YOUTHS from the nine states of the Niger Delta, under the auspices of the Niger Delta Ethnic Coalition, yesterday, called on President Goodluck Jonathan to order security agencies to investigate activities of purportedly sponsored groups, which, in the past few weeks, had mounted campaigns of calumny against the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Chibuzor Ugwoha.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has called for the involvement of communities in the country in the prevention of the cultivation of illicit drugs, drug abuse and drug trafficking.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has said that his administration will soon commence the issuance of electronic identity cards with unique identification numbers to all residents of the state. He said it was aimed at creating a reliable data base of all citizens in the state.

Initiative for Better Power Supply, IBPS, has called on workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, to support the power reform of President Goodluck Jonathan.

Preparations for the successful hosting of the 17th National Sports Festival (NSF), tagged “Garden City Games 2011” billed to hold in Port Harcourt from June 27 to July 11, 2011, received a boost last night with the sum of N83 million realized at a fund raising dinner.