PORT HARCOURT—CHAIRMAN of Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State, Mr. Awori Miller, has been kidnapped.

LAGOS—Following his arrest and detention in an unknown destination by the police, a former Lagos transport union leader and businessman, Toba Ajiboye arrested has filed a N100 million suit against the police over alleged violation of his fundamental rights.

The Nigerian Content initiative has received a boost as an indigenous firm, Future Concerns Group has invested over N3 billion in the setting up of a service centre for safety and protective equipment used in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector.

Union Bank of Nigeria, UBN Plc, weekend, released its first quarter unaudited financial statement for period ended March 31, 2014 with significant decline in the key performance indicators.

Who likes to lose an argument? Not the customer. I suggest you work hard to avoid an argument with your customers. Even when you know they are wrong, it will be unwise to bluntly tell them so.

BENIN—MINORITY Whip of the House of Representatives, Mr. Samson Osagie, has described the call by some communities in Warri, Delta State, on President Goodluck Jonathan to relocate the headquarters of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC, a subsidiary of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, from Benin, Edo State, to Warri, Delta State, as illogical and unpatriotic.

Hundreds of Muslim women on Sunday prayed in Sokoto to seek God’s intervention over the lingering insecurity in parts of the north.

In recent times, Akwa Ibom State governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, has managed to stay out of the news and I had begun to wonder if the man has lost his steam.

THE Northern States Christian Elders Forum, NOSCEF, has urged Christians and Muslims to pull together and fight against the destructive activities of radical Islamic sect, Boko Haram, just as the Redeemed Christian Church of God intensifies prayers for the release of over 200 female students abducted by the sect in Borno State.

A FORMER United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. Walter Carrington and Mr. Gumel Nkrumah, son of late Dr. Kwame Nkrumah are among dignitaries expected at the launch of Alfred Rewane Foundation scheduled for August.

At least two people were killed and dozens more wounded when bombs exploded in two buses on a busy highway in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, officials said.

Stoke City attacker Peter Odemwingie netted his seventh Premier League goal of the season as the Potters inflicted a major defeat on Fulham in the 37th round.

Following the voluntary retirement of the Group Managing Director/CEO of Odu’a Investment Company Limited, Dr. Adebayo Jimoh, a new Group Managing Director/CEO, Mr. Adewale Raji has been appointed to steer the ship of the conglomerate.

President Goodluck Jonathan said in Abuja on Sunday that the Federal Government had no plans to increase pump price petroleum for now.

The Nigerian Ambassador to the United States of America, USA, Mr. Ade Adefuye, has said that the US government is to provide Nigeria with another war ship to assist in the fight against piracy on the waters of the West African region.