The panel set up by the federal government to investigate the price fixing allegation levelled against British Airways and Virgin Atlantic Airways has exonerated both airlines.

The National Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, yesterday reassured Nigerians of commitment of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration to achieve its target of improved power supply before 2015. According to NERC, the various agencies saddled with the responsibility are working assiduously to realize the target.

FORMER Minister of Tourism, Alabo Graham- Douglas, has appealed to former militants in the Niger Delta to resist the urge to carry out reprisal attacks over killings of Christians by Boko Haram terrorists in the North.

The controversy trailing the suspension of the President of the Court of Appeal, PCA, Justice Isa Ayo Salami from office is far from over, as the National Judicial Council, NJC, yesterday, maintained that only the National Industrial Court, NIC, has the jurisdiction to order his re-instatement.

PETROLEUM and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has issued a seven days strike notice to Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi and the manager of VAM Onne, Mr. Eugene Fogli, over a lingering dispute with VAM Onne, Rivers State.

Police authorities have deployed 10,000 personnel for tomorrow’s governorship electios in Bayelsa State, while other security agencies are to provide additional 5,000 men, bringing the total to 15,000.

Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Dahiru Musdapher, yesterday, said the only way to safeguard the nation’s fledging democracy is for the judicial system to be politically neutral to protect the judicial system against undue intervention and corrupt practices.

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, summoned the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Attahiru Jega to appear before it today over a suit asking it to abort the governorship election scheduled to hold in Bayelsa State tomorrow.

ABEOKUTA – Ogun state students in tertiary institutions, Thursday, went on the rampage in Ijebu-Ode and its environs as well as Abeokuta, Ogun State capital over the decision of the Ogun State Government to scrap the Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode. Other stakeholders are also kicking against the new policy on tertiary education, highlighting the flaws.

The Minister of Power, Prof. Barth Nnaji, has explained that the power outage experienced in the early hours of Thursday (yesterday) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, was as a result of generator malfunction.

The Joint Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service Matters, States and Local Government yesterday said it would address pensions of the pre-civil war civil servants.

Tempers rose at yesterday’s sitting of Benue State Governorship Election Tribunal in Makurdi as counsel to Prof. Steve Ugbah of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, and that of Governor Gabriel Suswam, Damian Dodo, SAN, exchanged words after the ACN counsel insisted Governor Suswam should be compelled to table his multiple WAEC certificates before the court.

THE Supreme Court, yesterday, dismissed the appeal by candidate of Democratic Peoples Party, DPP, in the May 6, 2011 rerun election, Mr Eme Mukoro, against the member representing Ughelli South Constituency in the Delta State House of Assembly, Olorogun Taleb Tebite.

The Parry Osayande-led Police Reorganising Committee, recently constituted by President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, met for hours with Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, at force headquarters, Abuja.