The Knights of Saint Mulumba,KSM, of the Catholic Church, Lagos took to the streets last week to campaign against what they described as the evil of abortion and use of contraception. made known to the world that the child in the womb is a human being from the moment of conception.

The International Centre for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development (IFDC) has launched the GES Touch and Pay (TAP) project which would target 500,000 farmers in the FCT and Sokoto state and had employed 250 youths who have been deployed to the six area councils of the FCT

An octogenarian Pa Samuel Sode, a former policeman, has for long been nostalgic of the period when peace and security were easily taken for granted in Lagos

ALL apprehensions over IBM’s claim to have developed a technology that can solve Africa’s problems, disappeared by the time participants at the just concluded IBM Cognitive Colloquium,toured the IBM research lab at the Catholic University, Nairobi, Kenya.

IN its relentless effort to battle rice smuggling, the Customs Area Controller of Seme Command, Comptroller Willy Egbudin, has disclosed that the command has raised the anti smuggling tempo by increasing the existing patrols and fortifying the approved check points with the deployment of very vigilant officers.

THE Tin Can Island Command said it has generated N43,230,628,110 revenue between January and February 2014. According to the Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Jibrin Zakari, the command was given a target of N264 billion, which translates to N22 billion per month.

Details of the revenue figures released by the command, shows that N20,550 billion was collected in January, while N21,355billion was collected in the month of February 2014.

The statement added that in January, N12,462 billion was collected into the Federation account which is made up of import duty and fees while N3,112 billion was collected into non federation account which included 7 per cent levy, NAC,1per cent CSS, ETL, sugar,rice, wheat flour,wheat grain, iron, cigarette and cement.

In FebruaryN13,299billion was raked into Federation Account made up of import duty and fees, also N3,337billion was raked into the Non Federation Account which included 7 per cent levy,NAC,1 per cent, CISS, ETL, sugar, rice, brown rice, wheat flour, wheat grain, iron, cigarette and cement. Jibril maintained that the increase in revenue was made possible through the commitment of men and officers of the command who have not given up in the discharge of their constitutional functions and tasks.

He credited the increase in revenue by the command to the existing leadership in the Customs Headquarters, Abuja. The Customs chief further asserted that the support and good motivation by the Comptroller-General of Customs, Alhaji Inde Dikko Abdullahi have made everybody to work very hard in revenue generation.

This conference is going to be very successful, that is one thing I want everybody to know. Everybody here has agreed that this country should remain one and I think that is the most basic thing. It needs to be looked into and brought out, that we can live in harmony and pursue the issue of development and it looks like we have all agreed on that.

THE National Agricultural Seed Council, NASC has said the council was strategising to weed out fake agro dealers distributing seeds to farmers under the government’s Growth Enhancement Support scheme.

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) recently screened air carrier operators for the 2014 Hajj operation.

Nigerian health sector last week received a boost with the introduction of Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Award, NHEA. The award, which has been adjudged as a competitive development honoured Reddington Hospital, Lagos as best private healthcare provider of the year award.

THE ACG, Zonal Coordinator, the Nigeria Customs Service, Zone D, Headquarters, Bauchi, Ukaigwe P.C has said that the introduction of Information Communication Technology in the Nigerian Customs activities has strengthened efficiency in clearing.

MEDINA Dugger works for the African Artist Foundation as a chief curator and organizer. The initiative is meant to empower the youths with art and we want to teach artistic skills, life skills, just give them tools to empower themselves in life. We bring in guest facilitators, to come and speak and also we have daily classes.

The Ogun State Government today made good its promise of paying compensations to farmers whose crops had to give way to some of its infrastructural developments as about N20m was paid to 151 farmers in Itoku Elewe Irepodun Community in Kobape, Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of the State.

In her quest to assist the people living in rural communities to address water-borne diseases, the Wife of the Governor of Ogun State, Mrs. Olufunso Amosun yesterday began state-wide distribution of ceramic water filter pots otherwise called “Omilero Pots” to people living in the rural areas free of charge

If you have not given it a thought then it’s about time you did, because Mothers’ Day is around the corner and it’s not a time for business as usual; but the day to celebrate that great woman who gave you life and nurtured you to be what you are toady. Remember, not all persons who are given birth can lay claim to being called mothers, so celebrate yours. Also, remember those who have lost their own children and those who do not have biological children, but do nurture others.