Former Minister of Industry and National President, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Dr Kola Jamodu, has urged federal and state governments to urgently remove the bottleneck of multiple taxation and provide infrastructure that will support manufacturing industries with a view to returning the country to full industrialisation.

LOCATING Madam Josephine Obilom from Abia Omuma autonomous community in Oru East local council area of Imo State soon after the news of her plight filtered into Owerri, was not very easy. This reporter traversed some local council areas in Orlu senatorial zone before finally locating the 40-year-old widow at Akata community, where she and two of her children are taking refuge.

Bauchi —A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bashir Zayam, has warned that removing the National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, will not solve the problems of the party ahead 2015 general election.

THE Lagos State House of Assembly, yesterday, approved N7.5 billion supplementary budget to increase the 2013 budget from N499.605 billion to N507.105 billion.