SPEAKER of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Honourable Adeyemi Ikuforiji, is arguably one of the longest serving speakers in the country. In a chat with some journalists in his Ikeja, Lagos residence on Tuesday, he reviewed the activities of the House in 2012 and challenges in the New Year, saying the lawmakers would review some of the controversial laws it passed if majority of Lagosians so decide.

THE presidential candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, in the 2011 elections, Alhaji Ibrahim Shekarau, has said parties in the on-going merger talks will lose their identities and assume a new name.

Reigning Afro hip hop act, Iyanya Mbuk who was accused by popular show organizer, Opa Williams of defrauding him to the tune of N1.7 million being payment for the singer’s performance at “Nite of A Thousand Laughs’ shows which held recently in Benin and Port-Harcourt, has reacted to the allegation.

ACCORDING to a report that was recently published in the Washington Post newspaper, Nigeria is the worst country in the entire world to be born in.

People who recently lost their jobs are more likely to suffer a heart attack than their employed peers, a new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine has stated.

“We are not Nigerians” Venus and Serena Williams said. It is beginning to seem cliché that Nigerians are quick to speculate about the roots of successful Africans abroad. It doesn’t matter whether they can speak a Nigerian language, or have an American accent; whether they grew up in Lagos or spent their childhood on the streets of London.

As many Nigerians do often forget memorable events, it is necessary to remind ourselves that 1st of January 2014, Nigeria will be 100 years old as a nation and in 2015, the life of the present Federal Government would need renewal in another national election.

THE Federal Government is working hard to kick start its sugar master plan projects by siting 236,000 land banks in seventeen states for sugarcane production.

He took interest in cooking while staying with one of his brothers where he did all the cooking. He later went for training in Catering and today, Taiwo Ojo, is the Senior Chef at the Lagos Airport Hotel. In this interview with JIMOH BABATUNDE, he shares his experience as a chef among other issues. Excerpt:

Nigerian-based Africa Finance Corporation, AFC, has secured a N8 billion (US$50 million) bi-lateral loan facility from Rand Merchant Bank, RMB, to finance critical infrastructural projects in Nigeria and across the African continent.

The Nigerian Society of Engineers, NSE has condemned the poor utilization of Nigeria made technology goods and infrastructure.

No man is infallible.Errors and sins are undoubtedly part of human nature and no one will be free of it. All of us fall short, commit sins, and make mistakes. Sometimes we turn to Allah in obedience, and most times we willfully or forgetfully turn away from His ordinances. Imam Tirmizhi reported: “Every son of Adam sins, and the best of those who sin are those who repent.”

New oil producing communities in Ika and Aniocha Local Government Councils of Delta North Senatorial District of Delta State have joined the league of oil producing Communities in Nigeria.

More than N30 million has been spent by Bauchi State Government on the vaccination of 1.7 million cows in 2012. This was disclosed by Dr Bala Musa, the Director, Veterinary in the state Ministry for Animal Health and Nomadic Settlement.

UMUAHIA—DETERMINED to decongest Umuahia and give it the look of a modern capital city, Abia State government has expressed its determination to relocate all the markets in the heart of the city to nearby surroundings.