RUFAI Ahmed Alkali the National Publicity Secretary of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, is angry about the word cabal.

Attempts to contain the spread of the outbreak of measles ravaging some communities in Southern Ijaw local government area of Bayelsa State may have suffered a setback, as no fewer than forty children have reportedly lost their lives to the ailment, with several others in critical condition.

CHAIRMAN, Infrastructure Sub-Committee of the Amnesty programme and Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief Ufot Ekaette, said, yesterday, the proposed new towns would be sited in selected oil producing communities in the nine states which make up the Niger Delta region.

DELTA State Deputy Governor, Prof. Amos Utuama (SAN), has enjoined council chairmen in the state to always carry their deputies along, citing the harmonious relationship that existed between him and the governor in steering the ship of the state as example worthy of emulation.

ACTING President Goodluck Jonathan, in an apparent move to consolidate his position, has requested the Senate to give approval to appoint five special advisers. No names were given in the letter dated March 5, 2010.

WORRIED by the mass failure of students in English Language and Mathematics in West African Examinations Council, WAEC, and National Examinations Council, NECO, examinations, a member of the House of Representatives, the member representing Orhionmwon/Uhunmwode Federal Constituency, Mr. Samson Osagie, has donated a set of books on the subjects to secondary schools in his constituency.

A group of eminent Niger Deltans, under the aegis of Charles Weber Collective, has called on Acting President Goodluck Jonathan to fast-track government’s post-amnesty programme for the Niger Delta.

THE Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC, last week launched the final phases of a transformation that would make it more transparent, more accountable, and ultimately a provider of better services to the public. On paper the transformation plans are sound, what remains is their implementation.

THERE was pandemonium at the Police Staff College, yesterday, as members of the joint task force maintaining security in the state capital shot two persons who were trying to arrest some fleeing attackers said to have run into the college.

DEPUTY Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Patrick Ekpotu, has urged Nigerians to end the national debate on President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua for the nation to move forward.