While several young Nigerians are busy complaining their country has not done anything for them, 35- year- old US- based Nigerian born researcher, Yemi Adesokan, has put his country’s name on the map of nations of innovation.

Civil Society watchdog in the nation’s extractive industry, Publish What You Pay (PWYP), has called on the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) to explain to Nigerians what has become of the over N5 billion of public funds lodged in some of the liquidated commercial banks.

Utilisation of modern diagnostic tools and equipment to transform and improve the face of medical care in the country has again taken the forefront as Joffin Scientific Instruments Nig. Ltd and Germany’s Human GMbH – a leading global manufacturer of cutting-edge diagnostic equipment – are partnering to market latest models and range of diagnostic equipment and reagents to aid effective and reliable results from Nigerian hospitals and laboratories.

OWERRI-Imo State Government said Monday that a brand new power plant, a fertilizer factory and massive construction of new roads will soon commence in the state.

The UK housing market remained subdued during August, as economic uncertainty and lack of mortgage finance impacted on the level of property sales, says the latest RICS UK Housing Market survey.

No fewer than 200 property owners in Liberty estate in Ago, Okota area of Isolo Oshodi Local Community Development Council have appealed to Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola to halt the wanton demolition of their structures and illegal extortion of money by agents of Ministry of Lands and Survey and the Lagos State Building and Investment Corporation LBIC, under the guise of generating revenue for the government.

IKEJA-As schools across the country resumed, Monday, for the new academic session, Lagos State Government has directed school administrators to comply with government’s prescribed safety standards and obtain the necessary certification or face sanction.

The Director General, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Dr. Peter Hartmann, has said that value addition to crops like Cassava require more attention than ever before to transform Nigeria’s agricultural sector.

The Federal government has given the new management of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, FERMA, a three-week ultimatum to come out with a blue print on road maintenance in the country.

The first private aviation college in the country, Ilorin International Aviation College, has formerly got its commercial pilot training certificate from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).

AWKA-GOVERNOR Peter Obi Monday in Awka decried the indiscriminate use of siren in Anambra State, saying that government would strictly enforce the law.

One way of making flower beds more attractive and interesting is to ensure their regular maintenance. The best time to clean your flower bed is in the early spring, before flowers are planted and begin growing.

The recent bombing of the United Nation’s building in Abuja did not only expose the ill-preparedness of the Nigerian government for such emergency, but showed the low capacity of Nigeria as a nation to manage cases at the National Hospital, Abuja.

Determined to actualise the social housing scheme for the less privileged in the society, the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Ms. Amal Pepple has ordered the management of Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, FMBN, to explore ways of providing houses for the generality of Nigerians as a social scheme.

Yenagoa- Barely 48 hours after the official flag off of sales by Governor Timipre Sylva, Bayelsa State Plastic Industry, weekend, sold its first consignment of Polyvinyl chloride, PVC, pipes valued at over N5 million.