ABUJA – Senate panel, yesterday, threatened to sanction oil companies operating in the Niger Delta region over any reckless act resulting in oil spillage.

The remains of the late Egba High Chief, Apagun Oluwole Olumide, who was reported to have committed suicide last weekend, was committed to mother earth, shortly after an autopsy was performed on him.

Nigeria Immigration Services, NIS, in Edo State, yesterday, paraded two suspects; Agbonda Osaro and Anthony Omokhuare, who allegedly posed as officers of the organisation to defraud one Beatrice Ehigiator of N500,000, in the guise of providing employment for her in the service.

South-South Peoples Assembly, SSPA, has described as a welcome development, the call for the convocation of a Sovereign National Conference by opinion leaders from the North.

ONDO State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko received encomiums at the Zik Prize for leadership award for good governance.