THE Deputy President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Mr. Onikolease Irabor, yesterday, stressed the need for Nigerians to vote more radical candidates into the National Assembly in the 2011 general elections, so as avoid having “sleeping Senators” in the Assembly.

SPECIAL Adviser to Delta State Governor on Oil and Gas, Mr. David Ekereokosu, has hailed the State House of Assembly for the amendment and prompt passage of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, bill into law.

Bayelsa State Government, yesterday, warned local government chairmen over misappropriation of public funds, threatening to deal decisively with any one caught looting the treasury.

WORRIED by the seeming non- performance of some governors in the country, the Southern Mandate, SM, a group of professionals, celebrities, political leaders across the country, has vowed to mobilize the electorates against non-performing governors and their cronies in the 2011 elections.

CHOLERA epidemic, assuming the status of a devastating hurricane sweeping through the North West, North East and South Eastern parts of the country has now recorded 6,497 cases with 352 deaths while the Federal Government, yesterday, alerted the nation that the entire country was at risk of the epidemic

The Catholic Archbishop of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, Dr. Anthony J.V. Obinna, has reacted angrily to a newspaper advertorial credited to an organization that called itself “Catholic Women Forum

Some residents of Nsukka, a university town, have described the ‘Category 1′ US rating of Nigeria’s aviation industry as a great achievement by President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration

MEN of the Borno State Police Command recently arrested a 10-man gang for alleged oil bunkering and vandalisation of oil pipelines of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, along Biu-Gombe highway

The Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for approving the rehabilitation of Oji-Achi-Obeagu-Mmaku-Agwu Ndeaboh-Mpu-Okpanupu in Enugu and Ebonyi States Council had at yesterday meeting, approved the award of nine contracts for the construction and rehabilitation of federal roads and bridges nationwide for N65.3billion, with various completion periods.