No fewer than 15 mobile policemen have been killed in the last three weeks in three separate armed robbery attacks and several millions of naira carted away by bandits in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Confusion, Wednesday, enveloped Ikarama community in Okordia clan in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State when an oil spill, from a facility owned by Shell Petroleum Development Company, triggered an outbreak of fire in the predominantly agrarian settlement.

A five-man panel of Justices of the Supreme Court, Wednesday, okayed a petition seeking to sack Governor Saidu Nasamu of Kebbi State, from office on the premise that his re-election was in violation of the Electoral Act.

Six days after Chief Noble Ewege, Deputy Paramount Ruler of Otuokpoti community in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, was shot and taken captive by armed gunmen who invaded his residence last Friday, his abductors have demanded N50 million ransom before he could regain freedom.

A Benin-based actor, Mr. Daniel Iyamu, has been allegedly killed in his sleep by his wife in Ugbihoko quarters, Egor North-East Local Government Area of Edo State.

Nigerians are used to worrying about such amenities like bad roads, light, water, security, poor salary, poor health services among others. NOW, football has joined to their worries.

YOLA- Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has directed his supporters across all the political parties in Adamawa State to support the candidature of Governor Murtala Nyako in the January 14, 2012 governorship election in the state.

GRADUATES of American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola, have returned home in a collective effort to experience firsthand the transformative power of a great education acquired from an institution linked to an intellectual community that spans the world with strong ties to the United States.

Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has advised the Federal Government to tread with caution over the proposed removal of petroleum subsidy, saying it was capable of bringing unnecessary hardship on Nigerians.

FOLLOWING the seizure of a Malta flagged vessel by pirates in Nigeria, the International Maritime Organisation, (IMO) has warned vessels owners on the danger of sailing to Nigeria.