A police corporal, Mr. Daramola Tosin, attached to the Ekiti Police Division of Kwara State Police command, has been dismissed from service for allegedly killing and burying a Police Inspector, Mr. Lateef Shuaib, and then withdrew N300,000 from the dead officer’s account.

lagos—The Minister for Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, yesterday, assured Nigerians that the proposed Lagos-Ibadan segment of Lagos-Kano rail line project will be ready and operational within the next two and half years. Also to be ready within the projected period, Amachi said is the Port Harcourt-Calabar rail line. Both rail lines will, daily, move thousands of passengers across the affected cities.

ABUJA—Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood, yesterday disclosed that the commission has received 32 fresh applications from groups wishing to be registered as political parties. INEC, in a statement issued in Abuja yesterday said: “The commission has been receiving applications from various associations for registration as political parties.

Ekiti State chapter of the All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools, ANCOPSS, has appealed to the striking workers in the state to sheath their swords and return to the negotiating table.

THE Senate yesterday condemned last week’s killing of a woman,Mrs Bridget Agbahime, in Kano State by some Islamic fundamentalists and charged the federal government to ensure diligent prosecution of those involved.