Abuja — The Federal Government, yesterday, explained that the 2014 budget has not been assented to by President Goodluck Jonathan because of serious ‘distortions’ included in it by the National Assembly.

THE World Bank, the African Development Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development have committed N51.5 billion to the development of Nigeria’s Staple Crop Processing Zones.

Ladies of Saint Mulumba, Owerri Metropolitan Province, have joined their counterparts in other parts of the country to protest the abduction and continued detention of the over 200 female students kidnapped from their school at Chibok, Borno State, by Islamic terrorists, Boko Haram.

It was a case of being refugees in their own country at a time of relative peace. But it took an unexpected visit to bring their presence and plight to public attention.

The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Ahmadu Mohammed, yesterday, escaped death as angry soldiers opened fire on his official vehicle when he came to address them at the Maimalari Barracks in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

Once known for its high academic standard and infrastructural amenities, Government Girls Model Secondary School, GGMSS, Ogbonicha has now become a shadow of its former self.

Mr. Seni Adio is the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association’s (NBA) Section on Business Law (SBL) Conference Planning Committee for the 8th Annual Business Conference. He is also the Chairman of the SBL’s Committee on Consumer Protection and Products Liability. He is a member of the illustrious law school set of 1988.

ABEOKUTA—THE Ministry of Trade and Investment, yesterday, sealed up five filling stations in Ogun State, including an NNPC Mega station along the Lagos -Abeokuta Expressway in Ifo Local Government Area of the state, for alleged sharp practices.

ILORIN — There was pandemonium on the campus of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, yesterday afternoon as suspected student cultists went on the rampage, shooting sporadically.

ADO-EKITI—Ekiti State Internal Revenue Service, IRS, has sealed off the construction site of a Chinese firm located in Ado-Ekiti for an alleged N71.761 million tax default.