By Tony Edike ENUGU—THE police in Enugu has arrested a five-man  kidnap gang that specialized in kidnapping prominent businessmen and personalities in the South East states. Also recovered from them by the police were two AK47 riffles and one Barreta pistol. Members of the gang were intercepted at a police check point manned by  the […]

THE face-off between Governor Olugbenga Daniel of Ogun State and members of the House of Assembly yesterday claimed its first casualty as the Governor yesterday ordered the redeployment of his Special Adviser on Legislative matters, Mr. Sesan Lawal. He was immediately replaced with another former member of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Mr. Sina Aroyeun who was until yesterday Special Adviser in the Bureau of Employment Generation.

By Isiaka Oyibo Kogi LOKOJA—THE police,yesterday, shot dead one member and arrested several others who belong to the kidnap gang that earlier abducted a 3-year-old boy in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital.

The legal battle between Ekiti State Governor, Engr Segun Oni and his arch political rival, Dr Kayode Fayemi of the Action Congress (AC) over the May, 2009 governorship re-run election has snowballed into a new dimension, as the governor yesterday personally appeared in the court to sign his statement on oath, just as he filed a cross appeal challenging the scores recorded by Fayemi in Ado Local Government during the April 14, 2007 governorship election.

By Tony Edike ENUGU—THE defunct Eastern Nigeria House of Assembly in Enugu is to be renovated as part of plans by Enugu State Government to immortalize members of the assembly during the Centenary celebration of Enugu City, slated for December this year.