NATIONAL planning and diversification into agriculture have been proposed as the only way to attain a better life for Itsekiri Nation of Delta State in line with vision 20:2020.

YOUTHS under the auspices of Tebu-Biri Youth Forum, Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government area of Delta State, have threatened to disrupt the operations of the multi-billion dollar Escravos Gas-to-Liquid, EGTL, project over alleged denial of jobs by Egbema-Gbaramatu Development Council.

FOLLOWING the latest electrocution accident in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, the Initiative for Better Power Supply, IBPS, a non-governmental organisation, is to propose a bill to the National Assembly making it an offence punishable with a five-year jail term for anybody building under power lines.

FORMER military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, Sunday, reviewed the crisis within the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, and urged the party to follow due process in all its dealings.

The Lagos State government has issued stern warning to some groups identified as land speculators and fraudsters who engage in the illegal sale and development of land within the state to desist or risk jail terms, even as it has arrested 79 people and impounded 16 vehicles found on the road during weekend environmental sanitation exercise.

THE nation may be heading for another round of fuel crisis as withdrawal and review of the second quarter import permit by the Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, one week after the approval was issued to importers of petroleum products appears to be generating controversies amongst marketers.