Fast rising music act, Tino Tipsy recently shocked his fans when he turned down a mouth watery N50 million deal and a Range Rover sport automobile from a record label that has kept tab on the star’s success since his debut on the Nigeria music scene.

JIGAWA State was carved out from the Kano State on August 27, 1991 by the administration of former Head of State, General Ibrahim Babaginda.

Hearing resumed yesterday in the suit filed before the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Owerri, by Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, against the declaration of Chief Rochas Okorocha as governor of Imo State.

ONITSHA South Local Council Area Stakeholders Forum of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has exonerated itself from the call by a group led by Special Adviser to Governor Peter Obi on Markets and Parks, Chief Nwobu Alor, for the resignation of Chief Victor Umeh as the National Chairman of the party.

It appears as if the present Federal Government takes measurable delight in heightening the tension of the nation at the crucial time. At the time many Nigerians are expecting the National Assembly to be flooded with bills to create employment through infrastructural developments; the nation is being treated to a game of football with a no score result being celebrated by teams which lack creative strikers.

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to commemorate this year’s Global Hand Washing Day, today, Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, has said that simple act of hand washing with soap and water will save 3.5 million children, who die of diarrhea and acute respiratory infections globally.

Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria, STOAN, yesterday, hailed the Federal Government’s action to reduce the number of its agencies operating at the nation’s seaports.

Following efforts targeted towards facilitating construction of strong and durable welded steel pipes for structures in the country, the Nigeria Gas and Steel Limited (NGSL) has invested a whopping $5 million (N750 million) into the production of a locally-produced large diameter steel pipes in Nigeria.

UNLIKE her predecessor, whose appointment was praised in most quarters, Mrs. Farida Waziri’s emergence as the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, drew mixed feelings.

TRADE Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, yesterday, in Lagos, told a team of visiting labour leaders from China to prevail on Chinese companies in the country to respect Nigerian laws and workers’ rights.