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Mr Tony Okoroji, Chairman of the Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), on Sunday lamented the demise of Nigerian reggae music legend Ras Kimono, who passed on at 60. Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/06/coson-mourns-reggae-legend-ras-kimono-dies-60/ Mr Tony Okoroji, Chairman of the Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), on Sunday lamented the demise of Nigerian reggae music legend Ras Kimono, who passed on at 60.  The iconic music legend reportedly died on Sunday at Lagoon Hospital in Ikoyi, Lagos. Okoroji , who confirmed the report in a phone interview described the death of the Delta State-born singer as “shocking and a big loss to the entertainment industry.” “Right now I am talking to you from the Lagoon Hospital, and I can inform you that Ras Kimono is no more. “His death came as a shock, because I spoke with him yesterday. “He will be terribly missed, as he was not just a board member of COSON, but a personal friend who gave me 100% suppo...

ABUJA—Ahead of  presidential primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, billed for the last quarter of this year, indications have emerged that the party may pick its candidate from the trio of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar; Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State, and erstwhile Minister of Special Duties, Kabiru Turaki. Hassan Dankwambo The three have made no secret of their determination to unseat the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and its likely candidate for the 2019 Presidential election, Muhammadu Buhari. Although other chieftains of the party, including the immediate past acting national chairman of the party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi; former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido and his Sokoto and Kano counterparts, Attahiru Bafarawa and Ibrahim Shekarau, have all made their interests public, a party source said Atiku, Turaki and Dankwambo have leapfrogged them, following what the source described as their “consistency and seriousnes...