ELDERS and leaders of South-South, the geo-political zone of President Goodluck Jonathan, weekend, called on the president to speed up development of the zone, lamenting that since his assumption of office, the people have not received “the normal fruits of their son being in power”.

Director General of the Nigerian Copyright Commission, NCC, Mr. Afam Ezekude, yesterday, bemoaned the increasing spate of piracy in the country, saying the commission, within the last eight months, seized pirated intellectual properties worth over N3billion.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state has approved the appointment of of new acting permanent secretaries in the state’s civil service.

A heavy downpour in Minna Niger State on Thursday evening wrecked havoc claiming the life of a lawyer, injured a woman and two children of the same parent and also left several properties including vehicles damaged.

POLICE authorities in Ondo State have arrested two persons in connection with the gruesome murder for ritual of Olufemi Ogunkorode by his childhood friends in Erusu Akoko area of the state.