In order to get to the root of scams currently being unveiled by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) yesterday asked the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to thoroughly investigate former President Olusegun Obasanjo, whose economic policy it said, allowed individuals to borrow depositors’ funds to buy State Owned Enterprises.

MEMBERS of the Delta State House of Assembly yesterday ordered that the Zonal Medical Director at Ogwashi-Uku General Hospital, Dr. Michael Ogbangwo, and a Staff Nurse, one Mrs. Helen Ofuagbor be sacked for their negligence which eventually led to the death of a patient rushed to the hospital for urgent medical attention.

Chairman, Arewa Patriotic Vanguard (APV) Alhaji Abdulrazak Gidado has warned the Federal Government to beware that the 2011 elections could be marred by violence, if urgent steps are not quickly taken to nip it in the bud.

Former Delta State governor, Chief James Ibori, has launched a portal (website) to reverse what he described the misrepresentation of his person by the Nigerian media.

NATIONAL Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), has called for immediate rehabilitation of displaced natives and inhabitants of Gbaramatu area of Warri, Delta State and Odi in Bayelsa as well as other displaced people affected by the crisis in the Niger Delta region in order to boost the amnesty deal, warning that the continued neglect of these displaced people is a threat to the amnesty deal.