Commissioner of Police in-charge of Explosive Ordinance Disposal, EOD, Unit of the Nigeria Police Force, Mr. Chris Olakpe, weekend, announced that 20 officers and men of the unit will be undergoing a special training on bomb detection, neutralisation and post blast analysis to be sponsored by the Police Attache to the Embassy of France.

OVER 200 people, mostly women and children, were, yesterday, killed in three villages near Shen in Du District of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State by suspected Fulani herdsmen, on reprisal attacks.

DR. Stanley Macebuh, The Guardian newspaper’s first managing director, died, Sunday, at the National Hospital, Abuja, after a brief illness. He was rushed to the hospital Saturday afternoon.

DR. Stanley Nkwachinekenkwerenneyaemezula Macebuh, who passed on Saturday night, could aptly be tagged the progenitor of what has become known as the intellectual flank of Nigerian journalism. He could not have brought less to a profession in which he inspired many by his profound thoughts and an intellectual fecundity that permeated the media in the past three decades.

FOR lasting peace to be achieved in the Niger Delta, the Federal Government has been urged to see immediate commencement of rehabilitation and reintegration programme for repentant militants as a priority.

THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State has asked Governor Adams Oshiomhole to respect the rule of law by abiding with the motion passed by the House of Representatives, asking him to reverse the suspension of the Chairmen of Orhiomnwon and Akoko Edo local government councils of the state.

THE Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), Effurun, Delta State, has matriculated about 1000 students into its Industrial Continuing Education (ICE).

THE people of Ifiekporo community in Warri South local government area of Delta State have rejected the Olu of Warri’s panel decision imposing an acting Onare-Aja (community head) on them.

THE Federal High Court in Benin has adjoined till 16 March 2010 hearing on the suit filed by the people of Ovia North East local government area of Edo State to stop the National Assembly from screening any candidate from either Ikpoba Okha or Orhiomnwon local government areas as the state’s representative into the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

EDO South Youth Coalition, ESYC, a youth organization in Edo State, has vowed to make the state ungovernable if the Senate clears the nomination of Mr Donald Omorodion, as the state representative in the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.