UGBORIKOKO—A former worker of McDermott Company Limited, Mr. Edward Oke, whose right arm was cut-off by a rolling crane, while laying a 48-inch pipeline with other workers from Bonny Tank Farm to the high sea, has cried out to the Delta State government, philanthropists and kind-hearted Nigerians for assistance.

There was total collapse of commercial and socio-economic activities in Sapele, recently, as over half of the population took to the streets in protest against the Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC, for failure to improve on power supply to the area since it took over from Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, over six years ago.

The Federal High Court in Abuja, has fixed March 13 to decide whether or not two multinational oil giants, Shell Nigeria Exploration & Production Company Ltd and Nigeria Agip Exploration Ltd, should be allowed to retain ownership of the disputed Oil Prospecting License, OPL, 245, pending their trial over alleged $1.2 billion fraud.

Ekene Nwakuche, a defendant in the ongoing N754million fraud case allegedly committed at the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, told an Ikeja High Court yesterday, that his statement to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, was obtained under duress.

Angry residents of Lagos Island, yesterday, stormed Area ‘Á’ Command, Lion Building, to protest the death of two of their own, who were detained at police divisions under the command.