The ranks of those who have pledged their support for their preferred candidates ahead of the June 21 governorship election, continues to swell with endorsements.

Senator Magnus Abe has described the orderly conduct of the Rivers State congress of the All Progressives Congress, APC, which was well attended, as monumental.

For self-assessment filers, the “due date of payment” is determined as follows: For companies with accounting year ending on 31st December, the due date of payment is 30th June of the succeeding year; For companies with accounting year ending on 30th September, the due date of payment is 31st March of the succeeding year; For companies with accounting year ending any time between 1st January and 30th June, the due date of payment is 1st January of the succeeding year; and For all other cases the due date of payment is six (6) months after the accounting year end.

SOMETIME in September 2006, I was in the Aso Drive, Abuja residence of Prof. Jibril Aminu, the Senator representing Adamawa Central in the Senate, conducting an interview for his biography. It was a sunny Friday morning. The interview was disrupted by the arrival of an important guest.

Back in January this year, as members of the National Assembly, NASS, returned to their duties, at the Three Arms Zone, I made the point that this year’s budget would be the fifteenth to be prepared for execution by elected officials. I also predicted that we would be fortunate to have a budget signed by the President by the end of April.

FORMER governor of Ekiti State and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, gubernatorial candidate in June 21 governorship election, Mr. Ayo Fayose, has threatened to hand over any of his supporters found acting like a thug to the police.

The nation’s external reserves gained another $180 million dollars last week rising to $38.10 billion at the close of business on Thursday.

SAINT Thomas Basic Secondary School Benin, Edo State has emerged the champions of the 2014 All Nigeria Secondary Schools Football Championship (NNPC/ Shell Cup).

AGREED, equity is fair, equity is justice. This is the pillar on which those from Delta North have hung their demand for the position of Delta State governor to be given to them. However, fairness and justice demand that proponents of zoning must be told the bitter truth that there has never been zoning in Delta State and never will such be.

Over 200 widows of Okori in Eleme, River States, were given N20, 000 each by the Appolus Chu Foundation to hire farmlands for cultivation this season.

This week, I invite you to consider the following excerpts from Toyin Dawodu’s response to Forbes’ (a foremost international business magazine) conclusions from its interview with Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy. Dawodu is Managing Partner of Capital Investment Group in the United States, and he wrote as follows:

Ms Laura Oloyede is the Chief Operating Officer of Cutler Communications, an integrated marketing communications agency. She has about twenty years work experience across the economic sector. She’s done banking, real estate, had first degree in estate management. Also, she has been into FMCG from where she moved to services sector. In this interview with PROVIDENCE OBUH, she talks about Nigerians, especially youth attitude towards embracing entrepreneurship, while stating that women have a need to be focused.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ogun State, yesterday, accused Governor Ibikunle Amosun of squandering N15 million to induce delegates during the state congresses of the All Progressives Congress, APC, held on Saturday.

His Royal Highness(HRH) Apa Peter Abalume Osigbemeh, the Onwueweko of Okpekpe kingdom has expressed happiness over the global recognition given to the land arising from the successful hosing of the Okpekpe 10 kilometres Road Race last year.

FORMER military President, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd) will be the chief launcher, while former Lagos State governor, Alhaji Lateef Jakande will be the chief host, Wednesday at the launch of the book titled; “NUJ: A History of Nigeria Press.”