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Yenagoa – Gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, have abducted Mrs Tina Inegbagha, wife of Paramount ruler in Ayakoro Community in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa, and Mr Egele Jack, the Principal of Government Craft Development Centre, Ayakoro. Mr Majesty Inegbagha, a member of the monarch’s family, who confirmed the development in Yenagoa on Tuesday, said that the incident took place on Dec. 16. According to him, the second victim of the abduction, Jack, hails from Ekeremor Local Government Area of the state. Speaking at his palace on return from his trip, the Paramount Ruler, Righteous Inegbagha, appealed to the state government and security agencies to assist to ensure that his wife and the Principal were unconditionally released. He also appealed to the kidnappers to set his wife free and prayed for her safe return. The monarch said that from witnesses accounts, the gunmen who numbered more than seven, came with a twin engine speed boat, three were armed with AK 47 ...

THE Federal Government has pointed to massive investment in technology for development of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, market in Nigeria. Putting current utilization level in Nigeria at nine percent, it says LPG, otherwise known as cooking gas, can make serious inroad in the society with adequate technology investments through the value chain. It also canvassed for investment in support services to discourage the flooded illegal activities in the retail segment of the LPG market. While speaking on the way forward to unlock the potentials in the LPG market at the 7th Annual LPG Conference and Exhibition, held in Lagos, the Programme Manager, National LPG Expansion Implementation Plan (Office of the Vice-President), Dayo Adeshina, stated that the sector was in need of potential development in technology to unlock the gas sector of the country’s economy. He stated: “Another development needed to unlock the LPG potentials is technology which is going to play a big part in the sector ...