Chairman, Delta State House of Assembly Committee on Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commi-ssion, DESOPADEC, Mr. Friday Osanebi, has said that the state lawmakers will support the commission in achieving its objectives.

MESSRS Eksiogulari Construction (Nig.) Ltd, the firm handling the construction of Kaduna Eastern By-Pass: has been given up to November 30 this year as an ultimatum to complete work on the 16- kilometre expressway between Kakau village and Kachia Road, Zaria.

LONG before now, residents of Ijara-Isin, in Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State have suffered untold hardship over lack or near absence of potable water in the town. So when the British Rican Tobacco Nigeria Foundation offered to assist the state government in the area of provision of water, Ijara Isin was promptly submitted for the project.

Speakers at a one day youth empowerment programme initiative organised by Healing Heart Foundation in Lagos with the theme, “I’d rather be the boss”, have advised Nigerian youths to imbibe the culture of getting vocational training, in addition to their course of studies in order to reduce the rate of unemployment in the country.

THE Independent Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) is canvassing for a gradual but phased removal of oil subsidy rather than outright removal as been proposed by the Federal Government. The IPMAN Chairman in Akwa Ibom, Mr Victor Etefia disclosed the association’s position in an interview in Uyo on Sunday. Etefia said that gradual withdrawal would help to cushion the effect of the removal when eventually it was removed.