Magis-trate Oyebola Oyewumi of Abuja Magistrate court in Zone 2, yesterday, fixed January 4, 2011, to deliver ruling on the bail application brought by counsel to the seven defendants in a criminal case filed by the Inspector General of Police against them over fraud.

The scheduled Tuesday ward congresses of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Benue State failed to hold in most parts of the state due mainly to lack of materials, crowd violence and alleged imposition of candidates without recourse to laid down procedures and congress guidelines.

Movement for the Survival the Plateau People, MOSOP, has condemned the eve of Christmas bomb blasts in Jos. In a statement by Mr. Hussein Adamu and Mrs Edna Yelwa, President and Secretary-General of MOSOP, respectively, the group said: “The attacks has again added more pains to our sorrows in the hands of faceless murderers who have found a new job destroying the Plateau

THE much publicised South-South rally by the Atiku Abubakar Campaing Organisation billed to hold in Asaba, Delta State capital, yesterday, flopped as former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, General Ibrahim Banbangida, Prof Charles Soludo, Prof. Tam David-West and hosts of others expected to grace the occasion did not show up .

The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, FERMA, has expressed regrets over the withdrawal of RCC Construction Company from Benin-Sagamu highway, promising to make the road motorable for travellers during this festive season