Yenagoa – Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, has signed the revised 2012 budget of N238 billion into law. At a brief ceremony at Government House, Yenagoa, Dickson, said the new budget will make way for massive construction work in the various sectors of the state.

TWENTY Four primary schools in Lagos square up in this year’s Channels Kids Cup Football (Under 13) tournament which begins next Monday at the Legacy Pitch of the National Stadium, Surulere.

Abuja—Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, has attributed the slow pace of work on the East-West Road, transversing the Niger Delta region, to poor releases of funds to the Ministry for the project, which he said will be completed by December 2014.

BENIN – EDO State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on security agencies in the state to investigate the alleged looting of council funds and property by transition chairmen, following their sack by a state High Court sitting in Ekpoma.

ABA – Lawyers in Aba, Abia State, yesterday, called for the transfer of Justice Theresa Uzokwe for treating them with levity. Not even the intervention of the Acting Chief Judge, Justice Shedrack Nwanosike, could stop the lawyers’ protest.

Barely 24 hours that President Goodluck Jonathan set up an agricultural transformation implementation council charged with the responsibility of creating additional 20 million metric tons of food into the nation’s domestic food supply by the year 2015, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State Tuesday, led the federal delegation to the official kick off of rice processing factory.

AKURE—Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has revealed that his resignation as Minister of Housing in the former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration without a specific political party to contest the governorship of Ondo State was borne out of his determination to make a difference in the lives of the people of the state.

OSOGBO – GOVERNOR Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to tow the path of honour by immediately reinstating the suspended President of the Appeal Court, Justice Ayo Salami.

SHAREHOLDERS of Fidelity Bank Plc are to receive dividend of N4.05 billion for the bank’s operating year ended December 31, 2012. The dividend, which translates to 14 kobo per share, was approved at the 24th annual general meeting of the bank held in Lagos, yesterday.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Wednesday called for the revival of the nation’s textile industries to boost job creation and expansion of the economy.

Delta state commissioner for Agriculture, Barrister Misan Ukubeyinje, has said that agriculture is central to the administration of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, but noted that lack of accurate data on farmers in the state was a major challenge.

Super Eagles’ Head Coach, Stephen Keshi yesterday named Skipper Joseph Yobo and 10 other overseas-based professionals for the three 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2013 African Cup of Nations qualifying matches coming up next month.

Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris who confirmed that the government is tired of strikes in an interview with Sola Ogundipe & Chioma Obinna, in this concluding part of the interview said the sacking of 788 striking doctors was a difficult decision for the government but was taken in the overall interest of the health sector.

The Founder/President, Asabe Shehu Yar’Adua Foundation, Mrs. Asabe Yar’Adua has called on all aggrieved families to sheathe their swords and return to path of peace, dialogue and conviviality as violence destroys the vital essence of the family.

The Federal, Lagos and Ogun State Governments have requested Cement Manufacturers Association (CMAN) to further bring down the prices of cement in the market if they are to key into the use of concrete pavements technology being canvassed by the Association for the construction of road projects in the country instead of using asphalt.