THE leadership of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, MOUAU, said the over 400 workers suspended last week were temporary workers whose contract has elapsed.

The Rivers State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has lampooned the state All Progressives Congress, APC, for “lacking knowledge of the basic tenets of law” in its call on Senator George Sekibo (PDP Rivers East) to vacate the National Assembly.

THE launching/Induction of fellows into the Movie/Music Hall of Fame is under way, and from the grapevine, eminent Nigerians including former presidents, Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, chairman of DAAR Communications, Raymond Dokpesi, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce will all be inducted as members and grand patrons respectively.

Following ongoing birth registration of children under the age of five in Bauchi State, field workers conducting the exercise in Giade Local Government Area have called on UNICEF to extend the duration of house-to-house registration to ensure a 100 percent coverage of the area.

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, last night, met with President Muhammadu Buhari in London.

Foundation for Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Crusade, FHRACC, has raised alarm that the Niger Delta region was fast becoming a dead zone, no longer suitable for habitation owing to the impact of oil exploration over the years.

THE Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has warned beneficiaries against selling off inputs given to them under its Anchor Borrowers Progra-mme, insisting that anyone caught would be made to face the wrath of the law.

Founder/President Heirs Foundation and Chairman, UBA Plc, Mr. Tony Elumelu; CEO of Ray Royal Construction Company, Rt. Rev. Matthew Okpebholo; Chief Ezekiel Anaibe and Dr. Robson Momoh will, this weekend, be conferred with honorary degrees by Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, during its 21st convocation.

THE altercation between the Ijaw and Bini ethnic nationalities in Delta and Edo States over the ownership of land in parts of the present-day Edo State, took a different turn, yesterday, with the Ijaw People Development Initiative, IPDI, in Warri, vowing that the Ijaw tribe was prepared to defend its territorial lands in the state against Bini invaders.

The Rivers State Government has vowed to deal with cultists that are terrorizing communities in the state.