Taraba State Government is to construct four kilometres of roads in each of the 16 local government area headquarters in the state.

The Nigeria Police, weekend, said it had concluded plans to create a data base for all vehicles, motorcycles and tricycles in the country with a view to checkmating criminal activities being perpetrated with such and also to facilitate easy apprehension of their users.

OWERRI – Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has ordered dismissal of officials of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, in Ehime Mbano local council area of the state for resisting deployment to his fourth-tier of government.

New study presented at the World Congress of Cardiology organized by the World Heart Federation has revealed that exercise may help smokers to quit and remain smokefree. Moreover, exercise increases life expectancy in smokers and non-smokers alike.

The Northern States Christians Elders’ Forum, NOSCEF, weekend, accused some Northern Muslim elders of shielding Muslim terrorists and their sponsors.

A Lagos High Court has dismissed an application by Bi-Courtney Limited, seeking for an extension of time, within which to comply with the payment of a N721 million judgment sum in favour of Aso Savings and Loans Plc.

Honeywell Automation and Control Solution West Africa Limited, the Nigerian affiliate of Honeywell International Inc, has appealed against a Federal High Court, Lagos, order which restrained it from using Honeywell as part of its company name.

ABUJA – Federal Government, weekend, said it will soon roll out requirements for the award of chieftaincy titles by traditional rulers. It also unveiled the logo, Do it right – Transform Nigeria, with a view to instill honesty and integrity in Nigerians.

Efficient and reliable tax system will assist government in realizing its transformation agenda in key sectors of the economy, said the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN).

WHEN Governor Raji Fashola made a pledge to review his government’s activities every one hundred days at the beginning of his first term in 2007, few would have believed him. Even then, few would have believed the achievements the Governor has set in his more than 1,800 days in office.

ABUJA – Health Management Organisation, ProHealth, HMO, a subsidiary of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, has announced its resolve to provide quality health care services to Nigerians.

GOVERNOR Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State weekend assured the people of the state of better days ahead as he received the reports of the discovery of gold in its primary form in the state, even as state would spend N300 million on the construction of Hydro Power Station at Ikeji-Ile in Oriade Local Government Area of the state.

Inadequate funding has become a barrier to the development of the Maritime Academy (MAN) Oron, Akwa Ibom State, says Rector of the institution, Mr. Joshua Okpo. This is attributed to an increase in the number of cadets/student admitted into the Academy.

THE controversy over the multi-billion naira pension scam, weekend, took a new dimension as the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation, OAuGF, queried the Pension Task Force Team Chairman, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina and directed him to refund N127, 085, 880 to the treasury.

IBADAN – APPREHENSION has engulfed Ago Oja community in the old Oyo province after the Baale installed by the former Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala, Alhaji Ganiyu Busari, purportedly removed from office by Governor Abiola Ajimobi, weekend, rejected his deposition and described the governor’s action as usurpation of the function of the judiciary.