Six persons suspected to have kidnapped the mother-in-law of Ebonyi State All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, governorship aspirant, Senator Julius Ucha, were last weekend, remanded in prison custody by an Abakaliki Magistrate Court.

International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said that the organization has strict ethics rules for dealing with any member who “has become tainted” after past allegations are proven.

FEDERAL and state governments have been urged to declare emergency in education at the rural levels in the country.

DESPITE media war, some governorship candidates for the coming re-run election in Delta State met face to face at the headquarters of the state’s Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Asaba Monday, exchanging banters.

NINE persons, including a landlord, have been arrested at Ekakpamre, Delta State, following an alleged kidnap of a lady.

THE Niger Delta Democratic Coalition, NDDC, a group in the Niger Delta, has called on the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to expel Mallam Adamu Ciroma and former President Ibrahim Babangida for alleged anti-party activities.

For sustained sponsorship of the AKS/NNPC/MPN Schools Athletics Championship in Akwa Ibom State, the sports minister and the Athletics Federation of Nigeria have lauded the NNPC_MPN Joint Venture.

Nigeria continues to impress at the on-going North -West Africa region U-15 boys cricket competition after dispatching their Gambian opponents by 7 wickets at the University of Ibadan Cricket Ground.

Anxiety mounts among Enugu-bound passengers travelling to the Coal City for the Christmas and new year celebrations, as airlines operating flights to the city have refused to sell tickets for fear that plans to re-open the airport for daylight operations on Thursday may not come to fruition.

HOPE has been rekindled for the fortunes of child survival strategies and programmes in Nigeria, following the commitment of N1.5 billion (US$10.4 million) grant by the government of Japan.