THERE are indications that human rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, who has been in kidnappers’ den these past two weeks may regain his freedom today, following what Vanguard learnt were positive discussions between the kidnappers and the family.

President Goodluck Jonathan has decried the level of insecurity in the country describing it as a major source of worry for his administration and Nigeria’s allies.

No World Cup finals would be complete without Italy and Germany on the cast list, and both nations will take their places in next year’s Brazil showpiece with victories tomorrow.

WARRI—OVER 150 riverine dwellers have reportedly lost their lives and about 5,000 presently sick in Delta and Bayelsa states because of the alleged destructive chemical dispersant used to clean the controversial crude spill from the Bonga Oil Field, belonging to Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company, SNPECo, on December 20, 2011.

Fresh from soul-lifting progress into the final elimination round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification series, African champions
Nigeria and African vice champions Burkina Faso clash in a high-profile international friendly at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium,
Kaduna on Tuesday evening.

THE stowaway simply known as Daniel recently hit the touch button for a media frenzy when he quietly slipped into the landing gear compartment of an Arik Air aircraft on the runway of the Benin Airport on August 24, 2013. The aircraft was on its way to Lagos.

The $3.3 billion syndicated loan secured by Dangote Industries last week to build a 400,000-barrel per day oil refinery and petrochemical plant is said to have a seven-year pay back period. A banker who was part of the negotiation disclosed this, saying that Dangote Group may have to work extra hard to meet the payment terms in the loan agreement documents.

ALL PROGRESSIVES Congress, APC, has condemned the seal-up of the secretariat of new Peoples Democratic Party, nPDP, in Abuja, saying those behind the action must be “identified and jailed for “crass lawlessness and palpable impunity.”

PORT HARCOURT— THE European Union, EU, has said that Nigeria’s cry for sustained foreign direct investment would continue to fall on deaf ears unless the country showed commitment to tackle the challenges of corruption and insecurity.

—The Nigerian Navy has arrested a Cameroonian and nine Nigerians on board a vessel laden with diesel, suspected to have been stolen on the Atlantic fringe of Brass in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.