The federal government, yesterday, made good its pledge for further training of transformed ex-militants, as it began the posting of those who succefully completed the non- violence transformational training at the Obubra Camp to various institutions and skills acquisition centres across the country.

Five persons, among them the Chief of Protocol to Bayelsa State governor, Tienama Oburiki, and Chairman of Yenagoa Local Government Council, Michael Obolosigha, Thursday escaped death by the whiskers when the boat in which they were travelling exploded and caught fire.

THE Federal Government has threatened contractors handling the construction of Skill Acquisition Centres in the nine states of the Niger Delta region to speed up actions on their various sites or be ready to face sanctions.

The failure of the Federal Government and the Power Holding Company, PHCN, to provide sustainable power to the people has pushed about 60 million Nigerians into generating their own power.

An Abuja High Court yesterday dismissed a suit filed by Mr Reagan Ufomba, former Special Adviser to Gov. Orji Uzor Kalu, challenging the dissolution of the PDP Executive Council in Abia State.

The former Chief Judge of the Federal High Court who died early in the hours of Fidayy at his residence in Lagos at the age of 76 was flown to Ilorin for the burial.

The state leader of the party who is the Minority Leader in the State House of Assembly Princess Pat Ajudua congratulated the new executive, urging them to be loyal and supportive to the party. She also thanked party members for turning out in large number and conducting themselves well during the elections.