In his remark, Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Alhaji Abdullazeez Babatunde Mohammed, said the state Land Charge Bill was an executive bill which passed through three readings and that a public hearing was also conducted before it was put in place, adding that it was brought to the House will the aim of ensuring prudent use of land resource in the state.

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has redeployed some of its Comptrollers in a bid to meet the challenges of the Service in terms trade facilitation and revenue target handed to it by the federalgovernment.

NEWLY appointed Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Mr. Temisan Omatseye, has said that his administration will transform the Nigerian maritime sector into a force to be reckoned with amongst the comity of maritime nations.

As a means of subverting the Cabotage Act meant to protect the nation’s coastal trade, foreign shipowners bringing in petroleum products into the country have resorted to anchoring outside the country’s waters to prevent enforcement of the law.

A cargo scanner installed by Global Scansysystems Ltd and valued at over 5 million dollars (N750 million) has been under_utilised at the Calabar port, the Chief Executive Officer of the firm, Mr Fred Udechukwu has said.

Olam Nigeria Ltd., said its foray into rice farming was to help propel the country to become one of the leading rice producing and exporting nations.

“In Nigeria, infrastructure is a major challenge, once we have infrastructure, this country will grow and a lot of companies will spring up. In this country, if you provide quality service, Nigerians will pay, no matter how much, Nigerians are ready to pay”

Nigerian Breweries PLC has declared a Profit Before Tax (PBT) of N24.6 billion for the half year ended June 30, 2009. This represents a 35.8 per cent increase over 18.1 billion PBT declared for the same period in 2008.

“The NMA views the issue of personal utility vehicle allocation as a kind gesture from a politician who wants to go the extra mile to do the extra ordinary to revamp and galvanize the decaying health sector thus distinguishing himself among his peers.

She said that in spite of fears that the main militant leaders may not embrace the amnesty offer, “I cannot tell you if those we are talking to are MEND. But we are talking to some of the very big-time militants. We are reaching out to them and they are reaching out to me. I have spoken to some of them personally.

Conferring the Chieftai-ncy title on the 30 deserving indigenes of the Kingdom, the monarch charged traditional chieftaincy title holders across the country to live above board and be good ambassadors of their respective kingdoms.

Rising from its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at Agbor, Delta State, the Association, in a communiqué jointly signed by its Chairman, Dr. Akpufuoma Pemu and Secretary Dr. H.C. Okwuokenye, said, “the oil and gas bill that is causing disaffection in the nation right now should be critically looked at by the National Assembly and take cogni-zance of the people of the Niger Delta who bear the lingering harmful conseque-nces of oil exploration activities.”

Never in his wildest imagination did Sunday Fesonu bargained for the event that erupted two weeks ago, as he set out from his Ipokia residence in Ogun state, for the petrol station he worked as a fuel attendant.

After the fourth excretion and there was no drug in their faeces, the self acclaimed systems engineer went mad with NDLEA officials, saying that he was wrongly detained. However, the shocker came moments afterwards when Uche started excreting wraps of the substance at the fifth trial, which was the second day in detention.

Speaking during the official signing of the agreement, Kanu, Coordinator of the KHF, said the partnership arrangement had been in incubating for over year but got a break through in May 2009 in England when both parties finally agreed to collaborate in a partnership arrangement where 50 heart patients from the stable of the KHF will receive free open heart surgery every year in the Salam Center for Cardiac Surgery, at the Blue Nile area of Khartoum, Sudan.