Delta State Commissioner for Oil and Gas, Mr. Mofe Pirah, has appealed to stakeholders in Ugborodo community of the state to give peace a chance. He said: “Nothing can be achieved by fighting in Ugborodo community, rather aggrieved parties should sit together at a roundtable and proffer solution to the problem in Ugborodo.”

Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State has called for the restructuring of the Niger Delta Development Commi-ssion, NDDC, to attract meaningful development to the Niger Delta region.

Wide-SPREAD socio-economic inequality in the country has been identified as the source of the current upsurge in violent agitations in different parts of the country.

FORMER Head of State and Convener of Nigeria Prays, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, Thursday, called on Nigerians to pray for the ills militating against the growth of the country.