Following the public outcry over the failure of the Senate to inaugurate Chief Alphonsus Igbeke despite the ruling by the Court of Appeal in Enugu, the Senate, yesterday, pledged to swear in Igbeke next Tuesday.

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, UNIBEN, Professor Osayuki Oshodi, yesterday said the nation urgently required clean and reliable energy services to meet its long term needs for sustainable industrial development.

THERE were strong indications, yesterday, that barring any last minute changes, a replacement for Prince Vincent Eze Ogbulafor who resigned last week as National Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, would emerge next Tuesday.

General Officer Commanding, GOC, 3 Armoured Division of the Nigerian Army, Major-General Saleh Maina, has critically examined the involvement of the military in internal conflict management across the country, concluding that they have largely succeeded in the task.

LEADERS of the Niger Delta ex-militants, yesterday, agreed to commit themselves and their ex-combatants to the Post-Amnesty Programme implementation after a marathon meeting with the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Mr. Timi Alaibe.