Senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Pius Ewherido, weekend, promised scho-larship awards to 50 indigent students of Urho-bo origin in tertiary institu-tions across the eight local government areas of the district.

Worried by the epileptic power supply in the country, Director-General of National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, NASENI, Professor Segun Adewoye, has urged the Federal Government to subsidise alternative power supply for Nigerians to be able to afford it.

AKURE- THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State weekend rejected the governor Olusegun Mimiko nominee into the board of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Dele Omogbemi.

LAGOS- Cargo agents under the aegis of Domestic Airports Cargo Agents Association, DACAA, Sunday, faulted Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, for asking them to vacate their business premises at the General Aviation Terminal, GAT, without sufficient notice.

KANO-Tragedy struck in Kano, weekend, when 13 people died in separate incidents in the state.

LAGOS – THE Lagos State Government has advised landlords in the state to checkmate activities of their tenants, with a view to ensuring they are not into criminal activities.

IBADAN- IN order to stem the poor performance in examinations by Oyo State students, especially in the West African Examination Council, WAEC, Governor Abiola Ajimobi says he has declared a state of emergency in the sector. The state was rated 34th out the 36 states in the last WAEC examination.