The General Superintendent of the Deeper Bible Life Church, Pastor William Kumuyi has called on the political class to lessen the cost of running government as a way of delivery better life to the populace.

Ordinarily, the worlds of a medical doctor, brick layer and an Okada rider, particularly in Nigeria, are poles apart. If anything, it is the Okada rider and the bricklayer that should be sharing fences, the medical doctor is way out of their league.

The federal government has tasked contractors handling various housing and road projects across the country to speed up work so as to ensure timely completion and delivery of the projects.

Savings promotion is increasingly becoming a regular feature in the banking industry. All the major banks with few exceptions have conducted savings promotions in the last two years. First Bank, Intercontinental Bank, Union Bank, Diamond Bank, and Fidelity Bank are currently conducting saving promotions.

The Lagos State House of Assembly has held a public hearing to herald a bill aimed at regulating mortgage practice in the state.
In his welcome address, Chairman, House Committee on Finance, Hon. Adeola Olamilekan, said that when passed into law, the bill will encourage the growth of mortgages in property, regulate various aspects of consumers loans for acquisition of property and realisation of securities and other connected matters.

A member of the Gulder Ultimate Search 6 team, Elvis Abogun, has been appointed Youth Ambassador by the Governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko. The new ambassador was also awarded scholarship to the master’s degree level in any university of his choice.

Bus-stop parliamentarians are as incensed about the recent murder of The Guardian newspapers journalist, Mr Bayo Ohu, as majority of the larger population. In fact, most parliamentarians could not help but express outrage over the sad development during an impromptu gathering at the Isolo Bus-stop in Lagos.

The National Agricultural Foundation of Nigeria (NAFN) has decried the decline in Nigeria’s agricultural sector, saying the country spends $2.8 billion annually on importation of foods. Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu, Chairman, Board of Trustees of the foundation, made this known on Friday in Abuja at a news conference on preparations for the 2009 National Agricultural Show and this year’’s World Food Day.The 3rd National Agricultural Show with the theme,

Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC) has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Ughelli South local government council chairmanship election, Mr. Dennis Djoma, winner of the last Saturday polls.

DEATH has further depleted the ranks of the journalism profession with the death, yesterday, of the former General Manager of Sketch Press Limited, Mr. Peter Ajayi, at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. He was aged 73.