FORMER governorship candidate of the Democratic Peoples Party, DPP, in Rivers State, Chief Sergeant Awuse, has crossed over to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state. Awuse said his decision stemmed from his conviction that there was now internal democracy in the party.

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $25 million equity investment in the second New Africa Mining Fund.

ONE person was feared dead, while 32 others were hospitalised, yesterday, as the scaffold used for the construction of a five storey, 911 plaza building, belonging to Mr. Ayiri Emami, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chairman, Warri South West Local Government Area, along Ogunu Road, Warri, collapsed on workmen and women under it at about 2:00 p.m.

Lagos State Police Command seem to be ahead of all commands in the country in implementing, to the letter, all policy directions, criminal strategies and manoeuvrers mapped out by their authorities in Abuja. When detectives from the command are not pursuing fleeing criminals who operated freely in other states, they are busy tracking and arresting dare-devil kidnappers.

Just as the two winners of the programme: “Be Road Friendly” will be heading to the United Kingdom, August this year, Lagos State government has concluded plans to give immediate job opportunity to graduates of Lagos State University School of Traffic (LASUSOT) in order to alleviate the suffering of the unemployed graduates of the state.