Ex-militants Generals of MEND Forum (EGMF) under the leadership of Government Ekpemukpolo (alias Tompolo) has called on the Federal Government to treat them as generals of the Niger Delta struggle and not mere ex-militants.

THERE are indications that the striking health workers in Edo State may suspend their over one month industrial action, this week, following a passionate appeal made by a 70 year-old man, who wept bitterly at a town hall meeting organised by the African Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, in conjunction with the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC in the state.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Monday, refuted the rumour that he had been shot dead by assassins.

The federal government, Monday, expressed the need for the Nigeria Police force to change its operational strategy to reflect modern trends in scientific and advancement in crime fighting, even as it noted that the days of engaging in strategies like mass raiding of civilians, arbitrary arrests and detentions were antithetical to democratic norms.

Mixed reactions have continued to trail the removal from office of Professor Ndi Okereke Onyiuke as Director General of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and Alhaji Aliko Dangote as President of Council of the Exchange, a situation many capital market operators and stakeholders attributed to personality and ego clashes.

A CERTAIN Shuabu Attanda was arrested in Lagos few weeks ago for being in possession of a bag containing 70 dead babies. According to the report, the man was trying to dump the corpses when he was apprehended. Police report later confirmed that the man in question was neither a ritualist nor a child trafficker as was originally suspected.

A simmering crisis is brewing at Sabo-Gida Ora, the administrative headquarters of Owan-West Local Government Aarea of Edo State, as former political office holders, who are members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are set to clash with the Action Congress, AC, council members over non-payment of severance allowances to former political office holders in the council.

Former Minister and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, has said that the zoning formula in the party exists and it remains, adding, however, that it could be amended.

AUTHORITIES of the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State, says arrangements had been concluded to invite the State Security Service, SSS, to investigate suspected forged certificates in the Institution

Governor Shekarau’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Malam Sule Yau Sule, weekend, emerged the new Chairman of the state chapter of Nigeria Institute of Public Relations