By  Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—Imo State Command of the State Security Service (SSS) has arrested three persons, who claim to be students of Imo State University (IMSU), Owerri, while they were negotiating for money to assassinate a lady.

He also blamed the landlords of demolished structures, including completed residential buildings, for remaining adamant to the earlier warning issued by his office.

His words: “We are aware that the staffing position of DESOPADEC had been a problem, I am putting up a structure that will look into the staff, those that are really required to run the outfit properly and those that are not required, we found that the place is over bloated with staff, staff that really don’t have any job function.

The House of Representatives has accused the NNPC of manipulating the prices of part of the 45,000 barrels of crude oil per day allocated it for its three refineries. The Reps said the NNPC sold part of the unrefined crude to some foreign companies yet to be identified at a discount, thus making the country to lose not less than N280 billion ($1.87 billion) between 2004 and 2007.

THE Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) has berated the President Umaru Yar’Adua administration on the distribution of political appointments.