Edo State Police Command has disclosed that a total of twenty police officers were killed during operations by armed robbers in 2009.

Justice Katsina-Alu, who spoke yesterday in his office in Abuja, during a visit paid on him by management of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, NIAL, said he, however, knew that the controversy would get nowhere because the law was clear on the issue and that more importantly, his appointment as CJN came from God. He appealed to lawyers to put controversies surrounding his swearing-in behind them and join hands with him to make the Nigerian judiciary the best in the world.

VICE President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, presided over the first security meeting of the year at the Presidential Villa, Abuja with issue of national security, especially the attempted bombing of an American airliner by Farouk Muttallab, and the recent violence in Bauchi, topping the agenda.

THE Chairman of Edo State Local Government Service Commission, Chief Augustine Amune, has flayed the poor performance of workers in the state’s 18 local government councils.

THE People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Bomadi local government area of Delta State has passed a vote of confidence in Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, Senator James Manager, member, House of Represen-tatives, Mr. Nicholas Mutu and Mr. Reginald Dombraye. It was in recognition of their contributions to the deve-lopment of the state.