Nestled in the the forest in the rustic town of Ada, Osun State, is a resort that is promoting golf as a niche tourism product that can help the state showcase its other tourism attractions as well attract more tourists.

LAST week, I praisedEsther Salami, a beautician who displayed remarkable integrity by telling me that I had accidentally overpaid her by N1000.

Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, erstwhile Governor of the defunct Gongola State, member of the Board of Trustees of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Chairman of African Peer Review Mechanism, Africa Business Roundtable is a top flight businessman who came to national attention as the General Manger of the Nigerian Ports Authority in the mid seventies.
Now one of the leading candidates for the office of the national chairman of the PDP, Tukur in an interview he speaks on recent national issues including the formation of the federal cabinet and the solution to the job crisis.

AS a matter of priority, the President must encourage the diversification of Nigeria’s economy. It is the only viable way to survive the current environment of global economic uncertainty. It is crucial that President Goodluck Jonathan and his economic team do not believe, like most Nigerians, that oil provides an endless source of revenue.

Rivers State Commissioner of Finance, Dr. Chamberlain Peterside, has proposed a reform in the public finances of the state to allow for modernisation of the public accounting system in line with global best practices.

The Benue State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal,yesterday, granted Governor Gabriel Suswam and the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, an extension of time to regularise their replies to the petition filed by Prof. Steven Ugbah of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, challenging the victory of the former in the last governorship election in April.

Executive Secretary of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons, NAPTIP, Mr. Simon Egede, yesterday, stressed the need for the strengthening of the agency to ensure effective realisation of its mandate of combating human trafficking in the country.

Edo sons and daughters resident in Abuja, under the auspices of Edo Social Cultural Group, yesterday urged President Goodluck Jonathan to prevail on the election petition tribunal sitting in the state to steer clear of partisan politics concerning cases brought before it.

THE people of Ibeno Local Government in Akwa Ibom State, mostly those of the four Communities recently ravaged by flood, are still recounting their pains and losses more than two weeks after the flood sacked them from their homes.

The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Allison-Madueke, has stressed the need for the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) to fast-track its research activities in the petroleum industry.

Mr Edem Duke, the Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, says the Nigerian Cultural House in Brazil will become a benchmark to promote cultural diplomacy and tourism. Duke made the remark when the Nigerian Ambassador to Brazil, Mr Vincent Okoedion, paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Abuja.

Nigeria has been ranked as 45th in the world in terms of gross domestic product (GDP). This was disclosed last Tuesday at Abuja by Dr Dahiru Sanni of the Kaduna Business School in a speech delivered at the opening ceremony of the 2nd General Assembly of the Association of African Public Service Commissions (AAPSComs).

The Management of the Onne Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service generated over N34.996billion for the first half of the year January – June 2011, surpassing last year’s collection by over N10billion. The Command also recorded 43 cases of seizure, 76 detention and 5 arrests during the period.

The Federal Government of Nigeria has been called upon to undertake a decentralised electricity generation programme, tapping from renewable energy sources and other conventional sources.

IF governance is all about tackling and surmounting daunting challenges on entirely sacrificial note with huge results, you will need the likes of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and David Ben-Gurion. Those beautiful ones are not yet born in Nigeria.