Two Americans kidnapped when gunmen attacked a ship working with oil giant Chevron have been released, the US embassy said Friday, but it was unclear whether a ransom had been paid.

The Minister of Education has been charged to fully implement the National Policy on Education to develop our indigenous languages in order to fast track its use in schools and at all levels of the society.

Two persons have been arrested by the police in Lagos State over the killing of a retired army general, Brigadier General Umai Jabil Uwurigbe (rtd), and an attempt to murder his wife, Mrs. Uwurigbe, in their apartment at Badagry area of Lagos State.

ONE of the resounding landmark achievements and legacy that would be bequeathed by the present administration of Abia State, under Governor Theodore Ahamefule Orji, is the establishment of the Abia State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, ASOPADEC, which has become a stronghold of superstructural development in the state.

The Federal Government has reiterated its determination to address the problem of corruption to ensure the success of its transformation agenda and restore the good image of the country.

PALPABLE fear seems to have taken over Kogi State following the drafting of soldiers to the State Independent Electoral Commission, SIEC, to monitor and safe guard electoral materials for tomorrow’s scheduled governorship elections in the state.

Leadership of Edo State House of Assembly, yesterday, called on President Goodluck Jonathan to probe the tenure of Mrs Farida Waziri, former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

NIGERIAN youths have expressed rage against Federal Government’s proposed removal of subsidy on petroleum products as Minister of Youth Development, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, engaged them in a dialogue through social network to get their contributions.

Nigeria’s foreign and domestic debt stock jointly held by the federal and state governments has hit N6.189 trillion.

Barely one year after tolling was suspended on the Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos State Government and the concessionaire handling the construction of the 49- kilometre road, Messrs Lekki Concession Company Ltd, LCC, yesterday announced December 18, as the new date for commencement of toll on the ever-busy road.

No fewer than 19 persons were killed in auto crash, yesterday, along Benin-Ore road as a diesel tanker collided with a commercial vehicle, killing all the passengers except one.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, submitted to the Senate for approval name of his former Senior Special Assistant on Diaspora Affairs and wife of late Dim Odimegwu Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, Mrs Bianca Ojukwu, as an ambassadorial nominee.

NIGERIAN National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has said the nation could generate 40,000 megawatts of power when it realises the needed gas supply to boost power generation.

THE House of Representatives, yesterday, rejected President Goodluck Jonathan’s planned proposal to remove oil subsidy by January 2012.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, said government has raised the monetary value of the Nigerian National Order of Merit Awards, NNMA, from N5 million to N10 million.