Registered applicants and observers of the ongoing Edo jobs initiative have expressed excitement over the smooth and transparent process of the ongoing verification exercise for prospective officers of the State Traffic Control and Management Agency in Benin City, the state capital.

The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu has vowed that the command would deploy all its arsenal towards ensuring that the killers of a Muslim cleric, Sheikh Abdulsalam Yusuf, his wife and four children were arrested.

Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf of an Abuja High Court sitting in Maitama, yesterday, warned the Federal Government to be more diligent in the trial of detained former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd).

Justice Sylvester Ngwuta of the Supreme Court, who is facing money laundering charge, preferred against him by the Federal Government, has maintained his innocence, saying he was ready and anxious to defend himself.

The protesting clearing agents and truckers, yesterday, called off a two-day strike after a marathon meeting in Lagos by all the parties, even as they issued a fresh 21-day ultimatum for the issues raised to be addressed.