BENIN—A 44-year woman, identified as Mrs. Rita Aiwelera, has been abducted at Igun Owina quarters, Ugbowo, near Benin in Edo State, Sunday, at about 7.45p.m. by unknown gunmen. Vanguard learned that Mrs. Aiwelera, who is said to be nurse at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH, Benin, was whisked away by the gunmen in the presence of her children and was forced into a Toyota Highlander car.

THE Minister for Communications, Barr. Abdur-Adebayo Shittu says Nigeria currently requires more satellites to enable the ComSat-1R offer better serves to Nigeria in the areas of telecommunications services and broadband penetration.

THE Federal government has said plans to move the Information and Communications sector forward has been perfected and ready to be rolled out. The plans are contained in the Communications sector road map and the e-government master plan, which the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu just revealed, was ready for implementation.

A LOT has been said about the recent fuel price increase but not enough of this has taken into account the social palliatives accompanying it now that the budget has been passed and funds will be released.

IKOT-EKPENE/OBOT AKARA—A family of six returning from a visit to their son’s school was Sunday crushed to death by a truck with Dangote Cement inscription in Akwa Ibom State, but the management of Dangote has allegedly denied knowledge of the said vehicle belonging to its fleet.