MASSOB threatens showdown over convicted members
From OKEY SAMPSON, Aba
Monday, May 14 , 2012

Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) says its members would embark on nationwide demonstration should the conviction of its members in Asaba, the Delta State capital, not be quashed.
Six members of the organisation namely, Sunday Okoro, Ifeanyi Igbozuruike, Francis Onuigbo, Sebastian Nworie, Emmanuel Nwafor and Chidi Okafor were last Tuesday, sentenced to six months imprisonment each by an Asaba magistrate court for belonging to MASSOB. | Read Story

Delta uncovers fraud in N1bn agric loan
From PAUL OSUYI, Asaba
Monday, May 14 , 2012

Delta State Government has uncovered alleged fraud in the disbursement of N1 billion agricultural loans to farmers in the state. The discovery was coming one month after Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan disbursed loans obtained from the Federal Government and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). . | Read Story

Edo Govt to immortalize 3 journalists
From Our reporter
Monday, May 14 , 2012

Edo State Government has rolled out a comprehensive plan to immortalize the three journalists who died recently in motor accidents. The government is to erect an edifice to be called “Democracy House” and the names of the three journalists who died in an auto crash involving the convoy of the State Governor Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, would be inscribed on it. | Read Story