THE Bayelsa State civil servants have started receiving 50 per cent of their salary, while the backlog of arrears would be cleared, whenever funds are made available, the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Jonathan Obuebite has said.

Niger Delta ex-militants under the amnesty programme, have reacted to the purported demand of Reformed Egbesu Boys of Niger Delta, calling for the sack of the coordinator of the amnesty programme and Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Brig. Gen. Paul Boroh (retd), over alleged inexperience in effectively coordinating the programme.

Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria, SMEDAN, with the Sokoto State Government has commenced the training of 100 youths on entrepreneurship skills.

I’ve been in London for the past five months, but I read Nigerian newspapers online every day and I am in regular contact with Nigerian friends, colleagues and relatives.

There was controversy yesterday as a number of the delegates scheduled for tomorrow’s governorship primaries were said to have gone missing or disappeared. Vanguard gathered that a number of the delegates who were disappeared were, however, being quartered in choice hotels under heavy police guard.