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According to Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), Nigeria need to return to regional government in order to recover from its economic woes and myriad of challenges confronting it. Having a central government with a president directing the affairs of a large multiethnic and religious body has been the reason why Nigeria has failed to develop, he […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan may have gone into temporary self-exile in Cote d’Ivoire, following reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may arrest him on his arrival in Nigeria from his overseas tour on allegations of corruption and misappropriation of billions of dollars during his administration, Thisday reports. According to Thisday newspaper, several […]

Gone are the days when America and Russia used to battle it out for supremacy in space ; trying to put the first man in space, landing a man on the moon and bringing him back safely. Nowadays the two old rivals are quite happy to invest their joint knowledge and resources in the maintenance […]

Former Senate President, David Mark, introduced a new slogan for PDP, Change The Change, at the party convention which held in Port Harcourt today May 21st. Many Nigerians have taken to their twitter handle to reaction to thse their new slogan. Many find it hilarious. See tweets after the cut  Credit: Channelstv, Twitter

The Boko Haram sect, who abducted over 200 school girls from Chibok two years ago, reportedly wants to broker a deal with the Nigerian government. They are offering to release the remaining kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls in return for avoiding execution. Two of the girls were rescued recently. It is believed that only a third of […]

Niger Delta Avengers is the name of a new group of militants in the Niger Delta who claim to be different from the former agitators and militants who operated between 2006 and 2009, largely under the umbrella of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND). The title of this group may well […]

In a bid to urgently reposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and stem the growing tide of opposition within its fold, the national convention of the party yesterday in Port Harcourt sacked its acting national chairman, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff. Sheriff was replaced with a caretaker chairman, former Kaduna State Governor, Senator Ahmed Makarfi. Former […]

Four undergraduates of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) yesterday evening lost their lives in an auto crash along Ilesa-Akure Express Road. The accident which occurred at Ibule in Ifedore Local Government Area of the state, a few metres to the university campus, also left 10 other students injured. The Police Public Relations Officer […]

Aword of congratulations is in order as the departure point for this extended commentary on the future of the print media in Nigeria. It is amazing that it is now 20 years since the first edition of the City People magazine appeared on the newsstands. Within the intervening period, the publication in reporting the city […]

Your Excellency, I hope this letter meets you in good health. I will start with this Yoruba saying; Ajanaku k’oja mo ri nkan firi, t’a ba r’erin ka so pe a r’erin. In simple translation, when you see an elephant, acknowledge it, don’t say you just saw something pass by. In other words, where you […]

Hours after Alimodu Sheriff declared the Port Harcourt Convention suspended because of several court cases, the party delegates who were at the Port Harcourt convention ground, agreed to go ahead with the convention. They dissolved the National Working Committee of the party thereby sacking Alimodu Sheriff and immediately approved the nomination of former Governors of […]

The former Cross River state governor and his wife celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary on Saturday, May 21, and also 36 years of friendship. That is incredible? Their beautiful daughter, Xerona, announced this on IG. Congrats to them. Lucky people. LIB

In furtherance of her pet project, Kits for Kids, former Miss Tourism Nigeria and Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2012 finalist, Tomi Lydia Salami, will play host to six beauty queens from different parts of the world. While in the country, the beauty queens representing the USA, Canada, South Africa, India, Botswana and Puerto Rico […]

The Alimodu Sheriff faction of PDP has announced the suspension of its convention in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. Below is a statement issued from the party. “This is to inform our supporters nationwide, all the delegates to the National Convention in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State that the National Convention has been suspended. This is due to […]

The leadership crisis in PDP took a different turn on Saturday as two factions of the party held party congresses in both Rivers state and Abuja. The Alimodu Sheriff faction which is backed by the 12 PDP governors in the country, is presently holding its convention in Port Harcourt, Rivers state while the Professor Jerry Gana led […]

The State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Kwara State, Honourable Ishola Balogun-Fulani and the state secretary of the party, Mr Olabode Adekanye, have regained freedom from kidnappers. They were kidnapped by gunmen along the Abuja-Lokoja highway on Friday. A spokesman for the party in the state, Sulyman Buhari, said the party chairman and […]

The contest for the governorship ticket of the APC seems very competitive because all things being equal, there are insinuations that the party’s candidate would likely win in the September governorship election. This is because the achievements of Governor Adams Oshiomhole in the last seven years, compared to the failures of the former ruling People’s […]

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Father and son, Pete and Yul Edochie pictured on the set of a movie yesterday. Yul shared the photo on his Instagram page.

The actress, Uche Ogbodo threw herself a birthday last night and her colleagues including Halima Abubakar and Angela Okorie etc were there. See more photos below: LIB