THE Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Remi Babalola, on Tuesday advised states to reduce their reliance on sharing of oil revenue from the Federation Account if the country is to achieve economic transformation.

The last is definitely yet to be heard on the controversy touching on whether or not the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), had actually cleared three ex-governors—Chief James Ibori (Delta), Obong Victor Attah (Akwa Ibom) and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu (Lagos), on alleged involvement in money-laundering in the sale of their states’ shares in V-Mobile worth millions of dollars.

THE Commander of the Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger Delta, Major-General Sarkin Yarkin-Bello, met with the repentant militant leader, Mr. Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, on Sunday, at Oporoza in Delta State.

AS the countdown to the deadline for the amnesty granted Niger-Delta militants begins, the main rebel group in oil-rich region, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), says it will make public its decision after midnight on whether or not to renew its unilateral ceasefire which expired yesterday.

Operations of Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) in riverine Burutu local government council area of Delta State have stirred up multiple land ownership problem, with the Gbekebo people charging the traditional ruler of Obotebe kingdom to desist from threatening the company, insisting that the land belongs to them.