Two journalists working with Guardian of London newspaper, were reportedly arrested, yesterday, in Eleme Local Government Area, Rivers State, by Policemen for allegedly taking photographs of flames from the Eleme Refinery.

DESPITE a sub-sisting order of an Enugu State High Court, restraining Enugu State Government from demolishing stalls at the Old Park Market in Enugu metropolis without first relocating the 890 affected traders, the state government has pulled down stalls in the market.

POLICE in Ondo State, yesterday, arrested three teenagers for attempting to kidnap an 11-year-old boy, Precious Kehinde, in Ondo.

THE Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has berated the Osun State PDP chairman, Gani Olaoluwa, for his recent call for the sack of the party’s acting national secretary, Dr. Remi Akitoye.

Dr. Remi Akitoye, who acts as the party’s scribe at the national level, hails from Lagos State.

After spending 21 days in kidnappers’ den, human rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome, yesterday, wept like a baby as he arrived his Lagos residence upon his release at 1am by his abductors.

NOBODY on this earth is perfect, so I don’t always agree with my Governor, Rotimi Amaechi and I’ve criticised him on this page on a few occasions.

Following threats by the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, to shut down private universities over the protracted strike embarked upon by Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Vice Chancellors of private universities, yesterday, charged the students’ body to mediate between government and ASUU to return normalcy to the country’s universities.

The Presidency has denied media reports that it ordered 53 gold-plated iPhones to celebrate the country’s 53rd independence, saying the report is not only misleading but false and mischievous.

EBONYI State Police Ccommand, said, yesterday, that it had released the nine operatives of Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, arrested over alleged involvement in the assault of a Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Istahifanus Shettima, in Abakaliki.

Abia State House of Assembly has expressed concern over increasing cases of missing persons in the state, describing it as worrisome.

Sunday’s Federation Cup final between Enyimba of Aba and Warri Wolves is historic for both Nigerian Premier League clubs.

The flag-off of the reconstruction of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway came as a big sigh of relief to most motorists plying the ever-busy road. The contract awarded to Julius Berger and Royal Construction Company RCC in July 2013 is expected to take 48 months.

They left the shores of Nigeria in search of greener pastures with very high expectations but returned home empty handed. That was the story of 90 Nigerians who were repatriated from Tunisia. The deportees who arrived the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos on Tuesday, wore mournful looks as they re-lived the sad tales of their sojourn in the North African country. The repatriation was facilitated by the International Organisation for Migration, IOM, with the support of the Tunisian government.

Nigeria are one of the five top seeds for next week’s draw for the final World Cup playoffs after they ranked in the top five African teams still in the competition.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, demanded from the Federal Government part of the revenue generated from ports formations in the state, especially Apapa and Tin Can ports, saying, “the state bears the brunt of the ports activities.”