Palpable fear has gripped some residents of Ogere, Iperu, Ilishan, Ikenne towns and Irolu all in Remo North and Ikenne Local Government Areas of Ogun State following the threat by Oro cultists to begin their festival in day time contrary to the directive of the state government.

THE National University Commission, NUC, Wednesday blamed the rot in the education sector on the takeover of public and missionary schools shortly after the Nigeria-Biafran civil war in the seventies. Executive Secretary of the NUC, Professor Julius Okojie who made this known also said that the abolition of boarding schools as well as 30 years of military rule contributed to high level of indiscipline and decay in the system.

Towards ameliorating widespread poverty in Nigeria and appropriately empowering both women and youths across the 774 local governments in Nigerian, Dangote Foundation has continued the disbursement of N10 billion grants to women and youths in the local governments across the country.

TEARS flowed unabatedly, yesterday, as the Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, held a valedictory session in honour of the departed senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District, Senator Pius Ewherido. The body of the late senator who breathed his last on June 30, 2013, arrived the capacity filled Urhobo Cultural Centre, Uvwiamuge-Agbarho, Ughelli North Local Government Area venue of the session in a Black Escalate jeep ambulance marked Senator Pius Ewherido at 11.15am.

PORT HARCOURT— GOVERNOR Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, has reaffirmed his administration’s continued support for the Nigeria Police as a strategic partner in keeping law and order in the state.