The family of an NYSC member in Benin City is mourning after suspected assassins shot her dead as she and her siblings prepared for their father's remembrance.

Three staff of Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, were, yesterday, at Uzere, Isoko South Local Council Area of Delta State, kidnapped, just as the community is demanding N150million from the oil giant.

So much has been written and said about the decision of the Kano State Government to centralise the purchase and distribution of official vehicles to district heads.

The Oyo State Police Command yesterday declared that there is no going back in the investigation into the murder of one Mrs Olabisi Ojetunde, a loyalist of the late Ibadan strong man, Chief Lamidi Adedibu.

Financial crisis rocking the Nigerian Red Cross Society took a new turn over the weekend, as the Central Council Executive Committee (CCEC) of the body sacked the organisation's Secretary-General, Mr Abiodun Orebiyi, and four other officials.

An array of posh cars plying major roads in Ado Ekiti, capital of Ekiti State, has now turned the state into an armed robbers' den.

The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested a pastor of a Port Harcourt based Pentecostal church and two others for their alleged involvement in the eight day abduction of little Collins, son of an accountant with state Treasury office of

Detectives have established that the two suspects arrested in connection with 600 electronic detonators had attempted to acquire another batch from a military officer a month ago.

The Delta State police command yesterday said that two workers of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) abducted weekend at Uzere, have been released through their (police) effort.

The management of the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) has angrily reacted to media reports over claims of financial mismanagement at the institution, despite the team's public scrutiny.

The House of Representatives has said it is prepared to co-operate with anti-corruption agencies in unraveling the truth behind the series of allegations rocking the lower chamber of the National Assembly.

Despite the recent allegation of fraud leveled against the leadership of the House of Representatives in the purchase of 380 cars from Peugeot Automobile Nigeria (PAN) for its members, the Chief Whip of the House, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, has said

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has stated that laws or anti-corruption agencies cannot tame corruption.

FOURTEEN suspected opposition political party cadres have been arrested in Lusaka's Mandevu and Chipata townships after they rioted as MMD candidate, Rupiah Banda was leading in the presidential race on Saturday night.

House of Representatives at the weekend directed all persons aggrieved by the purchases of the controversial 380 units of cars for its members and other related issues to direct their complaints to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and

Dr Nosa Anabesenu, the Chief Executive Officer, African Women Empowerment Guild, was driving home that Friday night.

The Federal Government has vowed to deal ruthlessly with anyone or group of people caught in the act of kidnapping innocent citizens in the country.

If literary work to continue to have the pride of place in the country, the Federal Government must find a lasting solution to the rising cases of piracy.

Kaduna State Zonal Office of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has cleared the state of drug hawkers.

The Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) East Africa International Business Forum has called for measures to curb illicit trade which is undermining establishment of a single East Africa market.