SHELL Petroleum Development Company’s Joint Venture Trans-Niger Delta pipeline has re-opened after being shut for repair of leaks which occurred on Tuesday owing to the activities of vandals.

WORRIED by the spate of kidnapping in Edo State, the state police command has set up a special anti-kidnapping squad, vowing that the squad would fish out the sponsors and perpetrators of the crime in the state.

AS the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) groans under non-allocation of her share of the 13% derivation fund for the past four months, the Concerned Delta State Youth (CDYF) yesterday attributed the current travails of the commission to the handiwork of mischief makers and those intimidated by its achievements in less than two years of existence.

A group, Concerned Okerenkoko Youth Forum, Okerenkoko in Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South-West local government area of Delta State, has petitioned the state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, over the damage by the Joint Task Force of the multi-million naira air-to-water facility provided for the Ijaw communities during its last military operation.

SPEAKER of the Edo state House of Assembly, Mr Zakawanu Garuba, yesterday called on the Federal Government to urgently dualize the Benin-Auchi highway because of the frequent cases of accidents along the road.
The Speaker lost two of his aides and a younger brother in a ghastly motor accident on the road last week.