Senator Phillip Aduda has pledged to work towards frustrating the passage of any bill that would encourage same sex marriage in the country.

The sleepy town of Otukpo, Benue State came alive Monday as a massive 150 local and international professional golfers take to the tee at the new All –Green Pro-Am course all thanks to the Senate President David Mark.

Action Congress of Nigeria, CAN, has rejected plans by the Federal Government to remove petroleum subsidy, warning that it would have far-reaching consequences not only to the sustainability of Nigeria’s democracy but the continued existence of the nation as a unified entity.

A FISCAL bind on the states: The SWF could not have come at a more inopportune time. Just as the federal government seeks to keep funds from the states and local government, it passes legislation asking states to satisfy unfunded mandates such as the new minimum wage.

ABUJA- Notwithstanding the alert issued by the United States to its citizens in Abuja to stay off some top rate hotels in Abuja following intelligence reports that the hotels might be attacked by the Islamic terrorist group, Boko Haram, activities continued in the usual manner at the hotels, Monday.

YENAGOA – Leaving the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is not an option for Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State, Vanguard gathered, Monday, just as the ongoing battle for political supremacy formally relocated from Abuja to Bayelsa State.

For prospective home owners in Lagos and other states of the federation, access to land will continue to remain a big problem. This is because the state government which is the custodian of state land sees it as an asset through which to make money without an input to it, hence it claims ownership of land all over the state.

LAGOS-Minister of Works, Mr. Mike Onolememen, Monday, explained the rationale behind Federal Government’s introduction of toll gates on the country’s major highways, noting that bad roads will be exempted from the exercise.

TO say that deregulation of the downstream petroleum sector is the rave of the moment in Nigeria will be an understatement, as analysts continue to argue back and forth on the merits and demerits of the policy.

AGainst the backdrop of vast opportunities that could be tapped from the enforcement of the compulsory insurance of public buildings which the federal government is spearheading, members of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) and the Nigerian Insurance Association (NIA) are partnering to ensure the successful enforcement of the law

Dr. Conrad Murray, the physician charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson, has been found guilty by a jury of seven men and five women in Los Angeles. Murray pleaded not guilty to the charges and faces up to four years in prison and the loss of his medical license.

Executive Committee members of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), have reacted angrily to news making the rounds that it forged a FIFA letter and therefore should be committed to prison for the offence.

THE Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom State Mr. Nsima Ekere and Directors of Highways in the Federal Ministry of Works have ranked Julius Berger Nigeria Plc and Setraco Construction Company high on quality of roads as well as prompt delivery of jobs given to them.

Abductors of Parish Priest of Onitsha-Enugu Ezike in Igboeze-North, Rev Fr Chijioke Amoke, have threatened to kill him if a ransom of N10 million is not paid by Nsukka Catholic Dioceses.

A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Bayelsa State, Mr. Gbalipre Tytus, has thrown his weight behind Governor Timipre Sylva’s second term bid in office.