THE Presidency yesterday dismissed rumours of arrest of Chief Mike Oghiadomhe, the Chief of Staff to President Goodluck Jonathan as the handiwork of political detractors who are bent on causing disaffection in the system.

Four persons, Musa Babatunde, Sunday Ofuoku, Stephen Imodumeh and Friday Amaize were yesterday okayed for trial by an Abuja High Court sitting in Maitama, following their alleged involvement in the gruesome murder of a former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain, Dr. Harry Marshal Isokrari in 2003.

The Director General of Jonathan/Sambo campaign Council, Senator Dalhati Tafida, yesterday, warned those who think they can wrest power from President Goodluck Jonathan outside the ballot box to have a rethink.

Top security chiefs and economic experts in Nigeria and abroad will grace the 1st annual South-East Security and Economic Summit scheduled for Tuesday, October 12, 2011 at Golden Gate Restaurant, Kingsway Road, Ikoyi.

The Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee, LPPC, Thursday, suspended the immediate past Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Michael Kaase Aondoakaa, from using the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).

ABA branch of Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, has thrown its weight behind call for the declaration of a state of emergency in Abia State by its National President, Mr. Joseph Daudu, saying his call was justified.

A group, under the aegis of National Alliance for Credible Leadership, NACL, has called on Northern leaders not to over heat the polity by calling for the resignation of President Goodluck Jonathan.

Work has commenced on the first monorail in Africa, which is being built in Rivers State and is expected to cost $318 million, about N50bn.

There was pandemonium, yesterday, at the premise of the Edo State owned transport service, Edo Line, when angry workers of the company locked up Board members of the company, who were holding a meeting for over four hours.

As parts of measures to ensure active participation in the 2011 general election, the Federal Government said it has designed various programmes to create awareness in the rural areas as well as increase the participation of women in government positions to 35 per cent before Year 2015.

PEOPLES Progressive Party, PPP, has called on northern elders to be mindful of their utterances, so as not to incite any section of the country against the other. National leader of the party,

THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said yesterday that it had commenced recruitment of over 360,000 ad-hoc staff required for the voters’ registration exercise.

The National Assembly only amended the constitution to suit its members. The National Assembly did not amend the constitution. They only rewrote the constitution to help themselves.

THE Transition Committee chairman of Ukwa West Council of Abia State, Chief Henry Nwokemgbede, who was appointed barely a month ago, was Wednesday arraigned before an Abia Magistrate Court sitting in Umuahia, charged for aiding and abetting kidnapping in the state.

Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, LAMATA, said the World Bank has committed $190 million for the completion of its transport project.