The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has warned those engaging in illegal dredging in Delta to desist and register with the authority or face the consequence of their illegalities. The Warri Area Manager of NIWA, Shaba Afeso, gave the warning in an interview with Newsmen in Warri . Afeso said …

Sen. Douye Diri has emerged the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Bayelsa governorship election fixed for Nov. 16. Diri pulled 561 votes to beat his rival Mr. Timi Alaibe who got 365 votes in primary held on Tuesday at Gabriel Okara Cultural Centre, Yenagoa. Declaring the …

Nigeria has recalled its Ambassador to South Africa, Kabiru Bala, and also pulled out of the World Economic Summit holding in Cape Town on Wednesday. A presidential source told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that Nigeria also demanded full compensation for the loss of life and property of Nigerians affected …

US pop star Ariana Grande has sued fashion retailer Forever 21 for using her trademark style to promote its products without her permission, including adverts featuring a “look-alike model.” Grande is seeking $10 million over claims the brand, and its spin-off cosmetics line Riley Rose created an online campaign with …

A former Goldman Sachs banker, Ellias Preko, who helped the former governor of Delta State, James Ibori, to hide funds in offshore accounts has been ordered to pay back £7.3m or face 10 years more in jail. Preko, a 60-year-old Ghanaian had been convicted and jailed for four and a …

Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage, on Wednesday, said that she would no longer be performing at a festival scheduled to hold in Johannesburg, South Africa, later this month. Taking to her verified Twitter handle, Savage said the attacks on Nigerians and other nationals in South Africa were “sick” and said that …

The Bayelsa High Court sitting in Yenagoa on Tuesday refused to stop the All Progressives Congress (APC), from using direct mode to conduct its primary for the for the Nov. 16 governorship election n Bayelsa. The President of the court, Justice E. G Umukoro, who struck out the case seeking …

The Presidency on Tuesday announced the postponement of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting slated for Wednesday, Sept. 4. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja. Shehu stated that the decision to postpone the meeting was informed …

The Commissioner for Information in Delta, Mr Charles Aniagwu, has appealed to the Federal Government to urgently intervene in the rehabilitation of dilapidated federal roads in the state. Aniagwu made the appeal on Tuesday in Asaba, while fielding questions from newsmen on the poor state of federal roads in different …

Nigerian Mission in South Africa has attributed the renewed xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and spate of violence to weak judicial system and lack of adequate stringent measures against crimes in South Africa. The Mission noted that South African judicial system “is very lenient with crimes” such as xenophobia. The Nigeria …