Governor Ibrahim Shema of Katsina State has commended President Umaru Yar’Adua over the award of contracts for various Federal roads across the country, particularly, the N2.3 billion contract for the construction of Daura Bridge and rehabilitation of Kano-Kazaure-Daura-Katsina road.

A Bill for an Act to Provide for the repeal of the Nigerian Press Council Act, 1992, and establish the Nigerian Press and Practice of Journalism Council, to provide high profession standards for the Nigerian Press and deal with complaints emanating from members of the public about the conduct of journalists and media houses in their professional capacity, or complaints emanating from the press about the conduct of persons, organisations or institutions of government towards the press and for other matters connected therein.

The House of Representatives Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation, yesterday declared the 90 per cent privatisation of the Federal Superphosphate Fertiliser Company Limited, Kaduna, by the Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE) illegal.

Adokiye says he has licences, he has documents, now he has people who have come out to say “we have more. We will testify”The former commissioner for justice laughed at a suggestion by Taiwo Ogunjobi, one that says this team will be our next U- 20(?) our Under-20 at age 40?, he asked. He wants the sports, education and youths ministries to come together and evolve an enduring system that will guarantee the evolution of our youth. He wants more.

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has said that the three Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Commissioners, who resigned from his cabinet were victims of what he described as a “cross fire” between him and the former Chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih.

The Enugu State Government, yesterday, disclosed that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Chinese firm on cement production.

The crisis rocking the Bayelsa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took a new twist weekend as the country home of the chairman, Chief Rufus Abadi, at Otuan community in the Southern Ijaw local government area of the state was attacked by unknown gunmen.

NIGERIA Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, has said that as at the end of 2008, the Financial condition of banks in the country were generally satisfactory.

EDITORS of various media organisations across the country, who are presently in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory have called for the withdrawal of the new Press Council Bill, expected to be tabled for debate on the floor of the House of Representatives today.

At least one person has been shot dead and the palace of the Odion’Ologbo of Oleh in Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State, HRH Ovrawa Omogha I, razed, following the alleged involvement of one of the sons of the monarch in the vandalization of one the old transformers in Emiye Road in the kingdom.