AFTER 10 days of discussions delegates at the National Conference, yesterday rounded off debates on the inaugural speech of President Goodluck Jonathan with issues like high cost of governance, state creation, returning to 12-state structure, corruption, insecurity and federalism dominating discourse.

I don’t think I am planning to get married now because am still young, I’m in my youth and moreover, I am just 27 years old. Maybe later in my late thirties I can start planing to get married or not.

ABEOKUTA—Former Secretary – General of Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, yesterday described the presidential system being operated in Nigeria as wasteful and called for a return to regional system of government where the country would be ran along six geo – political zones.

THE Pension Reform Act 2014, which stipulates at least a 10-year jail term on conviction for pension fund administrators or anybody who misappropriates or diverts pension funds, is meant to address the serial stealing of pension funds. In addition, the provision of a fine of an amount thrice the misappropriated or diverted sum should take care of the embarrassing incidents of pension frauds and the weak penalties.

LAGOS—AN Ikeja High Court presided over by Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo was yesterday told that an oil marketer, Oluwaseun Ogunbambo, who is being prosecuted over an alleged N979.6 million subsidy fraud, has fled to Canada.

Mr. Universe Musclemania (Pro division) champion, Tyrone Tseye Ogedegbe has expressed confidence that the launch of Paul Okoku’s Greater Tomorrow Foundation will usher in a new lease on life for less-privileged kids in Nigeria.

The Ogun State Government, yesterday, initiated moves to reconcile victims of the Akute baby-making factory with their families, just as two babies delivered after their mothers were rescued have been named after Governor Ibikunle Amosun.

A-list Ghanaian actor, John Dumelo, is an alien in Nigeria, but a legal alien who has been in the country far too often, to know his way around. This fact, the actor demonstrated last week when he was spotted in Lagos inside a tricycle commonly referred to as Maruwa.

Followers of political events in Osun State were not surprised that Senator Iyiola Omisore won the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship primaries in the state. This is because it will be unfair to describe him as unprepared for the race among other contestants, given that he had long indicated interest to govern the state before other aspirants.

In today’s Internet environment, when consumers can be their own booking agent by evaluating reviews and prices of hotels online, hotel owners are battling for competition while investing in state-of-the art-technology equipment

In this interview with Emeka Aginam, the Chief Executive Officer of EU Demordern Hotels & Suits, Ernest Uzuagu, says the success of hotels often depends on how it utilizes key factors like customer service, technology, cost control and product differentiation. Excerpt:

KEEPING up in these fast-paced modern times is no small feat for any organisation, but trying to maintain global standards while depending on the infrastructure and business realities of the developing world can sometimes feel like a real uphill battle.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said that the federal government overspent by N105.47 billion in January due to decline in its revenue for the month.

Allah and Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) assures Muslims in Qur’an and Hadith that they will conquer their enemy provided they are Mumeen (believer).

Islam neither allow women to be treated merely as sex symbols nor as object of oppression by their male counterparts.

Chief Lecturer, Academy of Islamic Propagation, ACADIP, Alhaji Yusuf Olatunde Adepoju, has explained his interest in comparative religions, adding that it was to clarify the many misconceptions about Prophet Muhammad, (s.a.w) and Islam, by Christian clerics.