Bishop of Benin Diocese, Anglican Communion, Bishop Peter Imasuen, who was kidnapped on Sunday while returning from a church service, has regained his freedom.

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, yesterday destroyed goods worth over N320 million in Sagamu, Ogun State.

Respite has come the way of arthritis patients as a group of Nigerian orthopaedic surgeons based in the United Kingdom is currently in Lagos for the first Lagoon Hospital’s joint replacement surgery for which six patients have benefited.

THE leadership of Trade Union Congress, TUC, yesterday began series of meetings with bank chief executives towards amicable resolution of impending industrial unrest in the sector following recent mass sack, with organised labour insisting that industrial action had not been ruled out over the matter.

FORMER African Footballer and Ghanaian pride, Abedi Ayew Pele yesterday faulted Eagles Coach Amodu Shuaibu for making Kanu Nwankwo ‘a non-playing captain’ at the expense of exposing a young player to the Nations Cup.

THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has smashed a drug trafficking cartel operating in the country with stronghold in Pakistan.

SENATE Deputy Minority leader, Senator Olorunimbe Mamora, yesterday said the prolonged absence of President Umaru Yar’Adua and failure to hand over power to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan were treasonable just as National President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu, called on the Federal Executive Council to empower the Vice President to act on behalf of the President in order to end the continuous power vacuum in the country.

WEDNESDAY’S decisive resolution urging President Umaru Yar‘Adua to comply with the constitutional provision requiring him to transmit a letter of his medical vacation was hailed as the finest hour of the David Mark Senate.

Eagles striker, OsazeOdewingie revealed after the semi-final loss to Ghana yesterday that it was Nigeria’s poor tactical approach that made Ghana run away into the final with a 1-0 win.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo and his Action Congress (AC), last weekend floored the Chief Tony Anenih led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) again, in another House of Assembly re-run for Etsako Central Local Government Council.