As stakeholders con-tinue to consult and lobby for more support for the president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, ahead of next year’s presidential election, Ijaw leader and former Information Minister, Chief Edwin Clark, has hailed the commitment of the Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, to the project.

There was a mild drama at the Port Harcourt Magisterial Court, yesterday, as the arrested 12 factional leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State were brought to the court premises and locked in an air-conditioned bus for over four hours, while officials frantically searched for a court room to arraign them.

Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, and National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, workers of the Petroleum Training Institute, PTI, Delta State, yesterday stopped the second semester examination of the Institute, which commenced on Monday.

THE National Economic Council, NEC, comprising the 36 state governors and key officials of the Federal Government with Vice President Namadi Sambo yesterday berated Nigerian banks over their inability to ensure the steady disbursement of the N200 billion agriculture loan to farmers.

Five persons, including a serving member of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) lost their lives in separate auto crashes in Lagos.