ABUJA— Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, yesterday said he had passed the stage where he can be intimidated.

An official of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, was killed when suspected kidnappers abducted the wife and child of a reporter with the Voice of America, VOA, in Kaduna State, yesterday.

BENIN—EDO State chapter of  Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has  disagreed  with the statement by Edo State Government on the rising cases of human trafficking of the state indigenes to Libya.

AS Nigerians especially public sector workers in Nigeria eagerly look ahead to September, where a new national minimum wage is expected to be announced, former President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and immediate past governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has warned that wages alone cannot transform into a decent life.

Henry Okah, leader the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, has accused the South African government of maltreating him.

ABUJA—Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, yesterday, granted the former Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mr. Andrew Yakubu, leave to travel abroad for medical treatment.

The case has been made for the establishment of a Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) bank to facilitate long-term financing of micro-businesses in Nigeria.

THE Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu on Wednesday told the House of Representatives panel investigating missing monies in Nigeria Intelligence Agency, NIA, that the outstanding of $202 million from the $289 million would soon be recovered. 

YOLA—Adamawa State Chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has confirmed the killing of its Publicity Secretary, Sam Zadok, by gunmen in the state.

YESTERDAY, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, rounded up activities marking its 40 years anniversary celebrations.