THE Flag Officer Commanding Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ogbo, weekend, in Lagos, charged men and officers of the Command to be vigilant in order to checkmate activities of unscrupulous elements in the society.

LEADERS of the disarmed militant groups in Ondo State weekend expressed worries over the incessant kidnappings and other criminal acts in the riverine area of the state and resolved to confront perpetrators of the evil deeds.

The Parish Priest of Saint Patrick’s Catholic Parish, Ozara, Oru West Local Government Area of Imo State, Rev. Fr. Bartholomew Nnorom, who was kidnapped June 13, 2011, has regained his freedom, after spending about three days in his captors’ den.

NIGERIAN Bar Association, Aba branch, has blamed the lingering crisis over the appointment of a substan-tive Chief Judge for Abia State on the state Attorney-General and Commissio-ner for Justice, accusing him of giving Governor Theodore Orji wrong advice on the issue.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Nigeria, Ms Gogo Hukportie, has said over 80 percent of people displaced by violence across the world were hosted by developing countries, just as she commended the Nigerian governmen for its efforts in maintenance of peace in West Africa.

National Security Adviser, General Owoye Azazi (rtd), former Kwara State governor, Senator Bukola Saraki, and Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui-Okauru, Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) are among experts expected to address a three-day strategic retreat organised by the Kwara State Government.

Senators are set for the review of the revenue sharing formula of the federation to accommodate the payment of the N18,000 minimum wage for federal civil servants.

NATIONAL President, Niger Delta Youth Movement, NDYM, Mr. Godspower Odenema, has urged the Federal Government to revisit the allocation of the 12,000 pipeline surveillance job slots it created for youths of the region to avert impending crisis.