Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, yesterday, condemned the do-or-die attitude of political office holders, saying that no office was worth the blood of any Nigerian.

Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State has charged the Federal Government to stop paying lip-service to issues of stopping gas flaring in the Niger Delta.

A judicial officer shall not be removed from his office or appointment before his age of retirement except in the following circumstances – 1 (a) in the case of – (i) Chief Justice of Nigeria, President of the Court of Appeal, by the President acting on an address supported by two-thirds majority of the Senate. – Section 292 of the 1999 Constitution

ARMY authorities in Abuja, yesterday, confirmed the arrest of two of their personnel attached to the Special Task Force known as Operation Safe Haven maintaining security in Plateau State, over alleged abduction of Pa Michael Obi, father of international footballer, Mikel who was rescued in Kano, Monday, even as hundreds of people thronged police headquarters in Jos to catch a glimpse of Pa Obi who was re-united with his family, yesterday.

DELTA State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has inaugurated a four-man Truth/Reconciliation Committee, headed by Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, to bring sanity to the party.

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NIMET, yesterday said the installation of the Low Level Wind Shear Alert System, LLWAS, at the Lagos airport would greatly enhance air safety.

Imo State Police Command has rescued a six-year-old boy (names withheld), abducted from Lagos and sold to a woman identified as Rita Anujuo from Emeabiam Azara Obiato, Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State.

SEVENTY-FIVE indigenes of Anambra State who have accomplished themselves in various fields of life are to be honoured by the government as parts of events to mark the 20th anniversary of the state.

Royal Dutch Shell said, yesterday, it has been forced to shut in its Nigerian Bonny Light crude exports to repair pipeline damage caused by a recent spate of hacksaw attacks.

PIONEER speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Mr. Thomas Okosun, denied yesterday in Benin statements credited to former Governor Oserhiemen Osunbor that his election as speaker in 1999 marked the beginning of the crisis in the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Coach of the National U-23 side, Augustine Eguavoen has said that he would review his already submitted programme for the 8-nations qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games, scheduled to hold in November in Egypt. To this end, Eguavoen wants his team to be camped for five weeks in preparation for the mini-tourney.

Kaduna State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, yesterday, said Governor Patrick Yakowa has offered to pay a subsidy of N42, 241,11 for each of the 7,500 pilgrims for the 2011 Hajj from the state, bringing the total expenditure to about N3.67 billion.

The report of a joint venture study by the United Nations environmental programme and the Federal Government of Nigeria recently presented to President Goodluck Jonathan has copiously indicted the oil prospecting companies with particular reference to the Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC.

Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights, CDWR, has condemned alleged use of force on workers who protested against non-implementation of the N18,000 minimum wage by the Enugu State Government.

A Niger-Delta political commentator, community leader and public affairs analyst, Chief Tunde Smooth, has called on former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida to immediately seek ways to resolve their differences amicably.