PROMINENT Itsekiri leader, Chief Rita Lori-Ogbebor, has said that unless urgent steps were taken to tackle the increase in kidnap of judges in Delta State, it might lead to anarchy in the state.

Three Hyundai models – Elantra, Sonata and Equus – each took first place in their respective categories in the 16th annual Strategic Vision Total Value Awards. Elantra, Sonata scored top marks for medium cars, and the Equus beat out competitors like BMW and Mercedes to take first place in the luxury car segment.

…Gives FG January ending deadline
SENIOR Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, has given the Federal Government up to the end of January, 2013 to pay members unpaid Earned Allowance, to avert a protracted industrial unrest in the nation’s university system.

BENIN—FORMER Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Rowland Owie, Monday, alleged that some persons he described as mischievous, pasted the controversial 2015 campaign posters of President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja to divert attention from the seeming improvement in the power sector and railway transportation, which had been achieved by Jonathan’s administration.

FOR 11 months in 2012, no fewer than 1,100 fire cases were recorded in Lagos state giving an average of 100 cases per month.

The extension of the contract of the three Service Providers, Cotecna Destination Inspection Limited (CDIL), SGS and Global Scansystems, has been attributed to the unpreparedness of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to fully take over the functions performed by the Service Providers.

THE Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF dismissed as misinformed comments that northern leaders, who have dominated rulership of Nigeria are responsible for the underdevelopment and rising poverty in the North.

THE ritual of Constitution amendments has become too familiar an end game for Nigerian politicians that nothing cheery is expected to come from the on-going process at the National Assembly.

A state branded as the coal city state has its top stakeholders sitting on hot coal as intrigues shape issues emerging from the prolonged absence of the state’s governor.

THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will today in Abuja elect a new Chairman of the Board of Trustees, BOT, for the party. Those angling to occupy the PDP top seat are former Vice President Alex Ekwueme who is 80 years; former Minister of Works, Chief Tony Anenih (79); former PDP National Chairman, Dr. Ahmadu Ali (76); former Senate President Ken Nnamani (64); Publisher of Champion Newspapers, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu (70); former Minister of Petroleum, Don Etiebet 68; former PDP Deputy National Chairman, Chief Shuaibu Oyedokun, who is also above 70 years.

The President of Africa Union of Architects, AUA, Tokunbo Omisore has urged Nigerian young architects to be innovative and emphasize on indigenous architecture if they must survive in their chosen profession.

Work on the rehabilitation and dualization of East -West Road which links Edo, Delta, Rivers, Akwa-Ibom and Cross River States began a few years ago. But despite the importance of this strategic road which bears the whole burden of oil exploration in the country, the reconstruction work is going on at a snail’s pace.

As the first national security summit to be convened by the Nigeria Police Force in conjunction with Vanguard Newspapers kicks off today, Zonal Assistant Inspectors General of Police from the 12 zones in the country and most of the 48 Commissioners of Police representing commands and various departments in the force have converged on Abuja.

Against the backdrop of rot and decay affecting Lagos state- owned infrastructure, the State Government has initiated a facility management bill in the legislature. If the executive bill is passed into law, it will lead to the establishment of Facility Management Commission in the state.

To encourage a wide usage of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, (LPG) across the country, NIPCO an integrated indigenous downstream operator in the oil and fad industry has thrown it weight behind viable policies that would ensure a booming LPG market in the country.