The Ebonyi state police command has arrested a 45- year-old man, Chibuke Onwu, suspected to have attempted defilement of a two- year-old baby at Hausa quarters in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.

In Niger State, the Police arrested a middle- aged man, Ayuba Umar who confessed to have been hired to kill or kidnap a hotelier in Keffi. Two fake corps members, Temitayo Eniola Ogueyungbo and Theresa Chinenya Ugwu were also rounded up while trying to register officially at the NYSC Orientation Camp in Paiko.

“We want people who will represent us and not people who just want to go to the Senate through any means because they want to be called Senator, no, that is not what we want,” Oramulu was quoted as saying.

Lagos State which was once regarded as one of the dirtiest cities in the world, in recent times is now one of the internationally acknowledged cleanest cities, evidenced by the professional, efficient and sustainable waste management and disposal services being provided by the LAWMA agency in the state.

He said a board sits yearly in this regard and considers those who are passing out from the National Defence College and National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) and not quarterly as alleged by the petitioners.

Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Opeyemi Bamidele has described leaders who have failed to use their position to better the lots of their people as disabled.

The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, and the Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria, BON, on Friday, insisted that the recent abduction of four journalists in Abia State was masterminded by yet to be identified politicians, even as it appealed to the kidnappers to release the victims unconditionally.

Second Republic Senate President, Dr Joseph Wayas, yesterday added his voice and aligned with the calls for capital punishment for persons found guilty of the now thriving kidnapping in the country.

The Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, and the Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria, BON, yesterday, insisted that the recent abduction of four of its members at Umuafor Ukwu in Obingwa, Abia State, was masterminded by yet to be identified unscrupulous politicians, even as it appealed to the kidnappers to release the victims unconditionally.

SIX days after their abduction, the four journalists kidnapped by hoodlums in Obingwa council area of Abia state are yet to regain their freedom.

The Supreme Court yesterday in Abuja finally laid to rest the three-year-controversy surrounding the election of Gov. Ikedi Ohakim of Imo state. The court threw out Chief Martins Agbaso of APGA’s suit, challenging INEC for unilaterally cancelling and concluding the election in Imo, held on April 14, 2007.

According to Oshiomhole, President Jonathan has demonstrated that he is a man of action. “We visited the president in Abuja on Tuesday, where we told him of the erosion problems in the state, and yesterday, he directed the minister to take action. We are excited that he took us seriously by his quick intervention,” he noted.

No fewer than three bridges and two houses collapsed in Abeokuta yesterday following a heavy downpour that lasted over two hours in Abeokuta on Thursday evening.

A special prayer was yesterday held for the kidnapped journalists shortly after the jumaat service at Vanguard Mosque, headquarters of Vanguard Media Limited, Lagos.

“It is not proper to make that promise again, when Nigeria will have a steady power supply. Even if I am a native doctor, I cannot venture into that. We cannot even say next year. If we will have a target, it will not give us what we want.