A pressure group, Nigeria Youth Awareness Initiative, NYAI, has commended the leadership trait of Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Dimeji Bankole, and described him as a true ambassador of Nigerian youths.

The Cross River State Government has set a target of N17 billion to be realised as Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, to finance some of the 2011 projects.

The Joint Task Force on the Niger Delta, JTF, code-named Operation Restore Hope, may conduct a DNA test to ascertain whether the corpse recently exhumed by its men was that of renegade militant leader, John Togo.

A crowd of women, mostly housewives and traders, at Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, danced and sang in celebration of President Goodluck Jonathan, Monday, over the reduction of the price of kerosene from between N150 and N200 to N50 per litre.

INDICATIONS emerged, Tuesday, that Nigeria may have considered the option of building another satellite immediately after the launch of the NIGCOMSAT1R, later this year.

President Goodluck Jonathan has nominated Mr Francis Ugochukwu Elechi for confirmation as Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC.

THE Senate, Tuesday, condemned the spate of bombings in the country and called on all security agencies to live up to their responsibilities of unearthing those behind it.

The appointment of Senator Anyim Pius Anyim as the new Secretary to the Federal Government has been described as an excellent decision that would facilitate the achievement of the laudable programmes and policies of the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan .

THE Flag Officer Commanding Naval Training Command, Rear Admiral Adeyinka Akinwale, has charged graduating Officers Application Course 10 and Special Duty Post Commissioning Training Course 5, of Nigerian Naval Engineering College, Ogorode-Sapele, Delta State, to be good ambassadors of the college.