KIDNAPPERS of Mrs. Marian Onoyume, wife of Vanguard correspondent in Rivers State, Mr. Jimitota Onoyume, have made a demand of N10 million ransom to release her.

Hopes for the creation of new states at the end of the ongoing review of the 1999 Constitution by the National Assembly were dashed yesterday.

The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, has said that over 100 million Nigerians cannot be properly identified as citizens due to non availability of identification database in the country.

Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday denied the involvement or existence of any Facebook account for his wife, Abimbola, the First Lady of the state.

Just ten months ago, four of the five members of the House of Representatives and all three senators from Bayelsa State were pitched in battle against one of their colleagues from the state.

PANDEMONIUM broke out in three communities in Warri, Delta State, in the early hours of yesterday, when residents saw a smoldering boat loaded with illegally refined diesel, allegedly set ablaze by Navy personnel, floating on the waters.

Pensioners in Bayelsa State have threatened to drag the state government to court over the continued failure of the latter to pay their gratuities which they put at N3.5bn.

Referees in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations will be kept secluded from the public during the tournament in South Africa next year to avoid match-fixing, a local organising committee (LOC) said on Tuesday.

Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has targeted employment of 10,000 women through its Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme, SURE-P, before December 31.

SECURITY agents shot dead six persons and left about 25 others critically injured yesterday morning at Idjerhe (Jesse) Kingdom in Ethiope-West Local Government Area of Delta State.

Two people including, a lecturer with the University of Maiduguri, UNIMAID, and a Deputy Director in Borno State Ministry of Land and Survey were, yesterday, killed by some gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members.

THE President’s men are busy putting out lengthy repudiations of allegations and suspicions that he has an agenda to scuttle the numerous initiatives towards arresting corruption and waste in our oil and gas sector.

Airline operators in Nigeria have been given six months to install Automated Flight Information Reporting System, AFIRS, the newest safety device in aviation, in their aircraft or face sanction.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has urged the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) to urgently design a new business plan that would engage commercial motorcycle operators popularly called Okada riders who were recently restricted from plying 475 roads in the state.

An Agege Grade ‘A’ Customary Court yesterday in Lagos sentenced a man, Edem Asuquo, to two months imprisonment for contempt.