Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, yesterday, condemned and demanded the immediate and unconditional release of 14 oil workers recently kidnapped while returning from Egbema-Ohaji field, to Port Harcourt, Rivers State, by kidnappers.

Speculations of possible increase in price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, otherwise known as petrol, may not be considered mere, as the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, Thursday, warned of threat to product availability in the country, as it is gripped with series of challenges confronting the petroleum sector.

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the postponement of the Edo State governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as a very bad signal and beginning of the end for democracy in Nigeria, adding that; “it is obvious that the All Progressives Congress (APC) feared that it can’t win the election and is ready to employ whatever crude means to subvert the wish of the people.”

No fewer than 45 staff of College of Education, COE, Agbor, Delta State, whose names were allegedly removed from the Delta State central payroll in May 2013, have appealed to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to come to their aid by restoring their names to the state government’s central payroll.

ASSOCIATION of Local Governments of Nigeria, ALGON, Delta State chapter has told local government councils in the state to look inwards in overcoming the current economic quagmire, saying that they could no longer continue to depend on allocations from the Federation Account for survival.