Last week in Lagos when stakeholders in the Nigerian telecoms industry gathered to discuss the draft lawful interception of communications regulations, leading voices contended that except the policy as recently released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), passes through a legislative process, Nigeria may not get the expected results.

UGHELLI—PRESIDENT of Urhobo Democratic Assembly, UDA, Chief Arthur Akpowowo, has charged the Urhobo nation to desist from embracing opposition parties and give their unflinching support to the ruling political party in Delta State.

Police in Bayelsa State have announced the prosecution of a 35-year-old man, Nathaniel Elaweremi, for allegedly raping a teenager.

THE Ijaw in the nine Niger Delta States rose from a meeting in Ondo State and asked President Goodluck Jonathan to exercise his constitutional right of seeking re-election in 2015 and should not be intimidated.

ACTING Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, Prof. Charles Onocha, said in Asaba, Delta State, yesterday, that specific interventions geared towards broadening access and ensuring functional learning for Nigerian citizens were being initiated to address the issue of large number of out-of-school children estimated at 10 million.