ABAKALIKI—A kidnap victim (name withheld), who was allegedly abducted in Umuoghara quarry site in Ezza North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, has been rescued by operatives of the state police command .

Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, says the present administration is leveraging on the benefits of the digital revolution, innovation and convergence of technology to kick-start a new digitally SMART Nigeria.

As the national female basketball team, D’Tigress get set to begin camping in preparation for the Women Olympic Qualifying Tournament, WOQT scheduled for June 13-19, 2016 in France, the team are expected to play two warm up matches, the Chief Coach Scott Nnaji has disclosed.

NIGERIA international defender Kenneth Omeruo has been declared unavailable to play at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio because of a groin problem.

NIGERIA wonderkid, Kelechi Iheanacho could not help Manchester City win the European Champions League first leg semi final match against Real Madrid at the Etihad last night as City held Real Madrid to a goalless draw in a game of few chances.

Arsenal fans are planning a coordinated protest during Saturday’s home game against Norwich City to demand changes in the way the club is run.

The Igbo Youths Movement, IYM, has lamented that Fulani herdsmen have killed 710 other Nigerians excluding the 48 Agatu people in Benue State in the last 10 months without the Federal Government addressing the issue.

NIGERIAN football recorded another plus yesterday when the League Management Company of Nigeria (LMC) and their Spanish counterparts La Liga signed a five year collaborative agreement.

Embattled former Finance Minister, Senator Esther Nenadi Usman, has returned N140 million out of the N2.5 billion she allegedly received from the office of the former National Security Adviser ahead of the 2015 Presidential elections.

About 26 children, from Benin Republic and other West African countries, rescued from the streets of Lagos, have been reunited with their families by Lagos State Government within the last 11 months.

Delta State chapter of Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas, HOSTCOM, yesterday, besieged the state House of Assembly complex, Asaba, protesting the 2016 budget of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, alledging the non-accountability of N16 billion in the 2015 budget of the commission.

ANAMBRA State government has taken delivery of 76 solar powered refrigerators worth N174.8 million donated to the state by the European Union, EU, for storage of drugs in some rural communities in the state.

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State, has alleged that some All Progressives Congress, APC, politicians of Ogoni extraction were planning to use military helicopters to bomb some parts of Ogoni communities suspected to be base for those perceived to be opposed to their political ambitions.

An Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court, yesterday, remanded a mechanic, Opeloyeru Yusuf, in Kirikiri Prison for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s 11-year-old daughter.

An Omu-Aran Upper Area Court in Kwara State, yesterday, granted N1 million bail to three accused charged with theft of N8.8 million cooperative funds.