Convicted former Chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Chief Olabode George Wednesday lost the libel case he instituted against The News magazine and a national daily, Daily Independent, as the court held he has no such reputation he claimed.

FOLLOWING repeated attacks on police stations which led to the death of some officers in some parts of the country, the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ogbonna Onovo has warned that further attacks and killing of his men would no longer be taken lightly.

GOVERNOR Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State said Wednesday that the Amnesty Programme of the Federal Government has reduced drastically illegal bunkering and economic sabotage in the Niger Delta.

JUSTICE Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court, Asaba, yesterday, turned down an application from the former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, seeking to prevent the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from arresting him.

In a bid to prepare more unemployed youths for self employment, the National Directorate of Employment, NDE, and the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association, NECA, have set up a four-member committee to explore and initiate the development of skill training centres to facilitate job creation.

The Rivers State government has rejected claims that the planned demolition of waterfronts in Port Harcourt was politically motivated.

As his contribution to events marking the country’s 50th independence anniversary, celebrated novelist, Professor Chinua Achebe, is set to release a major opus – Reflections on the Nigerian Civil War 1967-1970. This year is also the 40th anniversary of the end of the Biafran war.

IN a move at boosting electricity supply in the country, the Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, has signed a multi-million dollar pipeline contract to supply more gas to power stations operating in the country.

Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General of the state, Chief Victor Otomewor, who presented the books to the faculty at the Oleh campus of the university, described the donation as a token contribution of the Ministry of Justice to the law faculty.

HUNDREDS of youths, under the aegis of the Niger Delta Ethnic Coalition, NDEC, Wednesday, staged a peaceful protest, calling on all youths of the Niger Delta to embrace peace and allow the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, concentrate on its mission.