KIDNAPPERS of Mrs. Marian Onoyume, wife of Vanguard correspondent in Rivers State, Mr. Jimitota Onoyume, who was abducted, Monday, at Eku in Delta State, yesterday, reduced the ransom for her release from N10 million to N5 million.

Long before the phenomenon of godfathers in politics came into national consciousness and controversy, Dr. Olusola Saraki had turned the phenomenon into a successful pastime in his native Kwara State. It is to his credit, with the irritating exception of the present governor, Alhaji Ahmed Abdulfatah, that all other civilian governors in the history of Kwara State were handpicked by him. Even Abdulfatah who was elected against his desire, fastidiously lays claim to Saraki’s political parentage.

Debate on the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) began, yesterday, in the House of Representatives, with the emerging pattern in the contributions of members indicating regional divide.

A 24-year-old man, Simon Michael, has been sentenced to three months imprisonment, without an option of fine, by a Federal High Court in Lagos after he pleaded guilty to a one-count charge of unlawfully dealing in cannabis sativa (marijuana).

THE Eghare-Aja (community leader) of Ugborodo community in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State, Chief Wellington Ojoror, alleged to have been kidnapped on Tuesday in Warri, has denied that he was abducted.