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.

PRESIDENT of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, Engineer Sani Ndanusa has raised hopes of Nigeria’s fine outing at the London 2012 Olympics saying Nigeria is ready to compete with other Nations.

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.