AN Asaba High Court, Tuesday, sentenced the wife of an Asaba-based pastor to two years imprisonment with hard labour for issuing a dud cheque worth N4 million to a bank where she obtained an overdraft facility.

Men of the Nigerian Naval Engineering College, Ogorode, Sapele, Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State, yesterday, paraded a 20-year-old Business Administration student of Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State, Amiegbebhor Amierelu, who was allegedly arrested inUromi, Edo State, by the Uromi Division of the Nigeria Police, which subsequently handed him over to them.

The leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Alhaji Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, was Tuesday arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic.

WORD of Life BibleChurch, Warri in DeltaState, recently gave scholarship awards to 40 indigent students to study courses of their choice ranging from mechanical engineering, petroleum engineering, medic-al sciences to economics at different tertiary institutions of higher learning in the country and overseas.

Gov.Mukhktar Yero of Kaduna State, Tuesday, forwarded the names of 24 persons for the approval of the state Assembly to serve as commissioners.

A coalition of human rights groups, comprising Movement for the Survival of Democracy, MSD, World Alliance Against Terrorism, Violence and Inhuman Treatment, WAATVIT, and Institute for Peace and Justice, IPJ, yesterday staged a peaceful demonstration against what they termed as malpractices that marred the November 16 governorship election in Anambra State.

THE new Anambra State commissioner of police, Mr. Gwary Usman Akila yesterday, met with area commanders and divisional police officers in the state on how to ensure security, assuring that those returning for the Yuletide would be properly secured.

THREE people were reportedly shot dead by members of the Special Task Force, STF, at Shishiri, Pajat Ward of Langtang North LG of Plateau State following a commotion during the councillorship primaries of the PDP in the area.

The kidnappers of Pa Uroh Tempurah, father of Bayelsa State Commissioner for Tourism Development, Mr. Nelson Belief, have demanded for N98 million ransom to set him free.

THERE was a mild drama, yesterday, at the sitting of the Delta State House of Assembly, as one of the seven persons nominated to be appointed into Delta State Tourism Board, was discovered to be deceased.