AKURE — FOUR members of a private security outfit operating in the coastal area of Ese-Odo council in Ondo State have been shot dead while four others were seriously injured during a shoot-out with suspected sea pirates.

YENAGOA — The abduction of Iniokpoemi Benson, younger brother of the Speaker of Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Mr Kombowei Benson, in the early hours of yesterday by armed men has heightened fear among top politicians in the state.

Following shareholders’ approval and other regulatory processes, Lafarge WAPCO has formally notified the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE of the change in its name to Lafarge Africa Plc, paving the way for the impending listing of the consolidated shares, which are expected to boost market value by over N468 billion.

Lagos State Government, yesterday, said it had maintained 108 primary, secondary and tertiary channel drains, totalling 107,350.00 metres across the state aimed at reducing cases of flooding in the state.

The former Group Managing Director, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mr. Andrew Yakubu, recently had a chat with journalists in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on the state of affairs in the nation’s petroleum industry. He spoke about a number of issues including the state of the refineries, petroleum industry bill, bunkering, and sundry matters. SEBASTINE OBASI was there

The upward spiral of accidents on Nigeria roads has been a sore point in our national life. In this report, FRANCIS IGATA writes on the efforts of Peace Mass Transit,PMT, in partnership with the Federal Road Safety Corp,FRSC, to halt the burgeoning rate of accidents and instill high standard in the company’s drivers.

Coach Stephen Keshi on Monday sent a formal notice to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) accepting to continue as the country’s coach.

Eight months ago, during the launch of the Nigeria Mortgage Refinancing Company, NMRC, the President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan promised to provide affordable housing to the millions of homeless Nigerians by the end of the second quarter of the year.

Nine months after acquiring the unbundled assets of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, the new investors have attributed their inability to improve on power supply situation in the country to lack of understanding of the workings of the sector

GOVERNOR Kayode Fayemi, yesterday appointed caretaker chairmen for the 16 old local government areas, LGAs, as well as the newly created 19 Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, in the state .
This came as the Governor-elect, Mr. Ayo Fayose, vowed to review some of the policies of Governor Fayemi after his inauguration on October 16.