UMUAHIA – GOVERNOR Theodore Orji of Abia State has presented before the State House of Assembly the 2012 budget of N122.4 billion, christened “Budget of Transformation”, which he said would stimulate economic growth and development of the state.

The dust on the recent stampede caused by hoodlums who invaded Onifade street in the densely populated Mushin area of Lagos, two weeks ago, seem to have settled as residents tend to be coming out of the shock. But to 51 year-old Kuburat Obidare, the incident would forever remain indelible in her memory as it left in its wake, the death of her daughter, Fatimoh Abiola.

Governor Aliyu Wamakko’s aspiration for a second term ticket on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has not been an easy ride. At least, so it seemed on paper until the day of battle last Saturday.

It was a near full camp yesterday evening at the Super Eagles camp in Abuja as the number of invited players who reported hit 27.

GOVERNOR Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has presented a budget proposal of N160.6 billion to the legislative arm of the state.

Despite the vast number of certified professionals in almost every aspect of Information Technology services in the country, the President of the Nigerian Computer Society, (NCS), Mr. Demola Aladekomo has that Nigeria is seen and is still largely a consumer nation in the IT world.

Following heavy traffic that has continued on Lekki-Epe Expressway since the commencement of tolling last Sunday, Lekki Concession Company, LCC, the concessionaire, yesterday, said use of electronic payment, e-tag, will go a long way to ensure free flow of traffic along the axis.

Guinness Nigeria Plc has commissioned the water of life project in Enugu State. The Head of Responsibility, Guinness, Mrs. Adrianne Nwagwu said the building of Water of Life Project was an integral part of the company’s corporate citizenship agenda.

GOVERNORSHIP aspirant of Peoples Democratic Party, PDD, in Edo State, Mr Kenneth Imasuagbon, yesterday, faulted the allegation by Governor Adams Oshiomhole that the PDP had perfected plans to rig the forthcoming July 14, 2012 governorship election in the state.

The Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, of Ekiti State Government has been jerked up by some 500 per cent, as the state now realises about N600 million monthly.

ENOCH Powell argued in his Common Market: Renegotiate or Come Out (1973) that Britain must renegotiate the then European Common Market or pull out. Recently, Britain dared Ghana and Uganda for standing up as humans and defending civilisation against homosexuality and same-sex marriage, the latter coinage only known to this very decadent age since Adam.

A LOT of heat with little or no light has been generated by the gay rights bill before the National Assembly. The general impression if one is to go by media reports is that most Nigerians are against same sex relations to say nothing of same sex marriage.

Committee of e-Banking Industry Heads in Nigeria (CeBIH) has called on Nigerians to support the cashless policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

Inspector- General of Police Hafiz Ringim has directed Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP, Alhaji Yakubu Alkali, and other CPs to submit operational guidelines for the security of their areas of jurisdiction during the Christmas and New Year celebrations.

This is an appeal to our private sector to have a rethink and patronise local software, it is the only real way to grow local expertise in ICT. Even if our governments set up countless technology incubation centres that churn out ICT products and patents by the thousands, if there is no market for them, the effort would have been wasted. Let’s think, talk, walk, and work Nigerian, all the time.