The Lagos State government, yesterday, said it had put in place a reform to set standards for the operation of abattoirs in the state.

Mr. Oluwatoyin Obikoya, the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, yesterday, blamed the slow pace of work on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway pedestrian bridges on relocation of some installations.
Obikoya said that the relocation of transformers, electric poles and other facilities in the right of way of the bridges had slowed down work.

The Nigeria Police are yet to restart training at the Ikeja Police College, eight months after completion of its rehabilitation.
A visit to the college, yesterday, showed no activities.

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has presented the 2014 budget estimate totalling N216billion to the state House of Assembly for approval.
Represented by his Special Adviser on Budget, Mr. Bade Adesina, Aregbesola declared that the budget cuts across all the sectors of the state’s economy and was prepared in line with the six-point Integral Action Plan of his administration.

The Ogun State Government and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, yesterday, traded words over another demolition exercise carried out at Ilepa axis of Ifo Local Government Area of the state.
The PDP in a statement issued by the state publicity Secretary, Waliu Oladipupo condemned what it called yet another round of demolition of property by the state government.

Afenifere Chieftain and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, Prince Dayo Adeyeye has urged Ekiti people not to despair but keep hope alive in the New Year, describing year 2014 as the year God will put in place a government that will liberate the state from “governance by deceit.”

SANGO-OTA (OGUN) — A driver, Sokunbi Michael, who allegedly killed a woman, her son and a 76-year-old man with his vehicle, yesterday, appeared before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun.

Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has promised the people of the state a new lease of life in the new year if voted into power in 2014 governorship election.
Chairman of the party in Osun State, Alhaji Gani Olaoluwa stated this in his new year message

Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State, yesterday, concurred with his Niger State counterpart, Muazu Aliyu Babangida, that President Goodluck Jonathan actually signed an agreement with them to serve for a single term of four years.

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, has urged the people of the state to expect brighter days in 2014.
In a New Year message by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Peter Okhiria, the governor, said that the out gone year was one of peace, stability and tremendous progress in the socio-economic life of the state.