A 50-member team of the Oil Mineral Producing Areas Stakeholders Forum, OMPSTAFOR, drawn from the nine oil and gas producing states has been constituted to meet with the National Assembly, Governors of Kwara, Oyo, Niger and Cross River States and the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission to seek their support for the speedy passage of the Revenue Bill.

MEMBERS of the Delta State House of Assembly yesterday ordered the State Ministry of Lands, Surveys and Urban Development to pay compensation to the former Speaker of the House, Dr. Olisa Imegwu for demolishing his personal building under construction in Asaba.

THE family of Mr. Ochuko Ogude, an indigene of Idjerhe Kingdom in Delta State, who was kidnapped by gunmen on 21 January at Sapele, yesterday, appealed to the kidnappers to release him.

Ex-militant leaders in the Niger Delta yesterday met in Yenagoa declaring that they are ready to work with the Acting President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, towards the proper implementation of the peace process and development of the region.

Minister of Transport, Alhaji Ibrahim Bio, is worried about the dangers posed by ballast water dumping in the Nigerian waters. He warned that the country is faced with the risk of invasion from micro-organisms in the ballast water using for balancing by ships.