Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has assured business community and investors in the state of his government’s determination to consolidate and harmonise tax administration aimed at addressing multiplicity of taxes.

AS part of moves to address the influx of fake products into the country, the Federal Government disclosed weekend that arrangements had been concluded for the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Chinese manufacturers on the standardization of goods produced in China.

To ensure a hitch-free compilation of fresh voters’ list in Lagos, the state Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Dr. Adekunle Ogunmola, has said that 8,465 Direct Date Capture machines are needed for the exercise.

Nigeria’s Super Falcons re-claimed the African Women’s Champion-ship with a 4-2 victory over Equatorial Guinea Sunday at the Sinama Stadium on the outskirts of Johannesburg.

GOVERNOR Theodore Orji of Abia State has condemned last weekend’s bombing of the Bayelsa home of Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Mr. Timi Alaibe.

GOV-ERNOR Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has warned that if the much talked about electoral reforms failed to come into fruition before the 2011 general elections, Nigerians would mobilise to resist any attempt to rig the elections by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Director of Customs, Immigration, Prisons Pensions Office, CIPPO, Mr Abdulrasheed Maina, yesterday, said three committees had been set up to address the issue of surcharged pensions for paramilitary retirees since 1976.

Wife of Bayelsa State governor, Mrs. Alanyingi Sylva, weekend, advocated the inclusion of vaccination against pneumonia in the National Immunization Programme, NIP, in order to achieve a reduction in the number of deaths resulting from pneumonia in children under the age of five

The ethics committee of the world soccer’s governing body, FIFA will today begin a three-day hearing to determine whether two voters and at least two candidates should be barred from the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding contests for alleged corruption.

Cautious optimism have greeted the valuation criteria issued by Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) last week for purchasing bad debts from banks as industry experts said that translating words in to action is the litmus test the company must pass to gain market confidence and unlock the flow of credit into the economy.