extreme poverty; the ver ...

She is 9 years old and terrifically intelligent. Her father works at the National Headquarters in INEC while her mum stays in Akwa Ibom, both having separated way back. In effect, she is from Akwa Ibom. However, she currently lives in a motherless babies home at Karu in the outskirts of Abuja. I came upon her story in the course of offering free legal services to a public interest radio program called BEREK ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48. Publicist Kristen Foster said Saturday that the singer had died, but the cause and the location of her death were unknown. At her peak, Houston the golden girl of the music industry. Fr ...

In the pictures are SNG convener Pastor Bakare, Yinka Odumakin, Prof Pat Utomi, Femi Kuti, Richard Akinnola, Joe Odumakin, Biodun Sowunmi, Femi Falana, and Debo Adeniran ...