ONITSHA — The Chairman of G.U.O. Motors Limited, Chief G. U. Okeke, yesterday, said he ate lunch with his kidnappers at their den before he was released on the payment of over N30 million ransom.

YENAGOA — A soldier on the security team of the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Rear Admiral John Jonah (rtd) was Sunday feared dead in a boat crash along the mangrove in the Ogbia-Nembe waterways.

ABUJA— Three months after gunmen besieged an uncompleted building at Apo district of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, and killed eight squatters on allegation that they were members of the Boko Haram sect, the Nigerian Army, yesterday, claimed responsibility.

LAGOS — A driver, Wahab Idiagbon, who allegedly killed a housewife through reckless driving, was yesterday brought before an Apapa Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos.
The 32-year-old driver, who lives in Ajegunle area of Apapa, is facing a two-count offence of manslaughter and dangerous driving.
The accused, however, denied the charges.

Ogun State House of Assembly, yesterday, passed the 2014 Appropriation Law with the sum of N210.2billion as the total budget of the state for next year.

Perturbed by all kinds of atrocities and criminal acts taking place in various parts of Igboland, leaders in the South East are now drawing up a proposal to perform an official burial rites of all their kinsmen who died during the Nigerian/Biafran civil war.

The Police Assistance Committee, PAC, has put all its members on security alert nationwide, for the yuletide season, urging them to be vigilant by monitoring security situations in their environment and reporting suspicious movements to the Police and other security agencies.

TWENTY-FOUR hours to Christmas, Customsmen from Oyo/Osun Area Command have seized poultry products worth over N103 million.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ekiti State has assured that its gubernatorial candidate for 2014 governorship election will emerge through free and fair primaries.

The Federal Government is aiming at generating a whopping $2billion from the private sector into the road sector between now and the next two years.

SECRETARY to Government of Edo State, Prof. Julius Ihonvbere, yesterday, declared that his former party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, would continue to lose more governors and National Assembly members, if it continued to promote corruption and dictatorship.

A quick passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, has been identified as a major tool in reversing the skewed accounting methods leading to observed discrepancies currently pervading Nigeria’s petroleum industry.

This is one of the consensuses reached by attendants at the just concluded, Revenue Reconciliation Meeting, to trace the sum of $49.8billion crude oil proceeds recently declared “missing” by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.
The furore generated over the money, revealed the poor book keeping methods in accounting for government’s receipts among the respective agencies.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has warned members the public against patronizing illegal capital market operators. The Commissioned averred that investors should always consult the list of registered capital market operators on its website to ascertain their authenticity of any operators before entrusting their hard – earned money to such operator for management.

IN a country of more than 160 million people, it is impossible to agree totally on anything, even if it is posted as being beneficial to all. Countries with smaller populations – and families of smaller numbers – also disagree raucously to decisions that oppose their individual interests.

EVEN though she lost her sight at the tender age of 11, Ejiro Okotie has never lost sight of herself. She may not be sighted, but she has foresight. As a growing child she always knew what she wanted out of life. Today, as a full-grown young adult, battling the challenge of disability, Ejiro has nevertheless undergone a decisive transformation.