“I know the enormous challenges you are facing in the Niger Delta and for you to do your work, you need peace”, the police boss said. Mr. Hassan commended the NDDC for being alive to its responsibilities, promising that the police was willing at all times to guarantee the commission sustainable peace in the day-to-day running of its activities.

He, however, said the Ijaw ethnic nationality would resist further attempt to massacre its people and subsequently drench the legitimacy of the genuine struggle of emancipation by the people.

*It’s untrue, says PDP By Henry Umoru ABUJA—THE ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was yesterday accused by the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) of being the brain behind the non disclosure of the names of sponsors of militants in the Niger Delta.

By Henry Umoru ABUJA—THE National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Prince Vincent Ogbulafor has summoned the Ministers of Agriculture and Water Resources, Dr. Sayyadi Abba Ruma and that of  Power, Dr. Rilwan Olanrewaju Babalola to appear before the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) today.

GENEVA—OVER 100 million girls are engaged in child-labour worldwide and the number could increase with the social impact of the global financial crisis affecting the girl-child in many countries, the ILO warned at its on-going 98th International Conference in Geneva yesterday.