Governor Mukhtar Yero of Kaduna State, yesterday, blamed the legislature for poor implementation of budgets in the country.

After achieving a stunning victory in the PDP primary contest where he rubbished the 13 other contenders, Mr. Ayo Fayose is setting his heights on doing the same against the APC presumptive nominee and incumbent, Governor Kayode Fayemi and the Labour Party nominee, Rep. Bamidele Opeyemi.

When Nokia began to produce its own range of smart phones, customers were elated at the brand’s ability to combine durability with finesse. Nokia’s introduction of its new range of X smart phones into the Nigerian market no doubt reaffirms the reason for this elation.

Lagosians home and abroad will once again converge at the waterfront pier on Oyinkan Abayomi Drive, Ikoyi Lagos on Easter Sunday for the 5th edition of the Lagos Water Regatta; a fun filled water-based cultural sporting and recreational activity put together to showcase the aquatic splendour of the state.

ABUJA — THE federal government had debunked claims made by some farmers under the Growth Enhancement Support scheme, GES, for being supplied with adulterated fertilisers.

In the last few weeks, political calculations and permutations concerning which zone will produce the next Governor in Ebonyi State come 2015 has been put in the front burner of national discourse with some political pundits canvassing for power shift to Ebonyi South.

THE Nigerian National Petroleum corporation NNPC, yesterday, said that the acute shortage of petroleum products especially the ‘Premium motor spirit’ witnessed throughout the nation in the past few months was caused by factors beyond the control of the corporation.

ustoms Area Controller, CAC, of Apapa Area1 Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Charles Edike, has said that the new import policy of the Federal Government has affected the revenue collection of the Command.

RESIDENTS of Demurin-Ketu, Agboyi-Ketu Local Council Development Area, LCDA, yesterday stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly, Alausa Secretariat, Ikeja, protesting alleged planned demolition of their homes and Central Mosque by the council headed by Obafemi Durosinmi.

THE Edo State Chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT, said yesterday, that its members would not sit for any competency test conducted by the state government. Its chairman, Mr Mike Uhunmwangho disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Benin.

An Ojo Chief Magistrate’s Court in Lagos, yesterday, sentenced an unemployed man, Yusuf Adamu, 31, to 12 months imprisonment for stabbing his girlfriend with a bottle.

Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar, has said that the current administration remains committed to strengthening the country’s maritime industry, to ensure that the nation’s intermodal transport system becomes one of the best in the world.

The Bayelsa State House of Assembly says it has uncovered excess bank charges/deductions on the state government’s accounts from 2007 to 2012 estimated at N25 billion.

Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, TRCN, has told the National Industrial Court, sitting in Akure, Ondo State, that the Edo State government lacked the power to conduct competency test for teachers in the state as it related to certification.

GOVERNOR Theodore Orji of Abia State yesterday signed the 2014 budget of N115.3 billion into law.