UGHELLI-DELTA State Local Government Transition Committee Chairmen, yesterday, said the state governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan augment allocations of the councils’ with over N500 million on monthly basis, insisting that their allocations had not been tempered with by the state government as reported in the media.

Mr. Robert Ekutmfon Umoette is among the strong contenders for the governorship position in Akwa Ibom Stake. He speaks on the performance of President Goodluck Jonathan in his first tenure in office, the pitfalls of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the just concluded election in Anambra state and INEC’s readiness to conduct credible elections in 2015.

The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Kano State branch, has honoured the Minster of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Akinwumi Adesina.
The event, which was organised in collaboration with Kano State agro suppliers, was held at the Sheraton Hotel in Abuja.

The out-going Flag Officer Commanding FOC, Western Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy, Rear Admiral E. Ogbor, has said that his command was able to arrest several illegal bunkerers, pipeline vandals, sea robbers and pirates, who were paraded before newsmen and handed over to the appropriate authorities.

Some residents of Oshodi Local Government Area last week, stormed the office of the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company, IKEDC, Mafoluku, Oshodi to protest alleged extortion by IKEDC officials and incessant blackout in the area. The protest which lasted several hours paralysed activities in the council area.

THE reality of the Nigerian situation has remained an enigma as the Nigerian people themselves. It is a fact that the many nations that had inhabited a lovely and naturally endowed plain called Nigeria in the past one hundred years are yet to understand themselves to actually evolve as one nation.

The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, CIBN, has entered into a strategic partnership with Lagos Business School/Pan African University, with a view to producing skilled manpower to drive the banking and finance industry.

Team Nigeria topped eight African countries participating in the West and Central Africa Junior Tennis Championships (AJTC) qualifiers.

The ban on the operation of commercial motorcycles popularly called Okada by the Niger State Government, has drawn the ire of Democratic Socialist Movement, DSM. A statement signed by DSM’s State Coordinator, Sadare Macaulay described the ban as a deliberate attack on the right of youths and masses to livelihood in Niger State. He alleged that the ban shows the insensitivity of the State government to the plight of the masses.

THE four days communal feast, which was celebrated at the convocation arena of Gregory University Uturu (GUU), for many reasons was very significant and has different appeal from the Calabar festival or any such event across the country.

National Coordinator of the Dawah Front of Nigeria, DFN, Engr. Kamardeen Adebayo Babalola, has warned that sentiment in governance is capable of causing more setback for Nigeria.

The Bureau of Public Procurement, BPP, has accused civil servants of impeding implementation of government policies, saying it considered and approved a total of 184 requests for projects valued at about N1.2 trillion in 2013.
BPP Director-General, Mr. Emeka Muoma Ezeh, disclosed this at the 2014 retreat for federal permanent secretaries organised by the office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation in collaboration with BPP in Lagos. He said the approval was made from 308 projects valued at N1.7 trillion received within the year.

As the nation looks forward to new leaders in 2015 general elections, the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakr; Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari; Chief Imam of Lagos, Alhaji Garuba Akinola Ibrahim, have urged Nigerians at home and abroad to pray for a successful electoral process.

Another former Commissioner in Ondo State during administration of late Governor Adebayo Adefarati, Dr. Akerele Adu is dead.Adu, 84, was until his death a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, died on wednesday.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has set a deadline of 2018 for banks to implement the Information Technology (IT) standards developed for the banking industry.