THE Senate has confirmed former Oyo State Commissioner of Education, Professor Taoheed Adedoja, as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in replacement of the former Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Remi Babalola.

NIGER Delta leader and Second Republic Senator, Senator Francis Okpozo, yesterday, warned Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, operating in Isokoland, not to sell the marginal field in the area to avoid crisis between the communities in Isoko in Delta State and the company.

ABEG President Goodluck Jonathan is weak. We need somebody who is strong-willed, someone with a mind of his own, who is willing to take risks,” blurted Sam this Saturday morning while the commuter bus was moving through Ikeja on its way to Apapa Wharf.

SOILDIERS from the military Joint Task Force, JTF, yesterday, invaded Ifiekporo community in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, backed by two armoured tanks and overran the community, even as the community has called for the withdrawal of the soildiers.

The former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayo Fayose, has assured the new governor in the state, Dr Kayode Fayemi, of the readiness of his party, the Labour Party, LP, and the new government in the state to work together as partners, just as he stamped the dissolution of local government administration in the state.