*Development can’t be achieved overnight – President * Logistic problem hampers return of militants’ arms By Daniel Idonor and Jimitota Onoyume Repentant militant, Victor Ebikabowei alias General Boyloaf declared on Friday that his faction of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) would not hesitate to return to the creeks to resume hostilities
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He spoke as President Yar’Adua declared that those expecting the development of the region to be carried overnight should have a rethink saying that “development in the region will be rapid but it will not be over night because it takes time.

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THE Rivers State Police command yesterday raided an arms depot allegedly belonging to leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Alhaji Asari Dokubo, in Rumuodemanya part of the state

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Dangote, until his election, was the First Vice President of the NSE, emerged the President, following his appointment by the NSE Council members in Lagos.

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THE amnesty promised militant groups in the Niger Delta by President Umaru Yar’Adua commences today amid confusion as the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has disowned its commander in charge of Bayelsa axis, General Boyloaf, who is already holding talks with the President in Abuja and relieved him of his position as its commander.

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ABUJA — FOLLOWING allegations that Mohammed Yusuf, leader of the religious sect, Boko Haram, was hurriedly killed after he was earlier captured alive in order to shield his sponsors who are influential members of the society, President Umaru Yar’Adua yesterday directed the National Security Adviser (NSA) to carry out a full scale investigation into the matter.

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“The FG shall pay N300,000 per an AK47 and two magazines.
“The Federal Government shall construct sustainable three bedroom flats at low cost. The buildings which must be constructed in their places of choice within the Niger Delta, shall be exclusively for militants and sundry youths who shall undertake to pay the cost due within ten years.”

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Meanwhile, demand for foreign exchange in the official market has risen more than threefold since the introduction of WDAS on July 13. Analysis of the foreign exchange demand and sales in the six auctions conducted by the CBN before and after the introduction of WDAS shows demand for foreign exchange shot up by 351 per cent to $3.16 billion from $861.8 million.

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This is in the wake of wide condemnation of the killing of the sect’s leader, Mohammed Yusuf, by groups including the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the Action Congress (AC), and the Yoruba Pan-social organisation, Afenifere.

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By Emma Amaize Warri – Participants at a workshop organized by the Human Rights Defenders Organization of Nigeria (HURDON) in Warri, Delta State on the amnesty granted militants by the Federal Government have urged freedom fighters in the Niger-Delta region not to surrender their arms, as the Federal Government has no post-amnesty plan for revolutionists.
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By Kolade Larewaju NO fewer than 20 passengers were yesterday crushed on the Sagamu-Benin Expressway by a truck during a robbery operation. Hours before the 20 victims met their untimely death, two passengers lost their lives in an accident on the Ijebu-Ode/Ore end of the expressway when two vehicles were involved in another accident on
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By Jide Ajani, Deputy Editor THE push for electoral reforms   launched in Abuja on Thursday by some prominent politicians in the country is not all about reforms, according to indications. Former Lagos governor, Ashiwaju Bola Tinubu; one-time speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Ghali Na’Abba;  former national chairman of PDP, Chief Audu Ogbeh; former
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By Daniel Idonor Abuja – THE Presidency today broke its silence over the lingering controversy on the status of the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), Effurun, Delta State, which was upgraded to a degree-awarding institute, by the former President Olusegun Obansanjo’s government; declaring that the Petroleum University remains in Effurun, as “there has been no reversal
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State Coordinator explained that it was natural for the corps members to have reacted to the story the way they did, stressing that despite the fearful expression no member of the scheme has ever been caught down in numerous religious crises in the ancient city.

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